How do you juggle time with your birds?

[MusicalFeathers]

I was wondering how you guys with literally 100 birds (Halo) lol ....juggle time amongst them? Do they all get one on one time with you or no?

I have five right now and I wish I can give them my time all the time but it is impossible. Do you guys have a routine or special way to go about sharing yourself?

Just wondering if I am doing something wrong..if I am too worried or what!

[hollyhawkz]

So sorry I can't help you much there. There are two of us and two birds. We won't get more just for that reason. I feel bad enough that most of my time is spent with Pepper now rather than my baby Wawa. But until bedtime, Wawa is partial to Dad anyway so it works. Pepper is always partial to me. I put Pepper to bed 1/2 hour earlier that Wawa and then I have my snuggly time with Wawa. The rest of the time they are on one of our shoulders. Andre is at home with a disability so he does have a challenge during the day trading them off. We are lucky he is usually home, they may spend an hour or so in their cages. Most of the time they are on a shoulder or on the play top eating fruits veggies and soak seeds. They can go in and out of their cages to get their seed/pellet mix. When they are not with one of use they eat or play and keep themselves busy. Sorry I wasn't much help. Do you have other family members that could share the time with your fids?

[MusicalFeathers]

Thanks for your reply. My bf definitely helps out before he leaves for work and when he comes home so they get their daddy time. I just want to see if I can improve in any way. I am always worried about everything when it comes to my babies!

[Tom Lawless]

I only have two birds and, although they are not fond of each other, I can spend quality time with both of them while watching a movie or t.v. Having said that, I have often wondered how difficult it would be to spend quality time with all of them if I threw a third into the mix. I have no idea how I could give proper attention to the ones I have if I there were more. I have no doubt that those with many do an excellent job with their flock but I don't know that I could juggle that many.

[KDK241]

I consider my 1 on 1 time with my birds to be an all day thing. When I stop and give one bird some scritches, or talk to one of them and whistle to them it's part of the 1 on 1 time to me. I can't say that I spend 1 hour each day with each bird but I do stop and talk to each of them individually throughout the day, give scritches and treats to them and the tame one's get let out and get to spend that time with me.
Monty is the only one who really gets a bit more one on one time but it's been so long since he's had it that he's a little more needy than my tiels. (Ok, I admit he's a big baby).

[Halo]

100 huh?? Not quite yet

It just seems that all of my birds have different time requirements/wants. I wake up and let the boys in the living room (Diddle, Marti, Alfie, Rudy, and Bebe) out of their cages and spend the morning in the living room with them. Minga, Lilly and Tuck Tuck have open cages too. Diddle is very independant and mostly just wants to chat with me and will sit with me on occasion and fly home when he's done. Marti is happy to chew on my feet all day and chatter up a storm. He usually sits on my shoulder at least an hour a day or will sit behind me on the couch with Diddle and Alfie. Alfie gets his daily kisses and is content to sit and talk or play with Diddle and Marti. Rudy prefers hubby and doesn't like kisses and is happy to jump between his play perch and his cage all day. Bebe so far just likes to know that people are there because he used to be in a room separated from his family although he does require snuggling before nap time in the afternoon and before bed at night. Minga also gets brought into the living room from about 7am - 1pm to be in the mix of things and I spent at least an hour with her sitting with me to convince her I don't want to eat her Everyone but Rudy will walk around on the floor, visit eachothers cages, and just basically do whatever they want. Right now... Bebe is chasing the kids getting dressed and he attacks their shoes

In the afternoons, usually 1pm - 4pm, I spend time in the bedroom with Tuck Tuck and Lilly. Tuck Tuck gets very upset if he doesn't get this time and he can hold a grudge During this time, the fids in the living room generally take a nap. Lilly will climb on the bed if she's in the mood for lovins and if not, she will generally sit on the door of her cage and talk to me and throw clothes out of the laundry basket (her favorite game).

In the evenings I go back to the living room until bed time. Bebe usually wants major cuddles during this time and the rest of the fids are just happy to roam around the living room and travel between everyone. The living room fids are quite the little floor walkers

Pedro only likes hubby, I can barely even feed her so she gets hubby time at night with Minga in the bird room. King is still learning how to step up without flying around the room for hours lol We work with him during this time too. Bangers (the parakeet) is completely antisocial and doesn't come out of his cage. Muldoon is very old and was never allowed out of his cage so he won't ever come out no matter how long we leave the door open. He lives in the kids bedroom because he likes his quiet time.

So basically, my birds have the freedom to come and get me whenever they want. Some of them are happy with ambient attention while the others require more direct attention. It's pretty easy to give everyone what they want because they all want different amounts of lovin. And since their cages are open, they can interact with each other (yep they do this without problems) and me whenever and however they want. I don't have any clingy birds so it works out rather well.

[Halo]

I made a video of morning in the living room lol.

Alfie was in time out for scaring Minga lol.

YouTube - A Tour Of The Living Room Fidlets

And yes, Bebe was vet checked before being put with the other fidlets lol I know someone's thinking OMG no quarantine! His previous owners had him looked at and we called the vet to verify that he was healthy and get the blood results.

[MusicalFeathers]

Thanks everyone and thanks for the video Halo!

My Tiel sounds just like King. He knows he has his wings for escaping so he refuses to step up (although he knows that my hands are not monsters) so he will fly around the room till he is tired and then steps up for only about a second...lol..then off he goes again. So I have to get the hand perch to to put him where I want to.

My bf's sister might be interested in taking in the budgie that I found outside my house so I will see how that goes...

[guest1717171]

lol it was awfully quiet in there halo LOL

all my birds have their cages opened first thing in the morning, around 6:30
from there they go to the tops of their cages and chickie baby will wander back and forth from her cage to her playstand...and if its nice out i have the door open so chickie baby can hang out on the patio...usually on the rail of the steps

throughout the day i take each bird off their cage and hang out with them
i have no pattern to it...i just take whoever i feel like taking and sit on the couch for an hour or so

i think being in the same room with me, out of their cages, constitutes spending time with me...so if i dont feel good and they dont get to come sit with me as much they're still fine

[Halo]

You're welcome! Yeah, King is just a turkey lol. Bad thing is he likes to land on Minga's cage and she looks at him as something to play with. Once he gets tired, he will step up no problem and he will step up to get out of his cage and then he flies all over He's a turd!

Yep lol I told ya my house is quiet! They are seriously rarely loud. Mostly all we hear is Rudy singing, sounds like a song bird, or Marti rambling on about his dirty beak No one ever believes that my house is quiet!

I agree with Geek... them being out of their cages and in the same room as me is spending time together. I still give each their own lovins evey time I walk past them (except for Marti today cause as I type he is trying to eat my foot!) and they are content with that.