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27/4/2008
I have found that sheer persistence does pay off, as well as finding out exactly what they will and wont eat and what SHAPE it has to be lmao, or placement in cage......gees, the things we do.
Good luck, please keep going even when you feel like giving up because when you win, so does your fid.
Many hugs.
PS. The new swing I bought him is still the swing of death from hell lol, it isn't three weeks yet.
Makes me giggle the way he elaborately manages to avoid going near it yet.
16/5/2008
It is still the swing from hell. what is it, a month now???? Mrs patience is NO MORE> I will tie some millet to it and I am kicking myself for not doing that beforehand.
Feeding front we seem to be ok, overnight germinated seed, br rice, assorted whatever appeals to him at the time veges, (no size differences, he wants it all very small) dried and fresh chilli, cayenne pepper, egg and carrot ONLY in one grated size, nothing else will be accepted. I have made my own mix of seeds, pellet, toipicana mix with fruit, nuts for overnight and morning for him.
He also was actually under the shower with me briefly too instead of just watching from on top of the glass.
15/12/2008
He now chows down daily on his base mix of brown rice and chilli, added to that a changing variety of corn, green stuff, some shredded meat, germinated lentils and seed and veges, some cooked, some grated raw.
21/1/2009
Angel now hates carrot in any form, lol. I now have a few different pellets I offer in a small dish, I have tricked him though, the pellets get offered after the veges and he has a few before he feels duped, then his seed goes back in around now, lol.
I am going to start being sneaky with them again in veges etc too as he now knows the taste and realizes they are not out to kill him and that they are food.
I have got to start saying she as I am pretty sure he is a girl.
4/8/2009
Just an update. For the last six months now she and Bub (new addition in April) can not wait for the daily offering of veges, grains, sometimes germinated seed as long as they have their dried chillies in it. Perseverance and consistency won the day. They still have pellets in there 24/7 and nibble on them too, especially if their favourite veges have been eaten.
I still cook and freeze the grain mix of brown rice, wholemeal pasta and quinoa once a month and break off enough to use as a base for their other stuff for two days. If I sometimes miss a day I see them perplexedly looking into their dishes wondering where they are. Bub will even fly back to her cage in anticipation when she is with me preparing them and Angel is patiently waiting as I take out the seed/pellets dishes before I start preparing as a signal that the other will be there soon.
persistence can really pay off!
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