Hi all,
I had some great responses to my other thread about my feeling guilty that my bird is not with me 24/7. I work from home, so heās in the office with me all day, either out of cage or in it. So about 8 hours of seeing me, interacting with me, or me being just by him.
Between 6:30pm and 9:30pm he is in there alone (with foraging toys, and radio; this is when I feel guilty leaving him!). On the weekends Iāve taken to having him with me outdoors and around the house in pakobird (we have a cat so he canāt leave my office freely).
Iāve just bought a second cage to have downstairs, so that he can join us on the weekends instead of staying in pakobird for hours.
However Iām worried that this could lead to ātoo muchā socialising, if thatās possible? The last thing I want is for him to start screaming for contact again - and I worry that if he gets used to being in a busier room (instead of bird room alone), he will stop being able to be fully alone. As it is, he gets through his foraging toys more in minutes than in hours; am continuing to try other toys (bought and homemade) to see what might last longer.
I donāt know if during the evening he should then also join us downstairs, and on the weekends if he should regularly go back to the bird room just to calm down/be alone, in addition to when he will have to for his safety. And we are not home all day every day at the weekend - I greatly worry that if we are gone for a few hours or most of the day, he will then struggle even more to be alone.
What are others thoughts here? Iām sure others have a multi-cage multi-room set up, or others with single birds who have managed these behavioural issues.
I had some great responses to my other thread about my feeling guilty that my bird is not with me 24/7. I work from home, so heās in the office with me all day, either out of cage or in it. So about 8 hours of seeing me, interacting with me, or me being just by him.
Between 6:30pm and 9:30pm he is in there alone (with foraging toys, and radio; this is when I feel guilty leaving him!). On the weekends Iāve taken to having him with me outdoors and around the house in pakobird (we have a cat so he canāt leave my office freely).
Iāve just bought a second cage to have downstairs, so that he can join us on the weekends instead of staying in pakobird for hours.
However Iām worried that this could lead to ātoo muchā socialising, if thatās possible? The last thing I want is for him to start screaming for contact again - and I worry that if he gets used to being in a busier room (instead of bird room alone), he will stop being able to be fully alone. As it is, he gets through his foraging toys more in minutes than in hours; am continuing to try other toys (bought and homemade) to see what might last longer.
I donāt know if during the evening he should then also join us downstairs, and on the weekends if he should regularly go back to the bird room just to calm down/be alone, in addition to when he will have to for his safety. And we are not home all day every day at the weekend - I greatly worry that if we are gone for a few hours or most of the day, he will then struggle even more to be alone.
What are others thoughts here? Iām sure others have a multi-cage multi-room set up, or others with single birds who have managed these behavioural issues.
