By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 13:27:07 +0000

Probably impractical but I bought a very anxious male bird that always took fright at my close presence. However the female I already had was very approachable (this was only after I helped her recover from a week of temporary paralysis which necessitated my helping her feed and drink with inevitable and frequent handling) and the male gradually realised from her flying to me and being hand fed, that he could risk the same, However it was not at all quick, more like a year or more tp modify his behaviour.

By: Mera

Mera — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 09:11:53 +0000

Hey! I really need some advice because I don’t know what to do anymore. I have my 5 months y.o. cockatiel since 4 days, I bought him from a shop. He is not tamed and probably was never hand fed. On his first day in his new cage and environment, I left him for a few hours in his cage.(the cage is pretty big, he can fly a bit in it, there is enough food,snacks, water and 2 toys) After a few hours I made the big mistake and opened the cage , with the intention for him to see that he isn’t caged forever, but it didn’t went well. He flew out the cage in my room and panicked, flying everywhere and bumping into anything. I was so scared he would hurt himself so I panicked a bit too and tried to slowly get closer to him with my hand. He was so scared and also breathed heavily, probably because he flew and panicked the whole time. It took me 1 or 2 hours till I got him back into the cage with a stick. (It also took me some time to get him on the stick and slowly put him into the cage without him flying away). Now here is the main problem: On the second day, he started to scream and was very fidgety and restless near the cage door. I guess he wanted out of the cage, but I didn’t opened it for him anymore because I dont want to go trough the whole stress again. So I covered a bit of his cage. He stopped screaming. On the third and fourth day, he constantly screamed and when I covered the cage, he still didn’t stop. It doesn’t matter when I am in the room or out of the room, he still screams the WHOLE time. And he is also very scared of me or everyone in my family. I don’t know how to stop the screaming and how to gain his trust. I dont have any other pets, only a 9 y.o. sister that is always in my room with me, she also sometimes goes near the cage and looks at him very closely or talks to him. I think I made a very big mistake on the first day and now I feel helpless and my head hurts because of the constant screaming. When someone goes near the cage, he immediately goes to the back of the cage. He is too scared to get tamed and screams, I assume he still wants to go out the cage so that he can flee. Can I still gain his trust? And how do I gain his trust? And how can I reduce the constant screaming? Should I maybe get him out of the cage again?
I really love this bird and won’t give up on him, I would do anything for his wellbeing, and would gather every patience in me so i can build a trustful relationship with him, but he is so anxious and fidgety I am starting to lose hope.

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