Jacob the house quail is incredibly bored at the moment, as the rest of her flock was murdered in the great quail massacre of 2012. She wouldn't live with any other birds we tried to put her with, so we decided to bring her inside, and she now thinks she is a human lol. We try to give her things to do all the time, like a pumpkin or hanging lettuce, put she destroys them in seconds and starts to bang on her cage door to be let out.
She is incredibly friendly, because she was hand raised, but not by me. We were given the flock by some friends that decided they couldn't bring themselves to kill the sweet little things.
Would it be possible to train her to come for food when I call her name? because she looks so sad sat in her cage, even though it is massive, she just sits, and sits, eats, drinks, and sits. But when we let her out, she runs around the room like mad and even though she doesn't mind being picked up, my parents get a bit mad if I'm running around the room to catch her at 9pm
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And if that isn't possible, could anybody suggest some more ways of keeping her occupied? Or maybe another animal that she could have as a house mate?
Any advice would be appreciated.
ty.
She is incredibly friendly, because she was hand raised, but not by me. We were given the flock by some friends that decided they couldn't bring themselves to kill the sweet little things.
Would it be possible to train her to come for food when I call her name? because she looks so sad sat in her cage, even though it is massive, she just sits, and sits, eats, drinks, and sits. But when we let her out, she runs around the room like mad and even though she doesn't mind being picked up, my parents get a bit mad if I'm running around the room to catch her at 9pm
And if that isn't possible, could anybody suggest some more ways of keeping her occupied? Or maybe another animal that she could have as a house mate?
Any advice would be appreciated.
ty.