I made my societies so happy!
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:46 pm
I had replaced a couple of perches in my flight - they were those long, wavy, light colored branches Hobby Lobby has. I wanted a change so I pulled them out and put in some brown branches, also wavy, maybe a tad thinner, but not so different from what was there. In over a week I had never yet seen one of the birds land on one of them.
Yesterday I cleaned the cage rather late and pulled them out, putting the others back in. Joy! Ecstasy! They flocked to them, perching first on one, then the other. At this time of year they are usually moving into their nests by 4:45, and by 5:00 all but maybe Hermit or Patch, who like to stay up late, have settled in. Last night at 5:30 they were all still out, flitting from one perch to the other, sitting on them in groups, clearly beside themselves. Even when the first of their lights went out, they were still reluctant to go to nest, apparently reluctant to end this happy day.
I had no idea those perches meant so much to them! I guess they are permanent fixtures, now and forever.
Yesterday I cleaned the cage rather late and pulled them out, putting the others back in. Joy! Ecstasy! They flocked to them, perching first on one, then the other. At this time of year they are usually moving into their nests by 4:45, and by 5:00 all but maybe Hermit or Patch, who like to stay up late, have settled in. Last night at 5:30 they were all still out, flitting from one perch to the other, sitting on them in groups, clearly beside themselves. Even when the first of their lights went out, they were still reluctant to go to nest, apparently reluctant to end this happy day.
I had no idea those perches meant so much to them! I guess they are permanent fixtures, now and forever.
