I'm just upset about this whole situation .. I mean its exciting that they have an egg .. but its too soon .. we've had them for only over 2 weeks now and we still can't go near them, they bite, squeal and its just not turning out to be a very pleasant experience at all. And now this! I was hoping that they'd be better around us by this time but its quite the opposite. Now that they are mating and laying eggs, I feel like the situation will only worsen, not giving us a chance to bond with them at all.

I'm afraid to try the towel thing because of the egg situation and they probably will go mad and never trust me again .. and the slooooow process of trying to get them used to my hand (putting my hand near the cage, offering food on my hand, etc) like 30 times a day has not been working at the very least.

At the rate this is going they *might* not threaten to bite my hands in about 6 months ..

My vent is over for today ... *sighs*

Oh - and she is still sitting on her egg. Not very often, just once in a while for 10-20 minutes. Not sure how long they are supposed to do it for ...