Hello,
I combed this entire forum for days before our beautiful Opie came to live us wanting to know all I could so we could start out on the right foot.
Opie is not my first budgie I have owned several over my life time but this time I wanted a budgie like my first budgie. I was an infant when my parents got my first budgie and although I don't recall him being a talker he used to share my breakfast with me in the mornings.
So Opie came to live with us 5 days ago. His wings were already clipped and he came from a private breeder. The first day I got him home I sat his cage next to where I sit in our open plan living area. He was calm and didn't spook easily. I thought great!! So I started putting my hand in the cage and sat most of the next day with my hand in the cage reading this forum. He took to that exceptionally well and I then started offering my finger to step up on, again he took to it well. Next was offering Millet and what do you know he started eating without hesitation. At this stage he's been with us a total of 3 days.
The past 2 days our routine looks something like this -
I get up and uncover Opie and he proceeds to eat.
I sit down and have my cuppa next to Opie and he starts to bite the cage door and what seems to look for my attention. I open the door and he promptly jumps out of the cage and sits next to me. He's not very vocal and will sit peacefully on his bird gym. If I leave the room to do something he flock calls until I answer with " Opie's a good boy". If I put him back in his cage during the day he bites at the door, jumps around, holds onto the bars and does what can only be described as a flip until I open the door and he is straight out on me.
I have had him sitting on my finger and he's decided it's time to sleep ( always on one foot and head tucked under his wing).
Last night I pushed him a little too far and tried to get him out on my finger to enjoy a little time with him, he promptly flew back to his cage and went to sleep, So I guess I know he knows his cage is a safe place.
I guess I don't know what to expect from here. Will he become more vocal because other than a flock call when I leave the room he is silent.
Is he considered bonded with me?
Any insight into what to expect next would be wonderful
I combed this entire forum for days before our beautiful Opie came to live us wanting to know all I could so we could start out on the right foot.
Opie is not my first budgie I have owned several over my life time but this time I wanted a budgie like my first budgie. I was an infant when my parents got my first budgie and although I don't recall him being a talker he used to share my breakfast with me in the mornings.
So Opie came to live with us 5 days ago. His wings were already clipped and he came from a private breeder. The first day I got him home I sat his cage next to where I sit in our open plan living area. He was calm and didn't spook easily. I thought great!! So I started putting my hand in the cage and sat most of the next day with my hand in the cage reading this forum. He took to that exceptionally well and I then started offering my finger to step up on, again he took to it well. Next was offering Millet and what do you know he started eating without hesitation. At this stage he's been with us a total of 3 days.
The past 2 days our routine looks something like this -
I get up and uncover Opie and he proceeds to eat.
I sit down and have my cuppa next to Opie and he starts to bite the cage door and what seems to look for my attention. I open the door and he promptly jumps out of the cage and sits next to me. He's not very vocal and will sit peacefully on his bird gym. If I leave the room to do something he flock calls until I answer with " Opie's a good boy". If I put him back in his cage during the day he bites at the door, jumps around, holds onto the bars and does what can only be described as a flip until I open the door and he is straight out on me.
I have had him sitting on my finger and he's decided it's time to sleep ( always on one foot and head tucked under his wing).
Last night I pushed him a little too far and tried to get him out on my finger to enjoy a little time with him, he promptly flew back to his cage and went to sleep, So I guess I know he knows his cage is a safe place.
I guess I don't know what to expect from here. Will he become more vocal because other than a flock call when I leave the room he is silent.
Is he considered bonded with me?
Any insight into what to expect next would be wonderful