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Post by pinky on Dec 29, 2005 19:15:08 GMT 10
Hi everyone,
On Christmas Eve I saved a beautiful 12yo male Galah from being put down. I now want to make his life as happy as possible and have come here for some hints and advice.
He is quite tame...ie. I can pat him sometimes and he eats from your hands, but I doubt he is hand reared. He talks a bit, and is a happy and healthy bird.
I bought him a large indoor cage and want him to come a nd have a fly around also. How will I go about letting him out? The cage I bought opens at the top but I am worried about letting him out in case he's not used to it. Any thoughts?
Any tricks for making happy Galahs....
Anna and Pinky the Galah
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Post by AussieBirds on Dec 29, 2005 19:52:36 GMT 10
Hi everyone, On Christmas Eve I saved a beautiful 12yo male Galah from being put down. I now want to make his life as happy as possible and have come here for some hints and advice. He is quite tame...ie. I can pat him sometimes and he eats from your hands, but I doubt he is hand reared. He talks a bit, and is a happy and healthy bird. I bought him a large indoor cage and want him to come a nd have a fly around also. How will I go about letting him out? The cage I bought opens at the top but I am worried about letting him out in case he's not used to it. Any thoughts? Any tricks for making happy Galahs.... Anna and Pinky the Galah Firstly Anna congratulations on saving the galah they are a beautiful bird and make great companion birds. From what you are saying it sounds like it is semi tame and trusts you to a certain degree already and it wont take long to fully tame him down but the relationship you form with him must be built on trust. The cage you have purchased the bird sounds fine and I would open the top and let the bird come out that way. I imagine the top of the cage opens and a perch is placed to keep the top open and thats fine let the bird come up and sit on the perch so it can survey the surroundings, talk to the bird in a soft and friendly manner giving it as much affection as it will take and gain the birds trust feeding it treats such as peanuts and the like, spend as much time as you can sitting and talking to the bird and you will soon gain it's trust. It would be my guess that you will have a harder time getting the bird back into the cage rather than the other way around however with a little time and effort you will have a great companion bird for many years to come. John |
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Dec 29, 2005 20:32:25 GMT 10
To get him back in I'd try a perch to start with until he completely trusts the hand  I do that with my newest hand raised birds until they trust me. Thank you for being a kind soul, I'm sure he know's he's lucky too I'm going to the RSPCA tomorrow, I heard on the grapevine that some guinea pigs were dumped a little while ago and I'm going to see who needs a new home Amanda |
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I do that with my newest hand raised birds until they trust me.