Most everyone knows that I have a Linnie now that Chipper has passed on. He comes to me as if he were a wild bird from outside even though the person I purchased him from said he was hand fed from the breeder.
Kobe joined our home about 6 days ago. He came with his little sleep hut and I have ordered a new one because his is the fuzzy kind that may cause problems. The issue I am having with him is his attachment to this hut. I am trying to perch train him as he is very much afraid of my hands. So in goes my hand holding a perch and a millet spray. He makes a bee line for the hut to hide for the humans hands. Even if I just walk by the cage and say hello he again runs into the hut to hide. He plays on the hut and sleeps inside of it. Basically it is his security/crutch. Oh and he is 3 months old. I know he will take time to tame, lots of patience and sweet talk. My question is mainly focusing on the hut in his cage. I really do not want to stress him out more by removing the security blanket but it just may be a place for him to hide from me and my attempts to train him.
So my question to our very bird wise members is do I take this hut out of the cage or do I let him have his security? What do you think?