Conure

[Chelise]

Hi I need some help, I have a female conure a little over a year old and all the suddenly she hates my glasses and she is attacking my face when they're on please what can I do to make her realize it's not a threat, she also hates other things in my hands like my car keys my toothbrush and makeup.

 

[clark_conure]

Was she ok with them before? My birds when I put on glasses get interested and like to climb up on them. A lot of parrots develop unreasonable phobias.

I would spread all the things she hates out on the desk and just have her get used to them. Maybe?

 

[Chelise]

Yes she's never had a problem with them before, just this morning I took him off in my hand and started talking them and I put them back on my face and she went for my face, not good

 

[clark_conure]

oh it's not the things then probably, more likely she's mad at you for some slight you have no idea what you possibly did. Give it a few hours, use the time out method if you need to...it should go back to normal.

 

[clark_conure]

search time out method for bonded conures if you don't know what that is.

 

[Chelise]

Okay I will try that, thank you now I'm thinking of it when I took my glasses off I might have accidentally hit her with them, not hard but maybe she thought it was an attack on her, she has a bit of an attitude

 

[clark_conure]

there are no rules in bird psychology, but I bet in a few hours all will be ok just like a wing clipping or toenail clipping....get your bird a treat....

 

[Laurasea]

Welcome to the forum!
When my GCC gets pissy, I bribe with safflower seeds.
She hated my phone for awhile, told it no, bit phone, bit me when holding phone. I stared to give treats when phone was next to me, have treats when I held phone,,( before she got mad and but) until finally phone was a good thing.

 

[Scott]

Welcome to you and your conure! Agree with all of the above, all those items may be victims of "displacement anger." Most important is teaching that your face, hands, etc are part of "you."

 

[Chelise]

Thank you everyone for your help, but how do I teach her that my handsome face or a part of me.

 

[Ira7]

Keep your glasses off for a few days and see what happens.

 

[Scott]

Thank you everyone for your help, but how do I teach her that my handsome face or a part of me.

In my experience, parrots equate face with person. They tend to treat the rest of the body with more roughness. The only experience I've had with a bird mistreating the face was my BFA who began to bite the jugular. When my other birds with shoulder privileges bother my face, they receive a sharp "NO" followed by a time out of ~5 minutes.

 

[Flboy]

Hi! A thought, while sitting with her , glasses off, as you give a treat, handle the glasses-or anything else that is currently a trigger! Try to work towards wearing them, with special treats! You are going to have to try to divert the aggression, without it being a correction, or notable action!
My JoJo hates my Bluetooth headset! Unless he is mellowed out and soaking wet from a bath! So, every bath, he is riding my shoulder while I am wearing the headset!
The key is Re-association! No different that getting a youngster to take medicine! Fun time is good time!