shy

I grew up around parrots and birds (doves that I raced and chickens), my partner and I just got a 8 month old yellow collared macaw a week ago. she is very shy. she is a big talker and is great in the cage. she has not left the cage on her own. I have taken her out and she will stay on our...

Hello all! This is my first post on here. I bought my alexandrine at around 8 months old. he is now 12-13 months. While calm on my shoulder and hands, when I go to have him step up he usually flaps his wings and looks startled (even with a very slow approach). He does step up, but sometimes he...

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...

:greenyellow: Hey! I've had my quaker parrot Sol since February. I've posted before about her scared nature, and although she's not any less people shy, she's a happy bird. Chirps a lot, plays with her toys, and eats well. I worried a lot the stress of people around would cause her to pluck but...

Hi everyone, so I got this new White Fronted Amazon from a local breeder according to him he is less than a year. The bird looked fine on the shop but since I brought him home, he looks scared. will normally sit all the time at corner of the cage and breath heavily when we try to come near him...

So I brought home a new (12 year old) Galah cockatoo from a bird expo that I went to in Madison Heights MI. I had been looking for a bird for awhile. He was affectionate through the cage and seemed to really enjoy head scratches. After a stressful day getting him home, he is settling in his...

Hello all! I just recently bought a 6 month old Green Cheek Conure and it is extremely shy, which is apparently not how GCCs are supposed to be. He (I haven't had him sexed yet, but I don't plan on breeding him so I just decided to stick with he/him pronouns) does NOT like to be held and acts...

Hello, I am a biology major, avid bird lover, and new dad to beautiful cockatiel -Dakota, a normal grey cockatiel. He arrived at the local bird store on Wednesday, was hand-fed and is approximately 6 mos old. I brought him home yesterday afternoon. I am concerned about him a bit as is what...

I have been referencing this forum (which I am very impressed with) for a few weeks now to track down answers I have been seeking but have now come across one that cannot be answered and so officially created an account in order to have my current questions answered. I recently adopted a 15...

so I kind of don't want to screw this up. I bought him yesterday, and he had a tough trip on the way home. Pretty much a 1.5 hour bus ride in a tiny box, because I've never been there and I had no idea it was going to take so long. Although he seems unusually quiet (I've yet to hear him make...

I purchased a 7 week old green cheek conure, and I'm just wondering if his behaviours are normal. I brought him home yesterday; he's still on formula twice each day. He seems pretty energetic inside his cage (he kind of hangs upside down from its top and walks around upside down, and chews on...

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...

So yesterday I got a 6 month old Cinnamon Turquoise Conure. I found the owner on craigslist and they were super nice, they just didn't have time to take care of the bird anymore. He/she isn't hand tamed and bit me pretty hard when trying to put them in their new clean cage. This morning they...

So about 3 days ago I got a hand fed, 4-5 month old, male caique, when I met him at the pet store it was love at first sight, he was such a sweet heart who would scramble to cage door to be held. Anyway he went from a sweet, outgoing little thing to not wanting to leave his cage at all, and when...

Hi, I just got a 9 week old greencheek conure who is having some trouble getting used to being held. He will climb or fly to the other side of the cage when he sees me coming. If he does "step up" onto my hand, he will immediately fly back to the perch. I would like him to be cuddly and...

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 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...