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Does my bird hate me??
Hi!
My name is Gerry and I am from London, England. I am living in Leeds, which is in the North of England.
Today I went out and bought a pair of Bourkes Parrokeets. The female made (understandably) quite a fuss about being shoved into a box by the lady in the petshop. I got them home and released them immediately into their new cage and then set about putting their bits and pieces in i.e. cuttlefish, food, water, toy etc. There was a bit of fuss as the birds were obviously a bit alarmed by my hand being in their cage. Maybe I should have set the cage up first, but the female was making such a lot of screeching that I felt compelled to release them from the box.
After a while of them being in the cage and relaxing I noticed there was a bit of bird mess on one of the cages wires and reached around to wipe it, and the female started to screech at me until I backed off. The male is pretty relaxed though.
My concern is whether the female is just a bit sensetive, and will get used to me, or am I now in a situation where my bird dislikes me and will screech at me forever more?
Also, can anyone tell me, do birds often have a problem with having their cage re-situated? It's just that my boyfriend is learning the saxaphone and practices in the very room that the birds are now in. I will have to move them out whenever he practices, but am concerned about disturbing the birds further. Hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Gerry Gee
New Girl!
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