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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 11, 2014 16:01:34 GMT
Hi, Pammy.
Things are going great! It is amazing the difference between 12 and 14 hour nights. Piper has stopped chasing Silver, there have been no more eggs, and (this is hard to believe) Emma and Piper stopped mating!!!
Silver is an amazing little fellow. It's so cute when he sings The Adams Family. My brother and I always break out into smiles hearing him. He is as tame as ever.
Emma is coming around to me. She often flies over and perches on my laptop or the back of my chair. Every morning we play the sunflower game and she comes to the back of my wrist to get hers.
Emma is a much better flyer than Silver. I'd love to get a picture of her in flight. She has a gorgeous tail that fans out behind her, every feather in perfect condition. Silver is more clumsy and keeps breaking his tail feathers off.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 11, 2014 23:10:31 GMT
That is awesome! I didn't know it would affect them so much, just the two hour difference. You should get a video of Silver singing the Adam's Family song.
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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 17, 2014 21:02:25 GMT
Unfortunately, Emma laid another egg yesterday. She immediately went into full sitting mode: She wouldn't even come out this morning for her fly-around. Normally, she is sitting right by the door and moving back and forth with excitement, coming out the very instant I open the door. Today she's spending all her time on the egg, which is on the floor of the cage. Piper is feeding her.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 18, 2014 14:07:52 GMT
Aw, she looks so cute. What are you going to do?
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Nov 18, 2014 16:56:49 GMT
Poor baby! I feel so bad for her. Those mama instincts just won't be denied
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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 18, 2014 22:22:43 GMT
I'm going to let her sit on the egg until she loses interest. That's what I've been advised to do.
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Nov 21, 2014 14:45:58 GMT
How is Emma doing with her egg? Any more been laid?
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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 21, 2014 16:04:08 GMT
Yes. Another last night. She's laid 4. She's sitting on them. Poor girl.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 22, 2014 4:34:40 GMT
Oh, wow. Have you put the dummy eggs under her?
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Post by Pammy on Nov 23, 2014 2:11:14 GMT
Poor little mama. Poor baby girl.
Have you tried moving the cage a few feet, or majorly rearranging the toys so Emma feels less secure about bringing babies into the world?
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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 24, 2014 2:45:19 GMT
Yes, Pammy. I did all of that. Because it didn't work, I was advised to let her go through the cycle of sitting. I am reluctant to disturb her now. After she finishes sitting, I will start hormone reduction again.I hope to be able to avoid another cycle. She laid four eggs. I gave her a couple of dummy eggs too.
Meanwhile, Silver loves sitting on my shoulder. Then, he loves trying to remove the keys from my laptop. He loves chewing everytihng--tops of kitchen cabinet doors, baskets, and on and on. I had to cover the tops of my window frames and picture frames with plastic. It's a bit challenging. He loves being with me, but I just can't have him out of the cage all the time because it's hard to supervise him adequately.If I have a bowl of cereal, he flies over and lands in it. I do love him, but it is a challenging relationship.
How are your budgies? Are any of them tame?
Emma has been with me a year now. Silver has been here for eight months.
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Post by Pammy on Nov 27, 2014 5:20:19 GMT
Oh my, time surely flies. I understand the challenges of your relationship with Silver. I'm glad for you that the ups outweight the downs.
My budgies are well, but nobody is tame. When the jump to the floor, all four will happily accept elevator rides back to the top. Otherwise, they act as though we are big and scary. I'm made my peace with not taming my birds. I enjoy them anyway. My kids occasionally complain about the birds not being tame, but it's clearly isn't imporstnt enough to them to attempt working with them more than just sporadically.
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Dec 8, 2014 18:23:39 GMT
How is Emma doing with the egg-sitting?
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 8, 2014 22:12:27 GMT
Emma gave up on the eggs after about 10-12 days. One day, she was just done. She is back to her old self now, which I am glad to see. It's nice to see her waiting at the door of the cage, eager to come out and fly around the room.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Dec 11, 2014 2:24:21 GMT
Aww, that is great news! How about the mating? Has it completely stopped?
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