Hi there, I was wondering if you could offer me some advice or tips! I recently rescued 2 Amsterdam Bearded Tumblers from a hoarding situation (unfortunately I dont know more specifics about the conditions they were in except the cages were very small for each bird and there were over 20 of them together). They're bonded hens and I've had them since May. Recently, they've started getting, for lack of a better word, extremely feral when it comes time to feed them. Jumping up and clinging to the cage walls, sticking their heads through the bars, climbing all over each other. I'm not entirely sure how to curb this behavior, because I certainly dont want them to injure themselves or the other. The rescue place we adopted them from says they're likely around 4 years old. I'm wondering if theres anything I should change about their feeding schedule or even cage set up to help calm them down. I feed them Versele Laga pigeon food and supplement their diet with protein pellets as well and I have them in a chinchilla sort of cage that's quite tall with different ramps and levels to it. I've owned several doves and cockatiels before adopting these two, but this behavior is new to me. Thank you so much for your time!
I'm glad to help, but I will need more detail to piece together what might be going on with your girls.
Can you send a photo of the cage, show me where their food dishes are, exactly, and tell me how you go about approaching?
Did anything that you know of change leading up to them having gotten skittish?
What are the protein pellets? Brand? Ingredients?
