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Post by dianapalmer on Sept 4, 2014 23:48:00 GMT
Emma's wings are growing back. She's got her pre-clip confidence back (YAY).
This afternoon it just happened that she was by the lower cage door and I was able to get her out all by herself.
I gave her some sunflower seeds. She climbed up to my shoulder and stayed for several minutes. Every now and then I gave her another small seed. She was calm and relaxed. I even got her close to my neck, and was able to graze her crest with my chin. That was a first!
I told her how wonderful she smells and how sad it is that I can't usually get close enough to smell her.
I'm happy.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Sept 5, 2014 21:23:46 GMT
Woohoo, are you going to clip her again? Excellent, slowly but surely  |
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Post by dianapalmer on Sept 6, 2014 1:29:00 GMT
I hope not to have to clip her again. So far, the habits we developed are working. She's going into the cage when it's time.
She's a dear little thing.
I am a little bit concerned about how much Piper is mating with her. But, I really don't know what to do about it. She does seem to really like him. When it gets too much, she will make him back off.
I've been thinking about a female budgie. However, the overall chemistry among my flock is so good that I am afraid to mess with it. Also, a second budgie may mean more of a noise increase then I want (although I do think that females are quieter--is that the experience of other members who have both?).
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Post by sabaton28 on Sept 7, 2014 14:43:15 GMT
I hope not to have to clip her again. So far, the habits we developed are working. She's going into the cage when it's time. She's a dear little thing. I am a little bit concerned about how much Piper is mating with her. But, I really don't know what to do about it. She does seem to really like him. When it gets too much, she will make him back off. I've been thinking about a female budgie. However, the overall chemistry among my flock is so good that I am afraid to mess with it. Also, a second budgie may mean more of a noise increase then I want (although I do think that females are quieter--is that the experience of other members who have both?). My female budgie Sage is the louder of the two but she does more squawks then whistles |
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Post by Pammy on Sept 7, 2014 21:51:49 GMT
What a sweet report on Emma! It's wonderful how she is coming along. Slow and steady wins the race.
You know, I hadn't realized how tame Kringle, Clausy & December really are until Sugarplum's arrival. She's clear back at square one, while the other three will ready hop onto a finger for an elevator ride back up to their cage, and other such tamenesses. Nobody is what I would call "hand tame," but there is just a huge difference between KC&D and our new arrival. I just think that with certain birds, a long period of time is required for them to ease into being tame with their humans.
I hear you on the flock balance thing, Diana. It's got to be so difficult to know what to do. My personal experience has been that my females are much quieter than my males. I've heard other people report that their females SQUAK while their males whistle and sing. My males do seem very happy to have the girls around.
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Post by santinoandmondo on Sept 8, 2014 0:57:24 GMT
Diana, we have two hens. Mondo sings A LOT. Santino sings too but definitely squawks more than Mondo, especially when she is egg-laden. I had a male when I was in college and he learned different whistles and sang a lot. I think that is why the prior owner thought they were both males because they were noisy. My niece had two females and they didn't make a peep in comparison to our hens.
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Post by dianapalmer on Sept 8, 2014 15:49:31 GMT
So interesting. Thank you.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Sept 9, 2014 1:21:06 GMT
It depends on the bird because my females sings quite often, not as much as my males though.
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