conure angry with me

[ailourn]

so i believe my green cheek is very angry with me.
i made a pretty huge mistake so i understand, and it was mainly my fault, but i left my room after bathing Fish (my green cheek) to do something in my sisters and he was sitting on top of the flaps on the top of his cage (it opens up on the top with a small perch thing) and i heard him making this gargled screaming noise and i panicked a little and ran back to my room, only to find the flap closed on top of his neck, and what looked to be him choking. i was frozen in place because i was panicking and my dad was in my way, and he opened the flap back up. he seems to be doing better now, he was eating and playing with his toys like normal, but i’m still pretty concerned. i feel utterly horrible about it
he’s come down to preen my hair and let me pet him a couple times, and i have a feeling he isn’t holding too much of a grudge, but i’m still horrified

 

[Jen5200]

Aw, I’m so sorry this happened. It’s traumatic for you both to have a scare like that. I’m glad he seems to be okay. I have never trusted those cages that the tops open, so have never had one (mostly because I’m paranoid about stuff like that). My suggestion is to never leave the top open when unsupervised, or to latch it shut and build your own play area on top with rope perches and other stuff and not use the open up top anymore. Scary - but glad he seems to be on the mend and not holding a grudge.

 

[Flboy]

Those cages are a death trap! You are both very lucky! You really need to wire it tightly shut! Just latched isn’t good enough, deaths have occurred with the little ones trying to squeeze out!
He looks to you for complete protection, you can rebuild this!

 

[Laurasea]

Never leave a wet bird alone outside of a cage. Wet birds can't fly, so they get into trouble. So you must stay with a wet bird, or leave it in the cage till dry. Even if I'm home , if I see one of my birds has taken a bath, I put them in their cage. As I have near disasters myself.

I agree with Flboy. Zip tie the top shut tightly, and don't use it again. We have had lots of hurt birds reported.

To help yourself deal with the unexpected. Think of some scenarios, and plan how you would deal with them. Also take actions to limit the possibilitie. You can do this for all aspects of your life.

 

[wrench13]

Freezing in an emergency is a natural thing, but those few seconds can be critical, and not just with parrots. I dont know how one can react better, except to be prepared and know what to do.

We had a house fire when I was a kid of 9yrs, where the entire first floor was ablaze. I was the first to wake up, smelled the smoke, and I immediately ran to the bathroom, soaked a bunch of hand towels, and got my mom and 2 brothers up and slapped a wet towel over their faces ( acts a a filter so you dont choke from smoke). Those few seconds made the difference between dieing from smoke inhalation and having enough time to find and climb out the second floor windows. My grammar school had just had a fireman in to give a presentation on home fire safety a few weeks prior. I;m so happy that I had paid attention to it. But taking immediate action was critical.

You can review with your family what the possible things could happen with your parrot ( foot stuck in a quicklink, beak caught in a toy, and other scenarios) so they at least have an idea of what happens and ways to save the bird.

SO happy to read you little guy seems to be OK.

 

[ParrotGenie]

I hate those cages for that very reason. Thankfully you father got there in time, yes they are death traps. Never freeze and panic as mere seconds could make the different between life, or death and had my fair share of stuff happen over the years. Get some stainless steel zip ties, as plastic ones they can chew through.

 

[noodles123]

Or just never open that play-top-- mine hates hers, but if you zip-tie it open, the every night you have to cut those for bed when shutting the cage. Mine plays fine on her cage top without the gap being open/added perch and just comes in and out to eat/play when I am home. She also has play perches elsewhere in the house. So glad things seem to be okay!

 

[Intisar]

I have learned that keep the things simple for and to the parrot. The main thing which conures want is master's attention. All cages , perches and toys are secondary for him if u r giving him attention and enough time. Conures are very understanding and intelligent. They even understand when u r busy in work , they just sit and keep an eye on u .
Give them simple and full of ur attention life.