Tulip
08-25-2011, 08:55 PM
Romeo is my new budgie! I have yet to add him to my siggy, but I will soon! Yes, I am getting a girlfriend named Juliet for him once he is fully tamed :). Romeo is the calmest budgie I've ever met, but he is definitely active and healthy! He was great on the car ride home from the petstore, only shuffling around 2 or 3 times. the employeee there said al the budgies there were hand fed (However, I've read about bird mills, so he could mean tube fed? Because those birds don't seem as tame as hand-fed ones.).
August 22nd, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Little_Romeo-1.jpg
When we first brought him home he just at the bottom of the cage. Once I covered the cage for the night though he got a bit freaked out and climbed to the swing perch at the top of the cage.
Auguest 23rd, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo470.jpg
He just sat on the perch all day. I played some budgies chirping on youtube and that made him chirp along with them. It was so cute! :D
August 25th, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo475.jpg
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo476.jpg
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Romeo.jpg
Still sitting on the perch, I decided to take it out so he would go down and eat and drink. Of course, his wings were clipped awfully by the petstore so he can't get 2 inches off the ground. Because of this lack of knowledge, I had to take out the swing perch, lower the wooden perch so he could reach it, and place the seed and water bowls driectly on the ground. Today he FINALLY ate the millet, seed, and carrots that were in his seed cup. I assume(or at least hope) he drank some too. Btw, I have a water bottle and a water bowl so that I can transition him from the bowl to the bottle. (any ideas about how to do this btw?) He has now chirped a few times and seems much more comfortable.
August 25th, 2011
Today I started slowly putting my hand in and resting it on the bottom of the cage. The first couple times he freaked and flew (fell) off the wooden perch. After a couple minutes he was fine though, even preeing himself once he saw my hand was fully in the cage and not moving towards him. So I took a piece of millet and held it in my fingertips and slowly moved toward him. I stopped when he started looking scared. I did this a couple times and each time I got about 3 inches from him. Can't wait to continue taming tomorrow!
August 26th, 2011
I decided to sing to him today. The first song that came to mind was My Country Tis of Thee, since that what we have been singing in choir. So i slowly opened the cage door, but had to stop a couple times when he looked a bit tense. I eventually got my hand (with index finger extended) very close to him. He still looked content, so I very very gently touch his belly. He put one foot on the cage, as if about to climb away, so I moved my hand away. I continued singing to him and slowly took my hand out and closed the cage door.
August 27th, 2011
I did the same thing, singing to him and slowly moving closer to his belly. Today I got very close several times, and once even got him to step up on my finger! Once he realized, though, he flew off and started flapping a bunch on the cage bottom. I kept singing softly and had my hand out of the cage and the door closed (but not locked, so it could be pushed open). I sang to him a couple more times after he calmed down before leaving the room. Then I finally got the internet working and want on here and read the comments :).
EDIT: I am not planning on giving him any more millet except for taming, I only put mllet in the seed cup today and yesterday to encourage him to eat.
August 22nd, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Little_Romeo-1.jpg
When we first brought him home he just at the bottom of the cage. Once I covered the cage for the night though he got a bit freaked out and climbed to the swing perch at the top of the cage.
Auguest 23rd, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo470.jpg
He just sat on the perch all day. I played some budgies chirping on youtube and that made him chirp along with them. It was so cute! :D
August 25th, 2011
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo475.jpg
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Photo476.jpg
http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/tuliprox/Mobile%20Uploads/Romeo.jpg
Still sitting on the perch, I decided to take it out so he would go down and eat and drink. Of course, his wings were clipped awfully by the petstore so he can't get 2 inches off the ground. Because of this lack of knowledge, I had to take out the swing perch, lower the wooden perch so he could reach it, and place the seed and water bowls driectly on the ground. Today he FINALLY ate the millet, seed, and carrots that were in his seed cup. I assume(or at least hope) he drank some too. Btw, I have a water bottle and a water bowl so that I can transition him from the bowl to the bottle. (any ideas about how to do this btw?) He has now chirped a few times and seems much more comfortable.
August 25th, 2011
Today I started slowly putting my hand in and resting it on the bottom of the cage. The first couple times he freaked and flew (fell) off the wooden perch. After a couple minutes he was fine though, even preeing himself once he saw my hand was fully in the cage and not moving towards him. So I took a piece of millet and held it in my fingertips and slowly moved toward him. I stopped when he started looking scared. I did this a couple times and each time I got about 3 inches from him. Can't wait to continue taming tomorrow!
August 26th, 2011
I decided to sing to him today. The first song that came to mind was My Country Tis of Thee, since that what we have been singing in choir. So i slowly opened the cage door, but had to stop a couple times when he looked a bit tense. I eventually got my hand (with index finger extended) very close to him. He still looked content, so I very very gently touch his belly. He put one foot on the cage, as if about to climb away, so I moved my hand away. I continued singing to him and slowly took my hand out and closed the cage door.
August 27th, 2011
I did the same thing, singing to him and slowly moving closer to his belly. Today I got very close several times, and once even got him to step up on my finger! Once he realized, though, he flew off and started flapping a bunch on the cage bottom. I kept singing softly and had my hand out of the cage and the door closed (but not locked, so it could be pushed open). I sang to him a couple more times after he calmed down before leaving the room. Then I finally got the internet working and want on here and read the comments :).
EDIT: I am not planning on giving him any more millet except for taming, I only put mllet in the seed cup today and yesterday to encourage him to eat.