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Hello again! Just posting some updates on Nikki and Romeo, my jerk birds who hate non-seed food.
Fortunately, they are starting to eat pellets more and more, but Nikki keeps it about equal with his seed, while Romeo will go for the pellets about 80% of the time. I recently wasn't home for a few days in a row so I had to break their schedule and leave their seed in there constantly since my grandfather doesn't seem to believe me about their food. I still haven't started going back to their normal schedule yet, but they seem to be doing fine.
Also; how do you know when a bird is overweight? Maybe it's just her size, but Romeo always feels ridiculously heavy in comparison to Nikki(who is, admittedly, a smaller bird) and she just seems... chunkier. It's just odd, I think, because she's always flying around so it's not that she isn't exercising or anything. Do females tend to be heavier than males in your experiences?
I also found someone giving away a great flight cage for $80 on Craigslist, so I'm picking that up on Thursday. On the same day, I'm visiting someone who needs to give away their Bourke's Parakeets-- and possibly taking them home. Does anybody here have any experience with Bourke's, firsthand or otherwise? This pair isn't hand-tame, would you find them easily trainable? I don't really want to, but if it makes things easier should their wings be clipped(if they aren't already)?
I have a video on my phone of Nikki and Romeo taking a bath, so once I figure out how to upload that maybe I'll edit it in here.
Edit: Right, I forgot to mention-- Nikki and Romeo completely tore up their twisted rope perch(now it's all... fluffy and soft). Is there any danger of them ripping it to far/going too far down?
Fortunately, they are starting to eat pellets more and more, but Nikki keeps it about equal with his seed, while Romeo will go for the pellets about 80% of the time. I recently wasn't home for a few days in a row so I had to break their schedule and leave their seed in there constantly since my grandfather doesn't seem to believe me about their food. I still haven't started going back to their normal schedule yet, but they seem to be doing fine.
Also; how do you know when a bird is overweight? Maybe it's just her size, but Romeo always feels ridiculously heavy in comparison to Nikki(who is, admittedly, a smaller bird) and she just seems... chunkier. It's just odd, I think, because she's always flying around so it's not that she isn't exercising or anything. Do females tend to be heavier than males in your experiences?
I also found someone giving away a great flight cage for $80 on Craigslist, so I'm picking that up on Thursday. On the same day, I'm visiting someone who needs to give away their Bourke's Parakeets-- and possibly taking them home. Does anybody here have any experience with Bourke's, firsthand or otherwise? This pair isn't hand-tame, would you find them easily trainable? I don't really want to, but if it makes things easier should their wings be clipped(if they aren't already)?
I have a video on my phone of Nikki and Romeo taking a bath, so once I figure out how to upload that maybe I'll edit it in here.
Edit: Right, I forgot to mention-- Nikki and Romeo completely tore up their twisted rope perch(now it's all... fluffy and soft). Is there any danger of them ripping it to far/going too far down?