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Hi, I bought a new 5 month old ringneck parrot and she was very scared when we got her. I bought her from a pet shop who told me that she did not have human contact and thus might be afraid but he said she was semi-tame. I think she was in a poor condition in regards to cage space and...

we used to hold my conure, hartley, a lot and then we got a dog so we don’t hold him as much anymore. my older brother was good with him and held him more than anyone else. hartley had a strong bond with him. however, last year, my brother left for uni and for the first while no one held hartley...

Hello everyone! This forum has been amazing so far! I would like to thank this community for being with me as I grieved for my last conure who pasted recently. Im asking for advice and I’m trying to put myself at ease. But this upcoming Wednesday I’m leaving for Mexico for 2 weeks and will be...

Hello, I got a Conure about a week ago and since today he's been a bit jumpy with me and my hand. He loves to preen me but runs away when I try to make him step up. He's barely even stepping up when I am using treats. He was doing fine the other day, but now he's got a fear of my hand. Who...

My new 4 month old Indian Ringneck is extremely timid. We are being slow and going his pace. If you approach him in or out of his cage you get one of two reactions, 1 is heavy breathing (think watching a horror movie heavy breathing) but puts up with your presence. And 2 is walking or flying...

so for context, my grey is a rescue and he is around 20 years old or so. i am trying to gently train him the basics (step up, being more comfortable when we do stuff with him, etc) so i can give him a better life. he has made an excelent recovery and is very happy and healthy. i just want to...

Hi everyone, I’ve had my QP Nova for over 6 months now and I really need reassurance and advice. She was 3 months when I got her and would now be around 9 months. It’s important to note also that she has no use of her left foot at all, my vet is aware and happy to leave her be with it since...

So I came back from taking a shower I just got a cockatiel a couple of days ago and I see that is cage door is open. Hes standing on the floor. I panic and I know hes untamed so I grab a towel and try to cover him but he runs around until I finally pick him up. I'm shaking as I put him in his...

Hi guys This is my first post. I am a bit concerned about my new pineapple green cheek conure. Since I got him, he is very clingy once I have him in my hands, usually the morning and evening. He will sleep there for hours, but once he flies away, he is terrified of me! I am training him to come...

Hello all, Jojo my goffin cockatoo has been living with me for a few months now. He's known me for close to a year. We have been buddies from the start, and I am actually pretty proud of our progress, as Jojo frequently bit people (out of excitement, usually) and I have curbed him of that...

Im trying to find somewhere more visually entertaining to put my lovebird’s cage. He is only in his cage when Im not home other than that hes with me or on his playstand next to me. But since i am a college student i do spend part of the day out. I currently have him in the den of my apartment...

Hello, I am trying to figure out a good placement for my lovebird. I currently have him in the den of my apartment, which is a bit secluded from the living room and doesnt have any windows. I wanted to put him somewhere next to the windows of my apartment because I feel he needs more of a a...

Hi. As you may know i only own one parakeet but i made a friend recently online who owns many birds. They recently lost one in Region 3 pampanga, Philippines. There bird is 5 and half months old. He was last seen yesterday right before he flew out the door. It is depressingfor this pet owner to...

Hello all, I have a 4 year old ducorp's cockatoo named Willow who has been with me since he was 7 months old. Previously in the years past, Willow would willingly step up out of his cage, but starting last year, he has become quite reluctant to step up out of his cage. He used to also...

Hi! I bought my first harness for my three year old female sunconure. She’s extremely friendly towards me. We share such an amazing bond. So the weather is getting a lot warmer and I want to be able to take Mari out with me so I ordered a harness. I knew it was going to be difficult because Mari...

Hi everyone, Welcome to my first ever post on a forum. I am not very experienced with raising birds so please excuse me if I am ignorant in some of these matters. I have broken down this post in to the backstory, the problems faced and the questions i would like to have answered. Also, a big...

Hello, very recently my boyfriend got a pet Corella. When I would play with him, he would occasionally bite or squawk loudly at me, so I'd give him a little tap on the head (I've owned dogs for years and this is common practise for dog owners). But I recently found out this is a big no-no for...

I brought home a 6-month old eclectus a few weeks ago. I'm a new owner and am doing the best I can to give him a happy home. I've noticed in the last week or so that he is horribly afraid of shadows all day long. It's particularly a problem because when I approach, there is a huge big monster...

I recently came to own a sweet quaker parrot, her name is Sol! I call her my little soul bird. She's a happy bird who loves her toys and cage, but is TERRIFIED of people. She's been this way since we got her from the pet store. She won't bite, but her little heart will race, she trembles, and...

Hi. So i got 2 IRN about 2 months ago. In my country its rare to find them trained so i got a younger pair so it would be easy to train them early on. I asked the shopkeeper for the tips and he said that they wont be scared after a month and you can train them to hand feed etc after that. Now...

