Sully
06-04-2011, 02:28 AM
Hi Everyone.
My Lovies are,
Dookie the green peachface (Agapornis roseicollis),Female.
Dude the green masked (Agapornis personatus), Male.
Thank you Personatus for identifying them for me.
I now have them separated in cages side by side.
Now Dookie is screaming. Dude is spending most of his time climbing the side and top of cage chewing and clawing looking for a way to get in the other cage. I am afraid he will hurt himself.
They are both very scared of hands. The cage(s) is right next to my computer chair, so I am with them about 5 or 6 hours a day. Also I live where I work so I can pop in and say “hi” to them from time to time.
I can put my face right up to the cage and talk to them, even when they are eating. When I put my hand in to hang up some broccoli (so far the only veggie they eat) or change the water they scatter and get as far away as possible.
I can put my hand in palm up with some food in it but they just look at it.
At any rate based on some advice I have received on these forums I think I will put them back together, discourage nesting the best I can and slowly keep bonding with them at their pace.
Any thoughts or more advice would be welcomed.
Thanks
Sully
My Lovies are,
Dookie the green peachface (Agapornis roseicollis),Female.
Dude the green masked (Agapornis personatus), Male.
Thank you Personatus for identifying them for me.
I now have them separated in cages side by side.
Now Dookie is screaming. Dude is spending most of his time climbing the side and top of cage chewing and clawing looking for a way to get in the other cage. I am afraid he will hurt himself.
They are both very scared of hands. The cage(s) is right next to my computer chair, so I am with them about 5 or 6 hours a day. Also I live where I work so I can pop in and say “hi” to them from time to time.
I can put my face right up to the cage and talk to them, even when they are eating. When I put my hand in to hang up some broccoli (so far the only veggie they eat) or change the water they scatter and get as far away as possible.
I can put my hand in palm up with some food in it but they just look at it.
At any rate based on some advice I have received on these forums I think I will put them back together, discourage nesting the best I can and slowly keep bonding with them at their pace.
Any thoughts or more advice would be welcomed.
Thanks
Sully