hay! i recently acquired a pair of female parotlets, a little backstory, a friend of a friend has quite a few animals, i was told they knew a lot about birds but didn't want this pair anymore as they prefer female/male pairs as they 'get along better' (their words not mine), but that these two females had attached to each other and wouldn't leave each others sides, hence wanting to re-home them.
now just so you know, i have not had any birds before, but have tried to do as much research as physically possible and brought them, according to my friend 'way to much stuff!' but i just wanted to make the transition as easy as possible.
now to the issue, the move went fantastically, we saw a vet who specialises in exotic birds and they said that other than a slight disforming of one of the pairs toe (which shouldn't cause and issues) that both were in good health. they seemed to settle in well and started eating within the day, they explored their cage quite a bit and seemed happy. but i noticed very quickly that they are very scared any time i move...even if im the other side of the room, one more cautious than the other (as in one seems a little more tolerant of movement, they both seem to argue about it when i move to quickly on occasion). if i stay still they fly around the room (quite large for them to stretch out in), its been over a month and they will only tolerate movement if im extremely slow and don't actually put even a hand within 3 feet of them (except when im clearly putting in fresh food)
i'm happy with not ever having them close to me, i understood when i got them that they would be much more attached to each other than to me in any way. but im home a lot, and i try to give them a lot of room to feel comfortable, and i really hate scaring them, so when i move and they rush to hide in the corner of their cage it scares me. i want them to be comfortable whilst here, they eat well and fly well, i just don't want to scare them anymore.
p.s. sorry for the long post, its mostly just my hands themselves they seem afraid of, more than me. i just wondered if anyone had experienced the same thing, if i should just give them time or something else.
now just so you know, i have not had any birds before, but have tried to do as much research as physically possible and brought them, according to my friend 'way to much stuff!' but i just wanted to make the transition as easy as possible.
now to the issue, the move went fantastically, we saw a vet who specialises in exotic birds and they said that other than a slight disforming of one of the pairs toe (which shouldn't cause and issues) that both were in good health. they seemed to settle in well and started eating within the day, they explored their cage quite a bit and seemed happy. but i noticed very quickly that they are very scared any time i move...even if im the other side of the room, one more cautious than the other (as in one seems a little more tolerant of movement, they both seem to argue about it when i move to quickly on occasion). if i stay still they fly around the room (quite large for them to stretch out in), its been over a month and they will only tolerate movement if im extremely slow and don't actually put even a hand within 3 feet of them (except when im clearly putting in fresh food)
i'm happy with not ever having them close to me, i understood when i got them that they would be much more attached to each other than to me in any way. but im home a lot, and i try to give them a lot of room to feel comfortable, and i really hate scaring them, so when i move and they rush to hide in the corner of their cage it scares me. i want them to be comfortable whilst here, they eat well and fly well, i just don't want to scare them anymore.
p.s. sorry for the long post, its mostly just my hands themselves they seem afraid of, more than me. i just wondered if anyone had experienced the same thing, if i should just give them time or something else.