birdluv

She is a beauty.

Hi, welcome You have a nice flock.

" OH NO, SHUT THE DOOR!!!!! can't you see I'm taking a bath here !!!"

No at home, go fish Have you eaten a pizza this past weekend?

Wow, it has been along time since l did an update. I think that it is about time that l did one. It has been almost one year in March, since l decided to tame them. I have to admit that since the middle of October, l started to get a little busy and had less time with my budgies. I did not spend as much time handling them as l did when l was doing this journal. l still talked to them constantly and let them out to fly around but l did not feel like the same bonding was happening between us. Since they both started to bond with each other again and they started to ignore me, which was my fault for not keeping up the daily handling They have since grown all their flight feathers in again and l wanted to start taming them again. So today l got them both back in their traveling cage and headed to the bathroom to trim their feathers, so l could handle them easier. I noticed when l was catching them in their cage. They where not really afraid of my hand, they let me catch them, but of course my hen Claire started to nip at me but not bite me to my amazement. Sooo she did remember her training of not biting my hand That was a very good sign, another good sign is they both where willing to go on my hand while trying to put them in their traveling cage. I got to the bathroom and l took my scissors out and l first got Claire and trimmed the feathers. She sat on my finger as she did before but she was a little skittish. So l will just spend some alone time with her to get her accustomed to me again. I do not think it will take long. She has always been a little skittish around me. My goal for her, which l think would be nice in the future. Is for her to become less skittish so l could let my 4 year old niece handle her. My niece adores my budgies, she is always wanting to hold them or for me to put them on her hand but she is skittish about them like Claire is. This will take time but l know that she will overcome this. Claire has improved a 110% more then when l first started to tame them. Now Hobbes is very different. l trimmed his feathers and the first thing that he did was he sat on my finger for a split secound. He crawled right up my chest and sat on my shoulders I sat their totally shocked that he trusted me so much still!!! He sat their for awhile until l put my finger near him and said "up." He right away stepped up. I told him up a couple of times and sure enough each time he stepped up. I then opened up the door and called for my niece. She came running but l told her to come slowly so she wouldn't scare Hobbes. She came into the bathroom and l shut the door. I tried to get Hobbes to step up on her fingers but he was a little scared since he was only used to me. I thought it is was kind of funny to see how Hobbes would just climb further up my arm to get away from her finger. I eventually did get him to go on her elbow. My niece was over the moon with excitement. After l got him to come to me again. I then thought that l would do a test with Hobbes. I told my niece to go wait in the living room with her mom and my mom. Off she went, l asked them to see if the cat was there and the said no. So l carefully went to the living room with Hobbes on my finger. He just sat there quietly and content. l got to the living room and asked my niece to come to me. I put Hobbes on her again, this time he was more confident with her and sat on her. Then her mom asked if she could try and hold him and of course l said yes. To my amazement he happily went and sat on her finger and went up on her shoulder. He sat with her for awhile. I then got Hobbes on my finger just in time because the cat decided to come into the living room at that moment. l carefully went back to the bathroom and put him back with Claire. I then went back to their cage and let them into their cage. I'm just so happy to see how much they have improved and how much they remembered Okay, l know you are probably sitting their after reading this and saying " what no pictures???" Do not worry, l did not take any pics today BUT tomorrow l plan on putting the cat in a different room. Bringing Hobbes out to the living room with the family and video taping him on my niece and on me. l will try and do Claire but that will just be pics or video with me and not with my family, l do not think she is ready for that yet. unlike Hobbes is.

No, go fish ( unfortuantly movie drive in are a thing of the past over here ) Do you own a gaming system?

Yaya Yvan Yossie Yvonne Yolanda Yossie Yomaira

Yes, and l did not do to well, you see trees like me Has anyone ever told you, that you talk in your sleep?

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Thanks for updating us I'm glad that he had a great first day.

I'm so sorry for your loss

Very nice looking budgies.

awww poor Boris

Yeah, how did he do :fingerscrossed:

How are you trying to do the step up command when you want her on your hand, to let her out? As for clipping her wings every one has their own reason why they clip or not it is really up to you. If you do not see any danger in her living space when she is out of her cage then no, you do not have to clip. If you feel that she might be in danger of getting hurt or she might be able to escape then yes clip her wings.

Congratulations!!!!

Wow, l just found this thread and all l can say is wow. Trish you have done such an awesome job in caring for all these budgies. Those people are terrible, l will never understand how some people can treat their pets.

It is great that you got your answer finally and you caught it really early.

That's weird. I agree with liv, go with your gut feeling. It is usually right.

l'm happy to hear she is at home now, l hope she will get better soon.

oh no, l'm so sorry for you loss

okay then, l will send a couple of truckload of the white stuff to you all, in exchange for the sun and heat :sad:

that's great to hear

I hope your heat waves will end soon.

Great pics Elly but l do not care about the white stuff :thumbs_up: Cabela reminds me of my dog muffin, she was the same way. She never really cared for the snow. Sonny is such a cutey. Thanks for sharing them with us.