Blue fronted amazon question

[SandyBee]

She's beautiful, congrats!!! Amazons are amazing!

 

[henpecked]

Congrats. When having her step up, don't remove her from her cage area. She;s biting to say NO. practice step up and quickly back down on to her cage, at least until she's accustom to your home. Good luck and thanks for giving an older zon a new chance.

 

[Clueless]

Henpecked is right - ask step up, give a treat, say step down and let the bird down. I have older blue-fronts and it DOES WORK! Also - don't hold the treat where the bird looks down - per Barbara Heidenreich (excellent resource, google her). I listened to her speaking and if the bird is looking up it doesn't think about looking down about where to bite you. You can also hold a toy up there. If bird has been limited to toys in the past - start with thinner wood that the bird can shred & tear up quickly. It makes a difference in their attitude.

Remember to limit the bites - bad for you & bad for the parrot who will be an excellent buddy for the rest of your life if you take baby steps at this point in your relationship.

 

[SlashGash]

I havnt even been able to touch her cage since I put her in it right after I got her. If I even go to touch the cage she tries to bite me through the bars, how do I stop that?

 

[aliray]

I don't have an answer but I had to LOL when I read your post about her name. She sounds like she is going to make your life quite interesting

 

[kuttnup250]

Our zon did the same thing to me. Right when we got him home he was nice prob because he was in shock...after a few hours tho I couldn't even walk by without him darting towards me to bite...I just true to sit near him and talk to him softly as often as possible and slowly he came around! He still has his moods tho!

 

[SlashGash]

Thank you. I've been sitting near her and talking. When I first brought her home, I couldnt go near the cage without her lunging, now its just if it looks like im gonna touch the cage.

She seems to really like the song 'Gangnam Style' lol. My boyfriend was playing it and I was able to get about half an inch from her before she snapped, closest ive ever gotten, but its only when that song is playing. lol

 

[kuttnup250]

A good tip I learned from bird tricks.com. Was if when you touch the cage it upsets her..practice getting your hand close to the cage to the point of her getting uncomfortable and hold it there until her body language relaxes DONT JERK YOUR HAND BACK....keep doin this until you can actually touch the cage

 

[SlashGash]

Thanks, Ill try that

 

[SlashGash]

I decided to try and let her out of her cage today and see how she does. When she's in her cage she will not step up and she will not let me put my hand in the cage, but as soon as she climbs out and onto the top she starts putting her foot out to step up. So I was able to hold her a bit, but she will not let me touch her other than holding her. If i try to touch her feathers she screams and goes like shes gonna bite.

 

[henpecked]

Very normal reactions for a new zon. Don't remove her from her cage top area when handling her. Don't try and pet,cuddle ,what ever until she better bonds with you. Learning to trust you when stepping up is super important. Don't let step up mean ,"i'm going to try and pet you" or " i;m going to take you away from your cage". Just be happy with stepping up and rewarding her for doing it.very soon she'll want to do more with you, don't screw it up by training her to bite because your pushing her to do more than she;s comfortable doing. BABY STEPS.

 

[SlashGash]

I just thought Id give you all an update. Lola's doing great. Everyday, (except today because I was really sick and sleeping all day) I close my bedroom door so no other animals can get in and open her cage door. I let her basically do as she wishes. She usually stays on her cage, climbing around all the perches I have on the outside of the cage, but every once in a while she will climb to the top and wave her foot out to me to step up, then when she stepsup she wants me to bring my hand back to the cage so she can climb it and do it all over again, lol. Its like a game to her. Sometimes ill take her out of my room and she'll fly over to a candle holder in my living room and sit there and watch TV with me. I'd like to eventually get her a playstand for the living room. She still doesnt let me pet her or put my hand in her cage, but I know that will take time. She seems to be learning more and more words since I got her. When I got her she could only say "Hello" and "lola" this morning I told her I love you and she said "I love you" then later on she said "okay" and started mimicking laughing. lol. I fall more and more in love with this bird every day. lol