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Post by Loz on Apr 10, 2022 12:34:54 GMT
Spaces that budgies can fall into but not fly or climb out of are areas that need eliminating, definitely.
Making a room kakariki-safe is an even bigger challenge!
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 10, 2022 20:10:02 GMT
They never went back so I had to resort to the net and catching them that way which they hated but it was the only way they were going back in there cage for tonight. I'm going to need to train them hopefully when they see the net they will learn its time to fly to there cage. I really don't like having to resort to last measures.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Apr 11, 2022 13:37:10 GMT
They will get it eventually. But no, I wouldn't be pleased at having to net them either. A few times in the past, we have had to switch the lights off and grab them, but it wasn't for long.
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Post by Loz on Apr 11, 2022 13:42:40 GMT
Yes, lights off plus close off the curtains for just enough light to see by equals easier catching!
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Post by blueelephant on Apr 11, 2022 15:31:12 GMT
My three completely hand tame but totally stubborn budgies went to stay with my mum recently and they decided they wanted to sit on the window perch rather than go back home to bed. She tried getting them on a hand but they just were having none of it. Anyway my dad decided to turn the room lights off and put a lamp on by the cage. Sure enough all three budgies flew back to the cage and went to bed by themselves 🤣. No idea if this would work but it might be worth a try! Lights off and grab them was the next option!
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 12, 2022 13:35:48 GMT
That seems like a much better way of doing it. My budgies have lost there trust in me since then. I'm not going to use that net anymore. If I let two out at a time its not so bad because they will fly back to the cage after a short time. Once I have my aviary I wont have to worry about stuff like this. It could be a while until I get some space cleared and get all the materials I need to build the aviary in the mean time I will make a budgie safe room to let them out in.
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 14, 2022 7:35:14 GMT
One of my budgies appears to be squawking a lot like his angry, the kinda of loud chirping they do when there is a predator about and his jumping about his cage unsettling the other 3. Its very loud. I've tried to calm him down a bit by talking to him and ringing the bell on the budgie toy but its not really helped.
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 14, 2022 17:27:16 GMT
He keeps on screaming and chirping in anger I could not figure out why so I decided to place a video camera pointing at the cage and I left it recording and left the room.
After playing back the video one of the other budgies keeps knocking him off his perch and the behavior looks a bit aggressive but it could also be that shes trying to play and socialize with him and he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to interact with any of the others neither, the other 3 budgies are a lot younger than he is and it looks like he is getting really fed up so he starts squawking at them. He is also vigorously preening himself a lot.
The budgies will be settling down for the night soon so tomorrow I will let him out on his own for a while and he can have his own space and his own cage for a day or two.
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 15, 2022 6:38:44 GMT
His chirping is getting too much now he is very loud and it he sounds really distressed. I can not calm him down and I don't know what is wrong with him. His out of the cage on his own and his behaving very strangely. I have no idea what to do.
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Post by Loz on Apr 15, 2022 7:30:19 GMT
Can you video his behaviour?
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 15, 2022 8:59:26 GMT
Can you video his behaviour? I could do I need to free up some space on my SD card first. Its literally constant chirping with his body straight and his head up, eyes wide open. He is normally very tame but he will not respond to me. He is in his own cage now by himself. I'm going to separate him for a while from the others for today. Its as if something is spooking him. When I first rescued him he was pretty stressed but once he got used to me he flew towards me and would sit on my head or shoulders, he has gone from this to be a totally different bird entirely.
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Post by Loz on Apr 15, 2022 9:13:43 GMT
The budgie in question, I don't know his name - did this behaviour start soon after other budgies were introduced? Was he tame when he lived on his own with you?
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 15, 2022 9:23:00 GMT
The budgie in question, I don't know his name - did this behaviour start soon after other budgies were introduced? Was he tame when he lived on his own with you? He hasn't got a name as yet I've been trying to think of the right name to give him. Yes his behavior changed when I got the others I thought he was going to be happier with other budgies but I'm assuming he has probably always been on his own.
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Post by Loz on Apr 15, 2022 10:13:50 GMT
The dynamic changes when budgies are introduced into the flock.
My experience: Mr Hibs, my first was and is very bonded to me. This bond has survived all subsequent introductions. My second budgie, Eeyore, has behavioural issues and is very human-shy but has taken some cues from Hibs and will land on my head when the mood takes him. My next three budgies were each hand-tame when introduced to the flock. Each time, they lost their tameness within a few hours, or days at most.
Budgies become more important to each other than humans are, unless you happen to have made a strong bond. Their behaviour changes completely and they revert to a more wild state. That I believe is part of what you are experiencing with your fella. Why he's upset with the other budgies though... possibly a territorial issue. Have you swapped around the cage fixtures and fittings to create an environment that's new to all the budgies?
Edit: this discussion belongs in its own thread as we are derailing its original purpose!
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Post by lordpurchase on Apr 15, 2022 15:47:45 GMT
The dynamic changes when budgies are introduced into the flock. My experience: Mr Hibs, my first was and is very bonded to me. This bond has survived all subsequent introductions. My second budgie, Eeyore, has behavioural issues and is very human-shy but has taken some cues from Hibs and will land on my head when the mood takes him. My next three budgies were each hand-tame when introduced to the flock. Each time, they lost their tameness within a few hours, or days at most. Budgies become more important to each other than humans are, unless you happen to have made a strong bond. Their behaviour changes completely and they revert to a more wild state. That I believe is part of what you are experiencing with your fella. Why he's upset with the other budgies though... possibly a territorial issue. Have you swapped around the cage fixtures and fittings to create an environment that's new to all the budgies? Edit: this discussion belongs in its own thread as we are derailing its original purpose! I'm going to create a new thread for this discussion...
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