Post by sweetbird on Feb 6, 2019 2:01:53 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I’ve had my 10 week old Quaker for about 3 weeks. He has settled into his cage well and in the beginning I held him a few times and he was a little scared but then settled into my hand quite happily. Now I’ve decided to use the gentle approach and get him just used to stepping up. He can accept my hand half way into cage.
About a week ago a friend gave me an old child’s mobile which is a colourful owl with lots of things hanging from its feet like a little mirror and a blue fluffy triangle with white eyes. So i decided to try it in his cage and see if he likes it. Well ever since then he has fallen in love with the damn thing and hides under it, behind it, on top of it or simply hugs the blue fluffy triangle or looks in the mirror. This was taking up 70% of his day! He sleeps under it between the hanging things. He’s ok if I take it out of the cage for a few hours in the day but at night he is will pace up and down the perch and seems upset and can’t settle until I put it back.
Now I don’t want to take away his new friend but he was more social without it so I’m stuck about what to do and would love to hear what any of you think.
P.S sometimes I am feeling jealous of the blue furry triangle 😳
About a week ago a friend gave me an old child’s mobile which is a colourful owl with lots of things hanging from its feet like a little mirror and a blue fluffy triangle with white eyes. So i decided to try it in his cage and see if he likes it. Well ever since then he has fallen in love with the damn thing and hides under it, behind it, on top of it or simply hugs the blue fluffy triangle or looks in the mirror. This was taking up 70% of his day! He sleeps under it between the hanging things. He’s ok if I take it out of the cage for a few hours in the day but at night he is will pace up and down the perch and seems upset and can’t settle until I put it back.
Now I don’t want to take away his new friend but he was more social without it so I’m stuck about what to do and would love to hear what any of you think.
P.S sometimes I am feeling jealous of the blue furry triangle 😳
