Post by hazelwoods on Jun 12, 2015 16:01:07 GMT -5
Jackson has been a member of our flock for 12 days. He is a blue Quaker.
He is obviously a very intelligent bird.
He has settled into his cage. I also have a cockatiel and hope that eventually they will share a cage. They have visited each other's cages
Jackson isn't yet hand tame. For the first few days he would come out of his cage and fly around, but returned after a short while.
On Saturday night he found his way up to the curtain rail and wouldn't come back down. Eventually I was so tired I had to leave him there. He was still there when I got back up in the morning. He went back in to his cage and got back into the way of cage at bedtime.
Then on Tuesday night he came out late afternoon and wouldn't go back in again. Another night on the curtain rail
The same happened on Wednesday night too. So on Thursday I shut him in his cage around 6pm. But I stupidly didn't put a clip on the door (it slides upwards) and he discovered how to escape.
So after his 4th night on the curtain rail he has been shut in his cage all day.
I've given him treats and talked to him quietly much of the time I've been in the house. He will not be escaping tonight.
I need to stop this habit of flying up to the curtain rail and sleeping there. I can't reach him up there and when I try he flies away again. But I can't keep him locked in his cage forever.
We are still working on Step Up. We can't do it outside his cage because he just flies away but his swing makes a good perch to try within his cage. It worked with my previous cockatiel who I had for 10 years.
He has toys in his cage that he loves to play with. He responded to his name this morning and he has learned to make kissing sounds and gives me kisses through the bars of his cage, and at the open door.
What can I do to persuade him to return to his cage at bedtime?
I've tried food, switching lights off, partly covering his cage, leaving treats at the cage door
He is obviously a very intelligent bird.
He has settled into his cage. I also have a cockatiel and hope that eventually they will share a cage. They have visited each other's cages
Jackson isn't yet hand tame. For the first few days he would come out of his cage and fly around, but returned after a short while.
On Saturday night he found his way up to the curtain rail and wouldn't come back down. Eventually I was so tired I had to leave him there. He was still there when I got back up in the morning. He went back in to his cage and got back into the way of cage at bedtime.
Then on Tuesday night he came out late afternoon and wouldn't go back in again. Another night on the curtain rail
The same happened on Wednesday night too. So on Thursday I shut him in his cage around 6pm. But I stupidly didn't put a clip on the door (it slides upwards) and he discovered how to escape.So after his 4th night on the curtain rail he has been shut in his cage all day.
I've given him treats and talked to him quietly much of the time I've been in the house. He will not be escaping tonight.
I need to stop this habit of flying up to the curtain rail and sleeping there. I can't reach him up there and when I try he flies away again. But I can't keep him locked in his cage forever.
We are still working on Step Up. We can't do it outside his cage because he just flies away but his swing makes a good perch to try within his cage. It worked with my previous cockatiel who I had for 10 years.
He has toys in his cage that he loves to play with. He responded to his name this morning and he has learned to make kissing sounds and gives me kisses through the bars of his cage, and at the open door.
What can I do to persuade him to return to his cage at bedtime?
I've tried food, switching lights off, partly covering his cage, leaving treats at the cage door
