I scared her and now she's terrified of me...

[MeganAndMisty]

So yesterday I had Miranda out on my knee and she seemed really calm, she was letting me stroke her and feed her treats. My mum was in the next room and she knocked over a glass and Miranda freaked out and started to try to run away so I tried to pick her up without scaring her but she started squealing because she was scared. She hadn't squealed like that since the day I brought her home so my mum thought something was wrong and come into the room... That probably wasn't the best idea since that made her even more frantic, I picked her up but she was still wriggling around and making her horrible pig noises I managed to get her back into her cage and she just sat there for a few seconds and then literally bolted to her hideout.

Early this morning (around 3 am) I went to check on her and she was out in sitting in her food bowl and she she squealed again and ran away from me. She's usually so friendly and comes out of her hideaway and climbs up her bars whenever she see's me. I haven't seen her since then and I'm really worried, I've shut the bedroom door and made sure it was dark in the room to try and calm her down. The only time I've been in her cage today was to re fill her food.

I know that she probably just needs to be left alone as much as possible for the next few days but is there anything else I should do? It just makes me so sad to think how much it must have scared her and knowing that she probably won't ever trust me again. I'm so mad at myself for panicking and handling the situation so horribly.

[Pebbles82]

I know it feels awful! But she'll probably have forgotten about it in a few days. It wasn't you who scared her, it was the glass being dropped. Just hide treats in her cage, that'll cheer her up and distract her It might set things back a little bit but she'll soon be back on track.

[Thin Lizzy]

I've done that too, I remember Twinkle screeching at me and it really upset me. Yes there was a setback but, I did the tissue trick, stuffing some toilet paper up my sleeve for a couple of hours and then placed it in her cage, I then filled up her food dish and fresh water and left her for a couple of days, I then started to sit at the cage and talk softly to her and whenever she poked her head out or came out of her house I told her what a good girl she was. I also started putting some veggies in her cage at the door and when she came out, I encouraged her to come closer. Don't worry, she'll be back to normal real soon.