Hi! Welcome, I'm a newbie too! And am in a similar situation as you, I've had my two girls for a month now, they are three months old now. When I first got them I just let them be for a couple of days, didn't approach them much only for spot cleaning, changing water and placing food down in the morning and afternoon.
Then I started sitting by their cage after placing their veggies down and reading my book, after a few days they would come out and eat in my presence.
Next was putting food through the cage and they would sniff me grab the food and run. Then they would call me for food, look up over the coroplast calling for me, that's when I thought it would be time for my first lap time, to get there took about two weeks.
My first lap time was a disaster as I struggled and stressed them out trying to catch both of them, and once on my lap they fought to get away from me and growelled at each other, so after no more than 2 minutes I put them back and didn't try again for two days, gaining back their confidence with my previous routine.
Once I decided to try again I did with one at a time and that worked best for them, they didn't move or eat any treats I had but at least they didn't growl and were not PETRIFIED, I did this every day until they started taking food on my lap, parsley and coriander are great!
Then I started with lap time with both of them together and once they both felt comfortable eating together on my lap I started petting them as they ate. Once they look fed up and want to leave I put them back, around 5 to 10minutes of lap time I've managed so far.
Now they let me pet them in their cage when they are hidding and they don't completely resist being picked up, getting them to hop into a snuggle sack is better. And putting them back in the snuggle sack in the cage is good too.
All of this has taken me around one month
I tried floor time yesterday for a few minutes, it went OK, they explored and ate herbs before completely hidding. Might try again in a few days.
So basically just wanted to share more or less how it's going for me and the time it's taken me to get this far, fells like a little step in progress.
Today I let my two young daughters have their 1st lap time...,!
Baby steps!
Good luck and let us know how you get on.
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