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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 13, 2014 16:01:33 GMT
Does your cockatiel hiss when you cover it at night?
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 13, 2014 16:04:17 GMT
Lucy never hissed while cobering her. Recently i have stopped covering her altogether - i've always read mixed reviews about it so I just stopped it since the heater i bought is next to her cage. This way i know she can't get cold
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Post by Budgiebonkers on Jan 13, 2014 16:29:26 GMT
Mine are always covered. Until spring. Lol mine are males they could care less
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Post by Pammy on Jan 13, 2014 18:25:57 GMT
I have never heard Mistletoe hiss. My budgies take the night-night covering pretty well. By then, they are really tired. Mistletoe is less excited about going to bed because his most cuddly time is the last few hours before bed, and he's in full mommy-time mode. When it's bedtime, I put him into his cage, and he races back and forth, begging me to get him back out for more cuddling, but he doesn't hiss or do anything mean. I go ahead and cover them, and they are all stone silent until morning.
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 13, 2014 20:51:04 GMT
This has been happening with Emma since she has been separated from the budgies.
Last night, I think she hissed for a full minute after i put her cover on.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jan 13, 2014 20:52:31 GMT
she is probably mad at you for taking her away from her bf lol
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Post by Pammy on Jan 13, 2014 22:12:46 GMT
It must be really tough figuring out what the right thing to do is.
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 13, 2014 22:24:23 GMT
I do think she's upset that I have taken Piper away.
I have been reading and trying to find information. I've been trying the longer nights. Some seem to think that longer nights will prevent egg laying, but the birds may still be behave sexually. I had them all out for a little while this afternoon, and Piper started humping Emma again. She seems to like it. Snowy is completely uninvolved. Piper went back into his cage, so I closed the door. Snowy and Emma are out right now. When they are out, all three of them fly around the living room like crazy sometimes. It's so funny, because thee budgies were unable to fly much for so long.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 13, 2014 22:46:37 GMT
Maybe you should get a baby boy tiel... Like i did  |
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Post by Pammy on Jan 13, 2014 23:31:47 GMT
I don't think a baby boy cockatiel is likely to stop the issue between Piper & Emma. I'm thinking it would be better to bring in girl budgies to distract Piper before even thinking about getting a second cockatiel.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 0:17:58 GMT
I was kidding hehe but yes i think it would be beneficial to get a female budgie. It would distract piper since he seems to be the instigator
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Post by Pammy on Jan 14, 2014 0:56:59 GMT
Lisa, I thought maybe you were kidding, but I wasn't sure. I highly recommend baby boy cockatiels!! Just don't think that's the right path for Diana at this exact moment.  |
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Post by roxhum on Jan 14, 2014 2:37:23 GMT
sweetie use to hiss when I took off the cover in the morning. Now I do a lot of talking so as not to surprise her. Emma's hissing is odd, doesn't that mean fear or anger? Maybe she doesn't like being all by herself. Seriously Diana the reason flock birds can become interactive pets is that flock mentality. If she doesn't get birds companions she will have to make you her friend or have no friends at all. The poor little thing. It must be hard on both of you.
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 14, 2014 15:43:33 GMT
it IS kind of hard. When i see Piper and Emma together, I hate to separate them. They are obviously both enjoying the relationship. I left them in the same cage last night, and they slept on the same perch. I want Emma to love ME, but not by taking things away from her : (.
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Post by roxhum on Jan 14, 2014 16:22:48 GMT
Us humans can be so odd yet lovably about our pets. I am having the same experience with tough love trying to make Sweetie eat a healthy diet. I am surrendering too. I will offer the healthy stuff and limit the high in fat seed mixes but I am not going to make her go without seeds in the hope to starve her into eating broccoli.
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