Post by shaunawhitney on Jun 27, 2020 18:31:08 GMT
I have an almost 2 year old albino female Penelope, she has tons of personality best I can say is aloof, demanding, clumsy, independent lol.
I currently spend plenty of hours a day with her and have been trying to clicker training her for a couple months - not much progress but some.
She has an open top cage which is opened every morning and only closed when she requests bedtime so she has always had the freedom to come out whenever she wanted, she has only been comfortable coming out and sitting on top of the cage for the last 6-9 months and will only fly to 1-2 areas of the living room.
She will come sit on my shoulder or hand but only if there is food, and recently started biting me ( affectionately) but that turned a little rough so I’m slowly training her out of biting by gently unbalancing her when she bites until she flies off, removing her treat and walking away for a few minutes so I’m not encouraging the behaviour,
She screams a lot ( bratty) for attention when plenty is given so have been ignoring the screams and give her attention when she stops screaming. Sadly in the past I have made the mistake and yelled her name but I know she likes bad attention just as much as positive so iv worked on that, when she screams it’s so high pitched I think my windows will shatter ( never did I think a budgie could be so loud) she certainly has healthy lungs and is always very vocal.
I have never been able to give her a scratch or touch as she will always bite as warning, she bites if you try to get her to step up when she isn’t in the mood ( which is on her own terms) if she wants interaction she tends to come up onto the top bar outside her cage.
She still seems nervous about a lot of things, she’s never walked across the furnature or floor only lands on high up picture frames I’d really like her to explore more and enjoy her outer home,
I know my issue was I did not train her well when she was a baby as she was so scared when I got her I didn’t want to cause her a heart attack so I kinda let her do things in her own time ( spoilt her )
She copies a few whistles and is very intelligent I know she’s capable of being trained and tamed she just resists, any advice is welcome as I’m not an expert but have read a lot over the years and have seen lots of conflicting advice, forgot to mention she is a single budgie but I don’t think she would take kindly to sharing her home with another budgie now as she is very territorial.
She will however occasionally sit on my head and preen my hair so I know she doesn’t completely hate me lol.
I’m in a place where any fast track advice would be awesome of how I can get her to relax a little more and be comfortable sitting/ letting me touch and love her.
I currently spend plenty of hours a day with her and have been trying to clicker training her for a couple months - not much progress but some.
She has an open top cage which is opened every morning and only closed when she requests bedtime so she has always had the freedom to come out whenever she wanted, she has only been comfortable coming out and sitting on top of the cage for the last 6-9 months and will only fly to 1-2 areas of the living room.
She will come sit on my shoulder or hand but only if there is food, and recently started biting me ( affectionately) but that turned a little rough so I’m slowly training her out of biting by gently unbalancing her when she bites until she flies off, removing her treat and walking away for a few minutes so I’m not encouraging the behaviour,
She screams a lot ( bratty) for attention when plenty is given so have been ignoring the screams and give her attention when she stops screaming. Sadly in the past I have made the mistake and yelled her name but I know she likes bad attention just as much as positive so iv worked on that, when she screams it’s so high pitched I think my windows will shatter ( never did I think a budgie could be so loud) she certainly has healthy lungs and is always very vocal.
I have never been able to give her a scratch or touch as she will always bite as warning, she bites if you try to get her to step up when she isn’t in the mood ( which is on her own terms) if she wants interaction she tends to come up onto the top bar outside her cage.
She still seems nervous about a lot of things, she’s never walked across the furnature or floor only lands on high up picture frames I’d really like her to explore more and enjoy her outer home,
I know my issue was I did not train her well when she was a baby as she was so scared when I got her I didn’t want to cause her a heart attack so I kinda let her do things in her own time ( spoilt her )
She copies a few whistles and is very intelligent I know she’s capable of being trained and tamed she just resists, any advice is welcome as I’m not an expert but have read a lot over the years and have seen lots of conflicting advice, forgot to mention she is a single budgie but I don’t think she would take kindly to sharing her home with another budgie now as she is very territorial.
She will however occasionally sit on my head and preen my hair so I know she doesn’t completely hate me lol.
I’m in a place where any fast track advice would be awesome of how I can get her to relax a little more and be comfortable sitting/ letting me touch and love her.