Post by dianapalmer on Feb 7, 2014 1:53:53 GMT
It's time for another night night!
However, Emma still doesn't want to leave the budgie cage, which she hung out on top of most of day. I was hoping she would return to the small cage to eat, but she didn't. So, I gave her food and water on top of the budgie cage. And, she's still not hand-tame enough that I can carry her to and put her in the cage.
At 8:15 I covered the budgie cage. Emma wouldn't leave the top of it, so I had to kind of chase her off by slowly pulling the cover over the top of the cage. She then flew up to the light fixture--the highest point in the room--just like the last two nights. She roosted up there for about fifteen minutes. I tried to talk her down, but no good. So, I got a long perch. I can't really say I was trying to get her to step up onto it, because I already know she wouldn't. But, just like with the top of the cage, by slowly moving it toward her I finally got her to fly off the light. Whew! she actually flew to the top of the little cage. That probably had something to do with the fact that the only light I still had on in the room was on top of it. I praised her and gave her a spray of millet on top of the cage. After a few bites, I put it in the cage. She didn't go in. So, I turned off the light on top of the cage and turned on her little nightlight. I watched carefully, and after a few minutes, much to my relief, she climbed down and went into the cage!
I praised her and closed her in. Right now, she's roosting on top of the circle swing, in that same awkward position that I don't understand. Wouldn't she be more comfortable sitting IN the swing like a normal bird, instead of on top of it, at a 22 degree angle from verticle?
I'm hoping she will choose a more comfortable perch before I need to cover her for the night, but it doesn't look like it.
I'm SO relieved that I have been able to get her into the other cage for the night! She doesn't seem that disturbed about not being with the budgies. And, they don't seem too disturbed at being confined to their cage. The budgies have been playing with/squabbling with each other and singing for most of the day. Emma spent about five minutes on my shoulder in the middle of the afternoon. And, she likes to sit on my laptop. I've had her on my forearm quite a few times today.
I do think that the transition is going well.
However, Emma still doesn't want to leave the budgie cage, which she hung out on top of most of day. I was hoping she would return to the small cage to eat, but she didn't. So, I gave her food and water on top of the budgie cage. And, she's still not hand-tame enough that I can carry her to and put her in the cage.
At 8:15 I covered the budgie cage. Emma wouldn't leave the top of it, so I had to kind of chase her off by slowly pulling the cover over the top of the cage. She then flew up to the light fixture--the highest point in the room--just like the last two nights. She roosted up there for about fifteen minutes. I tried to talk her down, but no good. So, I got a long perch. I can't really say I was trying to get her to step up onto it, because I already know she wouldn't. But, just like with the top of the cage, by slowly moving it toward her I finally got her to fly off the light. Whew! she actually flew to the top of the little cage. That probably had something to do with the fact that the only light I still had on in the room was on top of it. I praised her and gave her a spray of millet on top of the cage. After a few bites, I put it in the cage. She didn't go in. So, I turned off the light on top of the cage and turned on her little nightlight. I watched carefully, and after a few minutes, much to my relief, she climbed down and went into the cage!
I praised her and closed her in. Right now, she's roosting on top of the circle swing, in that same awkward position that I don't understand. Wouldn't she be more comfortable sitting IN the swing like a normal bird, instead of on top of it, at a 22 degree angle from verticle?
I'm hoping she will choose a more comfortable perch before I need to cover her for the night, but it doesn't look like it.
I'm SO relieved that I have been able to get her into the other cage for the night! She doesn't seem that disturbed about not being with the budgies. And, they don't seem too disturbed at being confined to their cage. The budgies have been playing with/squabbling with each other and singing for most of the day. Emma spent about five minutes on my shoulder in the middle of the afternoon. And, she likes to sit on my laptop. I've had her on my forearm quite a few times today.
I do think that the transition is going well.
