First day with a new bird advice?
Apr. 8th, 2008 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asterrocSoon I will be bringing home my new dusky conure (I'm calling her Kappa for now). She is nearly a year old, and has lived her whole life within view of one of her clutchmates. The store has a policy that the bird must come home by 2pm so it has time to get used to its new home on the first day. I'm wondering if it'd be best to put her in the new cage and leave her alone, put her in the new cage and stay within sight, keep her on me either within sight of the new cage or away from it, or keep her on a play stand near me and/or the cage.
I know that I can expect her behavior to be unsettled for the first couple weeks, for example she might be yelly and flock calling for her brother, or be quiet and scared of me, or be clingy and not want to leave me. I already bought the same diet that she's currently on (pellets, veggies, and pasta, with almonds and dried fruit as treats), and toys of the types they people in the store says she likes. Anything else I should be thinking of?
I know that I can expect her behavior to be unsettled for the first couple weeks, for example she might be yelly and flock calling for her brother, or be quiet and scared of me, or be clingy and not want to leave me. I already bought the same diet that she's currently on (pellets, veggies, and pasta, with almonds and dried fruit as treats), and toys of the types they people in the store says she likes. Anything else I should be thinking of?
