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[foghorn]

hi im new here. i live in nsw australia. and have been given two galahs a male and female. i have recently seperated them cause the female was beating up the male and he seems happier out of the same cage. he was a rescued bird from the person i got them from and she was a wild caught. she will take food from your hand but you cannot touch her at all. he will not take food from you but loves his crest scratched. i have had them for about a month and a half now letting them settle in talking quietly to them and not forcing anything on them. had him out this weekend and he literally freaks when he touches skin. he will step up but the minute he touches your skin he goes nuts. even if he walks over to your arm all on his own. his wing was broken pretty bad when the previous owner had found him and i dont think it set correctly he has no flight feathers at all on his wings ( not sure if this was something the previous owner did or if the female has done it) so he cannot fly at all.was told he is about 3 years old and she was full grown when they got her about 2 years ago they have been together ever since till i got them. and yes they are male and female ( eye colours are different). just need some input as to how to tame them down. i have never seen a bird scream when he touches a human like this male does before. i have tried with a perch to get him to step up when he is out of the cage and it was like he had been tormented with a stick before. my husband has named him foghorn lol. and the female he wants to name pinky but that one im not sure about. we also have a lutino tiel named the beast lol.who thinks he is tough stuff till he lost the fight with his shadow on the curtain rod lol. hand raised him since he was 2 weeks old so he is a bit spoiled lol.

debcull
owned by the beast (tiel)
foghorn (galah)
and yet to be named female galah

[catschair]

Welcome! I would love to see photos. Kudos for taking in the galahs; they are lucky to have found you!

[jimpierce7]

Welcome to Bird Board!!

[foghorn]

pics added now of all three. under albums

[Isaac Miller]

what you could do to help tame them is bring them out together and give them treats while both are out and dont give any while they are out seperately. so they associate each other with good things happening. Another tactic you could use is the towel method. In other words, wrap one in the towel, it sounds like Foghorn is in need of this the most...

My wife will sign onto her name and give you more info.

[Baby5566]

Hi Foghorn and welcome to BB!

I am Liz, Isaac's wife.

::Toweling Method::

Some people don't believe in this but it's worked wonders for me and a lot of other people.
Toweling consists of wrapping a towel around your bird leaving only it's head on the outside.
This is what your bird should like look while toweled, hold the bird tight but not too tight to cut off their air and circulation.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...x/S4010286.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...x/S4010287.jpg
Turn off all tv's sound etc in the background, sit down and hold your bird close to you. Pet his/her head and talk or sing softly. Do this every day for 1 week with each untamed bird, you should do this for no more than 15 minutes at a time, you can do it up to 3 times a day with little birds and 2 times a day for the larger types.
I hope this helps! You should start seeing improvement within 1 week.

[derekw68]

hi welcome another aussie for the board

[corralup]

GOOD DAY! Welcome to the BirdForum! Heard you guys are getting huge amounts of RAIN!

Stay safe.

Sandy

[Zoe's Mom]

Welcome to BB. Good luck with your new additions to your family. Thanks for posting the pictures...I am heading over to take a peek at them now .

[foghorn]

thanks all for the welcome.i will try the towel trick and see how it goes just dont really want to try it just yet cause we are having really high temperatures and dont want to stress him out to much in them.will try in the evening though when it does cool down. as for another aussie on the board technically im not one yet lol. im a american who moved down here almost 3 years ago and will be going for citizenship next year when im allowed to.
and as for rain what rain lol. we are on water restrictions and havent had rain now for almost a month. im on the central coast of eastern australia about a hour and half north of sydney.i moved from oklahoma to here and love it here. thanks again for the welcome and ideas to try.
deb