Progress with Mr Nuts and Nutty Junior

[tpilli]

Okay I have had Mr Nuts and Nutty Junior (that's what we're calling the little guy now I LOVE it! ) for about a week now. At first they were absolutely TERRIFIED. I would walk up to the cage, or even just walk into the room and they would run chirping into their little hideys, cuddling together.

They now will walk up to my hand and snatch a treat out of it, or try to chew my rings off, I'm not sure if they think they are eatable but I am happy they are making contact lol.

My next dilemma is actually getting them to get "on" me. How do I get them to do this? They still kind of give me the eye of suspicion when they snatch their treat like they know I am up to no good lol and have to watch me carefully lol.

[Rachel]

It's going to take time. I still swear by the baggy sleeves personally.

If I have to handle Mali, I have to offer her my sleeve as she isn't happy to come to my hand. With Bu I have to scoop her up. If I offer her my sleeve, she eats it. It's not a problem if I'm using the old jumper.. but I like my dressing gown!

The other tip is if they are in your sleeves tuck the waist band of the jumper into your trousers. or in the case of dressing gowns, tie the tie. That'll stop them falling if they decide to explore the inside. Oh...and personally, long sleeves underneath it all too helps. Had some fairly painful scratches while wearing short sleeves lol!