BitterBird
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- May 8, 2014
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I tried another website before this one and still haven't gotten a reply. This is what I posted over there:
I brought a parakeet home about 2 months ago. He should be close to 5 months old. One of the toys he has in his cage is a wheel with a bell and I've been noticing he spends every day sitting next to it, chirping at it and spinning the wheel occasionally. I took it and the other two toys he has out but I'm sure he gets really bored when I'm not home so I ended up putting them back in. I do my best to take him out of the cage 4 or 5 times a day and talk to him. If I take him out of the cage, he tries to get back in to get to the bell almost immediately. I'm not sure what to do. If I take out the toy, he will scream after a while, from what I guess is because he has nothing to do but if I leave it in, the only time he leaves its side is to eat.
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There are some new problems now too. The bird is, for the most part, finger trained. He hops away in the cage occasionally but will eventually sit on your finger. The problem is that the instant he is out of the cage, he takes off for one of my shelves. I let him sit there the first couple of days he was here but now that's the only he place he wants to be and it's getting bothersome. You can't have him perch on your finger and talk to him because he will leave in a few seconds.
Then there's the problem with his diet. I've always fed him a mix of seeds and he will eat millet sprays that I am holding, but I cannot get him to eat any fruits or vegetables. On top of that, I've seen him chewing up his feces which is worrying me.
Also, the cage I bought when I got him is already rusting and I'm afraid it will poison him. How do I take care of that?
Rust:
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/ApocalypseToasterStudios/IMG_0301_zpsfb242e5b.jpg
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/ApocalypseToasterStudios/IMG_0300_zps36c10340.jpg
To summarize, I just want some advice on how to bond with him better. I am not taking it out on him but it's getting a bit frustrating.
I brought a parakeet home about 2 months ago. He should be close to 5 months old. One of the toys he has in his cage is a wheel with a bell and I've been noticing he spends every day sitting next to it, chirping at it and spinning the wheel occasionally. I took it and the other two toys he has out but I'm sure he gets really bored when I'm not home so I ended up putting them back in. I do my best to take him out of the cage 4 or 5 times a day and talk to him. If I take him out of the cage, he tries to get back in to get to the bell almost immediately. I'm not sure what to do. If I take out the toy, he will scream after a while, from what I guess is because he has nothing to do but if I leave it in, the only time he leaves its side is to eat.
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There are some new problems now too. The bird is, for the most part, finger trained. He hops away in the cage occasionally but will eventually sit on your finger. The problem is that the instant he is out of the cage, he takes off for one of my shelves. I let him sit there the first couple of days he was here but now that's the only he place he wants to be and it's getting bothersome. You can't have him perch on your finger and talk to him because he will leave in a few seconds.
Then there's the problem with his diet. I've always fed him a mix of seeds and he will eat millet sprays that I am holding, but I cannot get him to eat any fruits or vegetables. On top of that, I've seen him chewing up his feces which is worrying me.
Also, the cage I bought when I got him is already rusting and I'm afraid it will poison him. How do I take care of that?
Rust:
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/ApocalypseToasterStudios/IMG_0301_zpsfb242e5b.jpg
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/ApocalypseToasterStudios/IMG_0300_zps36c10340.jpg
To summarize, I just want some advice on how to bond with him better. I am not taking it out on him but it's getting a bit frustrating.
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