Oh wow.... thats great news... well done little birdie... the trust is obviously getting stonger...... my wee birdie used to come out her cage and hang upside down with her wings out full and stay there for minutes.....before flying off round the house.....she would always let me know where she was..... we had a little whistle thing that if i called her name and gave a whistle she would come flying....it is amazing just how close you can come to birds eh ? Good luck and keep letting us know..... Pamx

Hey everyone

He came out of his cage again today and perched on my finger

I opened the cage door like I normally do and he started chirping and came flying out. He settled on top of my door frame again and with a bit of persuasion stepped up onto my finger.

I did have a problem with him trying to bite me whilst he was on my finger, if my other hand went anywhere near him he tried to bite it. I read that you are not supposed to move your hand away so I made a fist so he couldnt bite and left my hand next to him.

I was just wondering why he would try to bite me when he wanted to come out in the first place haha luckily it doesn't hurt

I reckon that he doesnt know you have two hands or what a hand is really and probably finds the other coming towards him a threat..... so he will defend himself..... I take it he just nips a little and that he isnt putting his wings out ? I am glad I am getting a new puppy in a couple of weeks as you are really making me want another wee birdie.... although with 4 cats around i dont think it is worth taking the risk.... especially when i like my bird to have the freedom of the house..... A recipe for disaster eh !!!! I am not taking any chances...... One day I will have another wee birdie...... till then I will stick with my Malamute, German Shepherd, Klee Kai, 4 cats and my horsey...... Pamx

No he isn't putting his wings out or anything, he was just sat on my finger hissing at the other hand and trying to bite it haha, I just made a fist so he couldn't bite properly and let him bite it so that he would realise it had no effect and isn't worth it.


haha aww you have so many pets!

If you did get another birdie then you would have to keep an eye on those cats especially!

Definately...... they are pretty wild cats.... dont get into the house much.....years ago we got 8 kittens dumped in our wheelie bin at the end of the drive..... we ended up keeping 4..... I started off by making a little ladder up into one of the conservatory windows but as they grew they were bringing all sorts home and i finally drew the line when one of them was almost in the window with a Malard Duck in his mouth !!!!! Since then they have been outside cats..... they are to keep the mice down as we live in the country but they catch allsorts including squirrels and rabbits etc etc etc...... Pamx

haha cool :P Cats are little rascals when it comes to bringing you 'gifts' my cousin's cat always brings me presents when I stay at his house, the only problem is that the cat doesn't know how to kill them and we end up chasing mice all night

But when he does kill one...we can hear him crunching on the bones

Maybe if your cats are outside a bird would be alright in your house, dogs aren't so bad with them and can be taught to leave it My dog is scared of my cockatiel haha