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scared parrotetts
Topic Started: May 30 2009, 10:24 AM (206 Views)
Kimbo	May 30 2009, 10:24 AM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 10 Group: Full Members Member #3,084 Joined: May 28, 2009 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 - little Tino What colours Blue I live in Manchester My name is Kim	Hi, I bought a pair of parrotletts last week after some careful consideration. I decided they are the pets for me. Only problem is I wasnt expecting them to be so scared of me, every time I open the cage they just flap about and wont let me anywere near them. I know it does take time and I am willing to give them the time and attention they need. I am just looking for a few tips to help me make them see I am not out to hurt them. I think having a pair that are as strongly bonded as Charlie and Sky is going to be harder, they just seem to make eachother worse, one gets scared then the other one does too. Yesterday Charlie flew out of the cage by accident and would not let me near him to get him back in, all he wanted to do was get back to sky who was still in the cage so i left it open and he spent 15 mins walking round the cage trying to figure out how to get back in because he wouldnt let me help him. Does it get any easier because I cant seperate them to train either of them, they are attached at the hip, they wont even sit on different perches in the cage. are there any ways to do this properly? I dont want to go too far and start intimadating them by scaring them instead of trying to be nice. Any help would be great!! Kim



bonnie	May 30 2009, 10:48 AM Post #2
Co Admin Posts: 13,989 Group: Co Admin Member #73 Joined: March 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 0 Other Birds ? YNA GCC. Cockatiel I live in Pennsylvania My name is Bonnie	How old are your pair and how long have they been together in the same cage?? If they are a bonded pair it will be very difficult to get them to bond with you. It's not impossible but not easy either,



LauraR	May 30 2009, 05:48 PM Post #3
Staff Member Posts: 4,851 Group: Staff Member #78 Joined: April 7, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Blue Pied & Green Other Birds ? 2 Conures I live in California, USA	Hi Kim, Like Bonnie said we really need to know the history of your little guys. The older they are and the longer they've been a bonded pair, the more difficult it can be to tame them. What did the breeder/pet shop say when you got them? Were you told they were tame?



Kimbo	Jun 1 2009, 03:59 PM Post #4
Newbie Posts: 10 Group: Full Members Member #3,084 Joined: May 28, 2009 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 - little Tino What colours Blue I live in Manchester My name is Kim	Hiya, Thanks for your replies. The man in the pet shop said they were about 6 months old but it seemed like a guess to me he didnt seem sure at all. Sky has a tag on her leg but i am unsure if you can get info from that easy enough. However, Carlie does not and I may be wrong as I am very new to the birdy world but that tells me that they have not come from the same place. All I know is that they are really closely bonded from what I can see, they never sit on different perches and you should hear the noise when they think they are going to be seperated. Like when Carlie flew out of the cage by accident the noise they were making was unbeleivable and he spent the next 20 mins walking round the cage trying to get back in to get to her. this is going to be hard isnt it??? Kim



bonnie	Jun 1 2009, 04:09 PM Post #5
Co Admin Posts: 13,989 Group: Co Admin Member #73 Joined: March 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 0 Other Birds ? YNA GCC. Cockatiel I live in Pennsylvania My name is Bonnie	Yes it's not going to be easy and if you separate them they will most likely yell to each other most of the day.



kevinp	Jun 1 2009, 06:33 PM Post #6
Administrator Posts: 6,016 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 7, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have I have one Parrotlet What types Celestials What colours One green Other Birds ? Budgeries four off I live in a mess of my own making !!! My name is I'll give you a clue	I will be honest and say that if they are six months old or more you will probably not have a lot of success training them, and it wouldn't be fair to seperate them. So you have a couple of choices either be happy the way they are and enjoy as a bonded pair or sell them and buy a single handreared Parrotlet. There's nothing stopping you letting them both out to have some flying time together they will probably both enjoy this :)



Noctua	Jun 1 2009, 08:34 PM Post #7
Member Posts: 239 Group: Full Members Member #2,930 Joined: November 8, 2008 How many Parrotlets do you have 2 What types One male Pacific, one female Pacific What colours Green lucida, I think Other Birds ? Nope I live in Colorado, USA My name is Kristin	I can relate to your frustration. I received a pair at over two years of age and they are 100% bonded. I take them out individually for training time (actually I don't take the boy out anymore, he just fights me too hard and I don't want to traumatize him), and I've had some minor success with the girl. At one point she would step up and sit pretty happily on my finger even if I got up and walked around a little. Now that her flight feathers are grown back in she's infinitely harder to work with though. I'm not sure if I actually have any advice for you or if I'm just commisserating... drats At any rate, just try to be patient and see where things go.



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