Scared I traumatized them forever (info in description)
So I need to take my three budgies for an emergency vet visit tomorrow morning but my cage is too big to work as a carrier. I am not able to get them into the carrier on their own so I waited until nighttime and used the towel method to grab them. They freaked out and one of them lost all his tail feathers in the process. I feel horrible and like all my progress in gaining their trust has been ruined. Just this morning I had all three of them eating millet out of my hand and now I'm afraid I'll never get to that point ever again. Have I traumatized them forever? Is it possible to gain that trust back again?
So I need to take my three budgies for an emergency vet visit tomorrow morning but my cage is too big to work as a carrier. I am not able to get them into the carrier on their own so I waited until nighttime and used the towel method to grab them. They freaked out and one of them lost all his tail feathers in the process. I feel horrible and like all my progress in gaining their trust has been ruined. Just this morning I had all three of them eating millet out of my hand and now I'm afraid I'll never get to that point ever again. Have I traumatized them forever? Is it possible to gain that trust back again?