Hello, my name is Riya, and im 13 years old. The reason that I am on this forum, is because im struggling with taming my pet Cocktails, Kiwi and Rio.
I have two Cocktails, one normal grey one, and one white faced.
They are about a year old and I bought them from the same pet shop, how - ever, the pet shop could not tell us the sex of the birds so that's still unknown but i assume that they are both boys.
Also, I have them for about 6 months now.
The problem is that I cannot tame them. I have tried everything. They are very scared, and when I try to touch them they fly away. Kiwi, can step up on my finger when out of the cage, but still runs or flies away when I try to stroke him, and when he is on my finger he looks very scared and immediately jumps off. Rio hisses, bites and runs away when I get near him. Sometimes, when I hold out a piece of lettuce Kiwi would slowly edge towards it and start eating, but would get scared by any movement I make. Rio is also very aggressive with Kiwi, and would hiss and bite him every time Kiwi got too close. Once I tried touching them in the cage but all they did is go to the other side of the cage or flutter around. The are calm when I am in the same room as them and they are ok with me being half a meter away.
I don't want to give them away because they are very nice birds. They love too sing and I always let them out of their cage so they can stretch their wings. I feed them, and give them water and clean their cage and I don't know what i'm doing wrong to make them scared of me.
What i'm thinking of doing, is buying another cage and moving Kiwi up to my room so I can regularly train him and be by his side, and sometime letting him go to Rios room and play with him. And when he is tamed I can bring him back and then do the same with Rio. Is this a good or bad idea? All I need is some help and tips for taming them, and making them not be scared of my hands.
Thanks,
Riya
I have two Cocktails, one normal grey one, and one white faced.
They are about a year old and I bought them from the same pet shop, how - ever, the pet shop could not tell us the sex of the birds so that's still unknown but i assume that they are both boys.
Also, I have them for about 6 months now.
The problem is that I cannot tame them. I have tried everything. They are very scared, and when I try to touch them they fly away. Kiwi, can step up on my finger when out of the cage, but still runs or flies away when I try to stroke him, and when he is on my finger he looks very scared and immediately jumps off. Rio hisses, bites and runs away when I get near him. Sometimes, when I hold out a piece of lettuce Kiwi would slowly edge towards it and start eating, but would get scared by any movement I make. Rio is also very aggressive with Kiwi, and would hiss and bite him every time Kiwi got too close. Once I tried touching them in the cage but all they did is go to the other side of the cage or flutter around. The are calm when I am in the same room as them and they are ok with me being half a meter away.
I don't want to give them away because they are very nice birds. They love too sing and I always let them out of their cage so they can stretch their wings. I feed them, and give them water and clean their cage and I don't know what i'm doing wrong to make them scared of me.
What i'm thinking of doing, is buying another cage and moving Kiwi up to my room so I can regularly train him and be by his side, and sometime letting him go to Rios room and play with him. And when he is tamed I can bring him back and then do the same with Rio. Is this a good or bad idea? All I need is some help and tips for taming them, and making them not be scared of my hands.
Thanks,
Riya