Hello, wonderful bird people! I have adopted a 6yo female irn a few days ago, and she did not have a good life before that. Kept in a too small cage without any freedom or socialization, forcefully taken out/put back in the cage, seed only diet, no toys, etc. I took her with cage just to avoid too much stress at first, but the thing is she really doesn't like going back to her cage. So I read all the taming advice I could find here, but nobody with this specific problem.
This girl is super scared of people, it shows that she's been harrased a lot. She is slightly aggressive towards my male rosella and bhc, but they go away from her and they're only out together supervised. We let them out of their cages at least twice daily for at least 2 hours, but the problem is that while the irn comes out (startled because the upper part of cage opens and I guess she associates that with being forced to go out), she hates going back in. We don't chase her, we leave her cage open and set treats in (she started eating pellets so we try to bribe her with sunflower seeds), but she goes in, takes a bite, and as soon as we try to close the cage, she escapes again. As I said, the cage is too small, the new one has been ordered but it will be at least two or more weeks before it arrives, and I really don't have the heart to keep her locked up, so any advice on how to get her back in her cage more easily would be greatly appreciated!
This girl is super scared of people, it shows that she's been harrased a lot. She is slightly aggressive towards my male rosella and bhc, but they go away from her and they're only out together supervised. We let them out of their cages at least twice daily for at least 2 hours, but the problem is that while the irn comes out (startled because the upper part of cage opens and I guess she associates that with being forced to go out), she hates going back in. We don't chase her, we leave her cage open and set treats in (she started eating pellets so we try to bribe her with sunflower seeds), but she goes in, takes a bite, and as soon as we try to close the cage, she escapes again. As I said, the cage is too small, the new one has been ordered but it will be at least two or more weeks before it arrives, and I really don't have the heart to keep her locked up, so any advice on how to get her back in her cage more easily would be greatly appreciated!