I want another Gcc & hubby says no.

[Sand1]

Our GCC RayRay(Raphael) passed a few weeks ago,nightmare ! Days filled w/tears (mostly from my husband) who would come home to NOT hearing RayRay call his name, etc etc. I'm home all the time,so i had to get used to him being gone quickly of COURSE there is a giant hole that only another can fill.at 1st hubby came home & said we'll get another.but then he said no cuz it's disrespectful to the 1 we had 2 forget him . Get outta here! !!!! It's nice 2 have a sensitive mate, & it's not nice! So according to "The Secret" in order to achieve something,you have to put it out there & believe it's true! Sooo I'm putting it out there. You all can help by visualizing that you are reading my post in the NEAR future where i tell you about & show you my new GCC! ! Who else could i tell my crazy idea to, except you, who love birds too!

 

[Sand1]

I have even contemplated trimming my budgies wings so that I can have them on my shoulder all day long just like when I got them from the store when their wings were clipped so short they could not fly. Of course I know that is ridiculous and so I have not done that.

 

[SilverSage]

1) have you determined why your bird died? It would be very unwise to get another without finding that out first. You need to be sure it wasn't a disease or something environmental that can kill another bird.

2) if your budgies are "going wild" the problem is with training not with wing length or the fact that they have friends. When I was a kid I had a huge cage with 10 TAME budgies and they never "went wild." I also am a breeder who believes in fully fledging and the retention of full flight when possible and I can promise you that having flight does NOT interfere with trust. If a bird trusts you he trusts you even if he can fly. Rather than clipping them and forcing them to accept you, please focus on gentle taming methods so your birds learn to WANT to spend time with you.


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[EllenD]

Well said! As a current owner of 7 budgies in a huge flight cage right in the middle of my living room (and a breeder of English and American budgies for 20+ years) I will completely disagree with what you said. Budgies absolutely do not "become wild" if you have more than one together in a flight cage, nor do they become wild if they are fully flighted, as all 7 of mine are. All 7 of my budgies get a few hours of out of cage time with me every day in my living room, just as my green cheek conure, my Quaker parrot, my cockatiel, and my Senegal parrot do as well. All 7 are fully flighted and will not only ride around on my shoulder all day if I let them (all 7 at the same time, lol, it's like "The Birds"), they also fly to me when I call them by name. They don't fly off or away from me, yes they like a good flight around the house every day, but they always come to me when I call them, always sit ony shoulder, step-up on my hand, sit on my lap and get scritches on the couch, etc. And they do nothing "out of fear".

I originally clipped their wings about 2 weeks after they were fully fledged in order to earn their trust, train them, and bond with them, and let their wings grow back in after that. They've been flighted ever since, and have been with me every day since just as much as my other birds.

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