Taming multiples and millet consumption
Jan 27, 2021 14:15:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 14:15:07 GMT
With Indie moulting and becoming less cooperative along with it, taking the trio down to the book nook for individual time has left the cards for now. So I'm doing what I can with them all about together. Yuki won't accept any training inside the cage whilst alone. He will promptly get onto my hand once Indie is out because he knows I take him out, and that's that.
So a lot of the time I end up just giving them a nibble of millet here and there, or showing them the millet and then placing my finger in the way so they need to be on me to get the treat, or randomly calling them and being extremely surprised when they fly to me and hastily getting some millet to reward them.
And sometimes I wonder... am I giving them way more than I should? It feels very easy to gibe too much when I'm having to use it as their main point of interest in me. With Munchy, after a while he just wanted to be around me, so millet could be a far rarer occurrence.
Definitely think I need to keep it to one to two bites per reward.
On a random note, Yuki went nuts because an info video I was watching had budgies making sounds, but then he sat on my finger watching my phone for a good 5 minutes and was brave enough to investigate it.
He also forgave me for washing him, which I think I did by mistake today because it looked like he needed it but when I washed him nothing came off. Whoops. He let me offer him some millet soon after so no hard feelings apparently. Guess my bank of trust with him is in a positive balance at the moment.
So a lot of the time I end up just giving them a nibble of millet here and there, or showing them the millet and then placing my finger in the way so they need to be on me to get the treat, or randomly calling them and being extremely surprised when they fly to me and hastily getting some millet to reward them.
And sometimes I wonder... am I giving them way more than I should? It feels very easy to gibe too much when I'm having to use it as their main point of interest in me. With Munchy, after a while he just wanted to be around me, so millet could be a far rarer occurrence.
Definitely think I need to keep it to one to two bites per reward.
On a random note, Yuki went nuts because an info video I was watching had budgies making sounds, but then he sat on my finger watching my phone for a good 5 minutes and was brave enough to investigate it.
He also forgave me for washing him, which I think I did by mistake today because it looked like he needed it but when I washed him nothing came off. Whoops. He let me offer him some millet soon after so no hard feelings apparently. Guess my bank of trust with him is in a positive balance at the moment.
