[Emma-Lee]

I thought this would be fun to do! I'm a really impatient person, and I understand that training budgies takes lots and lots of time, so I'm hoping that maybe if I share how Kermit's doing then you guys can let me know if I'm going too fast.

• Saturday, June 1st
I got Kermit! He sat in a travel cage for the ride home, which was 4 hours long!! He took it really well, and he was really nosy. I covered the cage so that he wouldn't be so scared, but he would chirp because he wanted me to lift the cover so that he could see!

• Sunday, June 2nd
Kermit met the dog and cat. **Edited to add that he did NOT see the dog and cat face-to-face!! He was in the cage as they looked at each other and we held the cat/dog!** He was alright with them, and isn't even bothered by the dog barking. He would try to avoid us if we got around the cage, like, if I was next to the perch he was on, he would try and get to a perch on the other side. He was still figuring out how to maneuver the cage, and would freak and fall if I put my hand in the cage to change his food and stuff.

• Monday, June 3rd
He started to have some fun in the cage. He finally got the hang of maneuvering around the cage. He's a little clumsy, and fell off of his perch while screeching to music, but he was able to get back up no problem. When I put my hand in the cage, he would kind of shift his feet and watch to see if I was getting too close.

•Tuesday, June 4th
Today, he was all about trying to figure out just WHAT the humans are up to. I was eating supper next to him, and realized that now he looks a LOT fatter. Like, before, he was tense and looked skinny, but now, he's letting his feathers puff out a bit. He almost fell asleep in the cage with me around. While I changed his food and water, he watched my arm in the cage and wasn't as nervous, since he realized that I was giving him some millet and new food. We got his cage at PetSmart, and I put him in before I realized that they had the pan backwards, so I have to flip his cage around to clean it. Tonight, I flipped him around and he hung on the cage bars right next to me as I cleaned, and he seemed happy.

 

[flyingduster]

It sounds great! I only just got my boy on Saturday too!!! We shall have to follow each other and see how our boys grow up 'together' Hehe.

 

[Emma-Lee]

Thanks for the reply! Meemo is so adorable!

•Wednesday, June 5th
Tonight he seemed a little jumpy with me, but he's obviously happy and secure in his cage now. He puffs out and clicks his beak quietly a lot, both of which I read means that he's happy. Tonight I put my hand in the cage with some millet, but he wasn't going to move any time soon. He was sleepy, so I moved my hand closer each time he closed his eyes until I was up to his beak. He didn't feel like eating millet, so I dropped it in the bowl he was standing on and slowly made my finger a perch. I pushed his belly back like I read, and he put one foot on the cage, but he did put one foot on my finger! He realized this, and wasn't sure what to make of it, so he climbed away. He's not scared of me when I'm outside the cage any more, so I guess I just have to get him used to me inside, too.

 

[Emma-Lee]

• Thursday, June 6th, 2013
I had a lot of projects due on Friday, so I spent most of my night doing homework by his cage. Kermit's starting to run towards people in the cage if you talk to him. He'll even run up to the cat when he's next to the cage, haha! But, if you put your hand up to him, he'll fly away. You have to go reallllly slowly.

• Friday, June 7th, 2013
It was pretty hectic, so I figured it might be a good day to have a rest day where I don't bug him too much. I sat next to him, though, and he didn't mind.


Today he's acting like he wants to get out of the cage really badly, but I'm not sure what to do, because he doesn't trust me yet! I'm not sure if letting him out will help him trust me, or if it will have the opposite effect.