TV problem

One of the 10 week old GGCs seems to have a death wish. We have only had them two days. I am finishing off the hand rearing and weaning. I have kept the curtains shut to stop them flying into the window, but, this afternoon Chunky flew into the TV screen twice! It worry me that he may injure himself. I can't move the birds to a different room. Any advice?

Was the tv turned off when he flew into it??? When they first start learning on how to fly they'll fly into things which is pretty normal as long as they don't fly too hard into them. Perhaps cover the tv with a towel when they're out?

Thanks for replying Mikey.
The TV was on both times he did it. I let him stay out of the cage with me most of the time. covering it would make my day very boring. I am disabled and stay home alone all day when my husband is working. I guess I will have to decide whether to take a risk and hope he works out head butting a TV isn't a good idea, or, not let him out of the cage so much.

I wonder what would happen if you positioned a pedestal fan so that the air blew across the front of the tv. I know mosquitoes can't fly in the path at a fan. How it would affect a baby bird I have no idea.

gracebowen said:

I wonder what would happen if you positioned a pedestal fan so that the air blew across the front of the tv. I know mosquitoes can't fly in the path at a fan. How it would affect a baby bird I have no idea.

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That would be a great idea Grace, if it wasn't February I London lol. Very cold here and heating costs very high. But, you are right that it would probably cure the problrm

Well maybe on low it wouldn't be that bad. Thank you for telling me it was a good idea.

baby birds usually learn pretty quick about things like that . (windows,mirror,etc). I doubt removing the hazard will help him later in life avoid that danger.

henpecked said:

baby birds usually learn pretty quick about things like that . (windows,mirror,etc). I doubt removing the hazard will help him later in life avoid that danger.

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You are also right I think. He has been out with me most of the day and not gone near it.
Having two baby birds in the home reminds me of when I had two small babies! Your whole world turns upside down and your stress levels go sky high. I think I am being overly cautious as my cockatiel died a few weeks ago and I still don't know why.

My bedroom/lounge/bird room is just big enough for Tachyon to fly around with about 20cms to spare from wingtip to wall (he cuts it close!), on occasion he will clip himself on the window (I think this is when he tried to land on the top of the net curtain which isnt strong enough to hold him) but ive installed that fake double-glazing plastic which essentially makes a tight drum over the window glass, an inch or so away from it .. much safer to crash into a bouncy plastic 'drum' rather then the window glass! He just bounces off it and continues flying.

I wondered if maybe you could rig up a rectangle of wood the size of the TV screen and stretch some of this clear plastic over it, you could still see the TV but it would become a bounce-able surface instead of a hard one. You could even adjust the bounceability depending on how much you heat the plastic with a hair dryer (this is what causes it to shrink and pull tight to make the double-glazing effect); heat it a bit less than the instructions say and you'd have a more bouncy surface because it would have more give.

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After flying a few times into something (not too hard) he hopefully learns not to do that anymore. Maybe something attracts him on the TV screen? My birds used to fly into mirrors and our large window a few times thankfully while they were still clipped, and never did that again. Within past several months I never saw any of my birds fly into anything. Birds are pretty smart - they learn fast.