Fox
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- Mar 17, 2015
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I got a baby peach-faced lovebird 3 days ago. I named him Olive and we have been getting along really well. The first day I got him I let him explore my room on his own and then placed him in his cage and left him alone until the next morning. The next morning I spoke to him softly outside his cage then eventually picked him up and put him on my chest beneath a towel while laying down. I feel like this was a bit too forward, but he wasn't visibly frightened or skittish at all, not even the first time I picked him up, so I thought it was safe to try to relax with him a little bit. While he was beneath the towel I talked to him a ton and pet him and he fell asleep on me. I put him back into the cage after that and a few hours later I took him out again and the same thing except he crawled into my shirt, and I put on soft piano music and spoke to him softly. Later in the day he crawled into my pocket and fell asleep there.
I also introduced him to my mother and sister (they live with me) because I want him to be well socialized. He was fine with all of them and cuddled with them willingly. Yesterday he was in my pocket or on my shoulder or in my shirt pretty much all day, except when I went out to get some more toys for him and a playground. When I got back and opened his cage door he leaped out and onto me and was with me for the rest of the night. I started to do some training with him (millet/clicker) and he responded well. My friend came over with her rabbit and Olive was great with both of them. He was a little too good with the rabbit, like I had to take him away because I was nervous about how cuddly he was being (I thought the rabbit would give him a love bite). He cuddled with my friend a lot. Now today he refuses to be away from me at all. Whenever I put him in his cage he chirps like crazy and crawls around the front waiting for me to open the door. When I do open the door he jumps out right away. Earlier I put him inside and left the cage open so that he could get out of he wanted to, then went back to my desk. Two seconds after I put him in he jumped out, walked all the way to my desk and jumped onto me again. I was also able to clip his wings extremely easily. He didn't struggle at all, I didn't even use a towel or anything like that and I didn't even need anyone else present to help me groom him. I was able to do it all myself in like two seconds. He's been cuddling with my brother too and has yet to get spooked by anything, not even my dogs barking or sudden noises outside my window (I live in a city). So I feel like everything is going well, but everything I've read online says I should wait weeks before doing half the stuff I've done with him. Am I coming on too strong? Am I really just stressing him out and making him upset? I'm trying my best not to but he seems to really enjoy being with me. He behaves like being in his cage is a punishment, but I try not to treat it like one. I just put him in there to avoid overstimulating him.
So... What am I doing right and what am I doing wrong? And what else should I do while he's still young? I'm trying to introduce him to / get him used to a bunch of different things, like new people, other pets and new rooms and stuff like that so that he won't be inflexible as an adult. Is that the right thing to do? Thank you.
I also introduced him to my mother and sister (they live with me) because I want him to be well socialized. He was fine with all of them and cuddled with them willingly. Yesterday he was in my pocket or on my shoulder or in my shirt pretty much all day, except when I went out to get some more toys for him and a playground. When I got back and opened his cage door he leaped out and onto me and was with me for the rest of the night. I started to do some training with him (millet/clicker) and he responded well. My friend came over with her rabbit and Olive was great with both of them. He was a little too good with the rabbit, like I had to take him away because I was nervous about how cuddly he was being (I thought the rabbit would give him a love bite). He cuddled with my friend a lot. Now today he refuses to be away from me at all. Whenever I put him in his cage he chirps like crazy and crawls around the front waiting for me to open the door. When I do open the door he jumps out right away. Earlier I put him inside and left the cage open so that he could get out of he wanted to, then went back to my desk. Two seconds after I put him in he jumped out, walked all the way to my desk and jumped onto me again. I was also able to clip his wings extremely easily. He didn't struggle at all, I didn't even use a towel or anything like that and I didn't even need anyone else present to help me groom him. I was able to do it all myself in like two seconds. He's been cuddling with my brother too and has yet to get spooked by anything, not even my dogs barking or sudden noises outside my window (I live in a city). So I feel like everything is going well, but everything I've read online says I should wait weeks before doing half the stuff I've done with him. Am I coming on too strong? Am I really just stressing him out and making him upset? I'm trying my best not to but he seems to really enjoy being with me. He behaves like being in his cage is a punishment, but I try not to treat it like one. I just put him in there to avoid overstimulating him.
So... What am I doing right and what am I doing wrong? And what else should I do while he's still young? I'm trying to introduce him to / get him used to a bunch of different things, like new people, other pets and new rooms and stuff like that so that he won't be inflexible as an adult. Is that the right thing to do? Thank you.
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Her cage is in my room, which my dog is (usually) not allowed in. I have introduced them and I'm really happy with how my dog reacted. She's not a very friendly dog in general, but when I (carefully) introduced her to Olive she was curious, but relaxed and not antagonistic at all. She seemed a little afraid of her to be honest, but I guess she was just confused.