Hello all! I'm not new to birds in general as I've had a pineapple GCC and currently have a sun conure. I rehomed a CAG in May. I was contacted by the owners because they'd heard through the grapevine that I had other birds and did well with them. I didn't want another project to be honest, and...

I got a blue Quaker 3 days ago and I left it alone first day, second day if I approached cage it growls now it's growling even when I'm on other side of room, Last night I opened cage doors as the cage he came in is way to small so not only do I want him to come out to socialise outside the...

So about a week ago I got my first bird from a friend who could no longer care for it. It is a Nanday conure named Mordecai. He is being kept in the same cage at my place that he was at his old home. When we met up to see if he would like me (at a pet store) he did perfectly fine, came right...

I'll keep this short.. If I had feathers i'd probably be pulling them out. I have a Conure, took her in from a not so good home. Lulu is 2 years old, possibly 3. I love her, but its been a pain lately because she is scared of EVERYTHING. I sneeze, couch, laugh, sigh, turn on water, type, blow my...

hey i bought a new cockatiel from animal city in tennesse 14 weeks old (wingsclipped) and hand fed an 1 week ago i let stay in its cage for a week to get used to it and when i take it out the cage it jumps off my hand and shakes a lot and stays in a corner also sometimes when i putt my finger...

Hello everyone! I need some help.... My sister's friend gave us their pet cockatiel since they couldn't take care of it anymore. She told us he was a mean little bird and she were not lying. I don't know what happened to him to make him traumatized of hands, but its not getting any better...

I bought a budgie about 2 months ago. He is about 6 months old and I have spent a lot of time trying to tame him. I searched everywhere online and followed the steps but he won't become tamed! I bought him from a petstore so I know it would be hard to tame. They told me it would take about a...

Hi, I suppose this will be stupid question, but I'll try :) About 3 weeks ago we've got cute lovebird named Kriplik. The problem is that it (I would like to be more concrete to call it she or he, but I don't know its gender) is scared to death when we are around it. It can't fly, because of its...

Hey guys, I've had Dokey for 4 years now, he talks, we play together, he's completely confident with me, he lets me touch him wherever. He loves playing with me. But he is scared of everything...from a keychain to a chair. I've seen people's parrots sit on the backs of chairs and playing...

Hi everyone, i have come to this forum as i really need some help/ advice / reassurance... I purchased a hand reared male eclectus from a breeder. When i picked him up he would have been 4 months old. He (Juddy) seemed friendly whilst i was there although she said he was very head strong.. he...

I've had a couple of moments where Blaze has made me nervous. Falls from the top perch, sudden flutters when outside, just little things. However, I had my biggest scare last night. My boyfriend and I were on the couch watching a movie. Blaze was eating a bit before bed like she normally...

My husband and are about to move and we will be taking his sisters male Eclectus with us. he has been neglected for years... as far as I know maybe his whole life. I have known my husband and hence of the bird for about 5 years and have never really seen his sister pay any mind to him except to...

An unpeeled Mandarin.. hahahah. Peel it and hes in love though :p My old bird used to be scared of anything red. What are some things your birds are scared of?

Hello, I am really freaking out right now. I came home to my African Grey sitting contently on his cage, with a chewed up packed of potpourri under his cage. Most of the content of the packet was scattered on the ground, but I assume he ate some of it while chewing on the packet. Is it...

I just got a 9 week old greencheek conure from a breeder who hand fed the babies and taught them the step up command. My new bird Kingsley is very good and doesn't bite, but he doesn't seem to enjoy being held at all, and when i put a hand in the cage to pick him up, no matter how slowly I move...

I have a 1.5 year old Hawkhead named Ellie. I've had her since she was still all pinfeathers, and she's been great. Recently though, she started to act afraid of me. Flying away all the time, or having a panicked meltdown in her cage. It's a downward spiral right now, because I have to catch...

Hi Thanks for reading. We just adopted 2 parrots from a sanctuary here. 1 is a double yellow head amazon and the 2ncd is an African brown headed parrot. The Amazon(Bosley) is 35 and we expected it would take some time for him to get comfortable. Well he has taken to me quite nicely, we have...

I have a 8 week old alexandrine parakeet. He was never scared of me when i brought him home but then he fell sick. After his recovery he always hides himself behind stuff and avoids every person, even me. When i reach out my hand to cuddle him he gets scared and runs to a nearest corner and sits...

Hello! Just joined the boards today! My black capped, Drake, is 8 months old and I'm need of some, what seems to be, training advice. We've had him 3 months, and I'm afraid he hasn't made any progress of warming up to us. We try to handle him as much as possible, sitting on the floor, the...

I just got a Pineapple GCC 2 days ago, he's about 11 weeks old. I held him before I bought him from the breeder, and he was really sweet and didn't seem scared at all. When I got him home, I set his cage up and got him out, he squirmed a lot and got out of my hands, but I picked him back up...