Re: My love birds don't love me

Peeple, peeple !!!
We're discussing  LOVEbirds !!!!

Where is the LOVE !!!!

"anangrymouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I bought a pair of red faced love birds in a pet store.  Big mistake. They
> were not hand raised.
>
> They are terrified of my hands.  Seems like they were grabbed too much
> before I got them.
> If I put my hands anywhere near them, they start screaming and flapping
> violently around in terror.
> So when I talk to them I put my hands in my pockets or behind my back.
>
> The feathers of their wings were trimmed so at first they could not fly
well
> and I let them out
> so they could sit on top of the cage which I placed by a large mirror..
> They totalled the lamp
> shade while they were toasting their bottoms on the light bulb.  (Why do
all
> birds total lampshades?)
>
> They are not as afraid of me when they are out of the cage, but when I go
to
> talk to them,
> they usually climb down the back of the cage so the bars are between me
and
> them.
>
> They started talking almost right away.  They expect to be let out of the
> cage when I come home.
> They scream if they don't like the menu.  They have done many things which
> make it clear they
> understand what I want them to do.  They understand that it is bad to chew
> wallpaper off the
> wall and they will be punished by my shutting off the lights and making
them
> go in the cage.  They
> know what go in the cage means.  However, they are just not friendly and
> very scary.
>
> I have had them about 3 months.  They have grown much larger so they must
> have been
> very young when I got them.
>
> They are running around on top of the cage upstairs right now, twittering
> "pretty birdie,"
> jumping off and on the frame of the totalled lampshade, looking in the
> mirror and chewing on a millet branch.
>
> How do I tame them?
>
>