Grubsich
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please read this part before replying!!! to start, some info on me and my girlfriend who live together. we both have ptsd and depression. i have autism, and she has adhd, which causes her to have almost no short term memory. were both untreated.
please read this part before replying!!!
now, we've had a green cheek conure for about 3 years. he a few behavior problems im working on that i think is going good.
but there's one thing were both completely lost on.
he SCREAMS when either of us leave the room. even if there's one of us with him, if he hears the other walking around, he screams for him. his desperate, location call scream.
he'll do this for hours if we try to wait it out. i really need some tips on where to start going forward with this.
what i've tried: calling back to him , not responding to his piercing call, responding to him eventually saying something. this one seemed promising, but there's only so long i can stand outside talking to him, he'll scream again if i tell him im leaving.
in his cage are his favorite treats, one in plain site, others hidden, neither will be touched, he just grips the bars and stays in one spot to scream.
this is very hard for us because of my autism i get overwhelmed with his screaming, and my gf's memory problems, i feel like any training i start wont matter because my gf cant keep it up.
sorry this is so long. i'de appreciate advice other then "try harder" and "you just have to stick to a routine" because it's not possible right now.
also, along with her memory problems, i don't think my gf really understand the full impact of not being consistent with training. i would appreciate any non video links explaining why it's important.
thank you !
please read this part before replying!!!
now, we've had a green cheek conure for about 3 years. he a few behavior problems im working on that i think is going good.
but there's one thing were both completely lost on.
he SCREAMS when either of us leave the room. even if there's one of us with him, if he hears the other walking around, he screams for him. his desperate, location call scream.
he'll do this for hours if we try to wait it out. i really need some tips on where to start going forward with this.
what i've tried: calling back to him , not responding to his piercing call, responding to him eventually saying something. this one seemed promising, but there's only so long i can stand outside talking to him, he'll scream again if i tell him im leaving.
in his cage are his favorite treats, one in plain site, others hidden, neither will be touched, he just grips the bars and stays in one spot to scream.
this is very hard for us because of my autism i get overwhelmed with his screaming, and my gf's memory problems, i feel like any training i start wont matter because my gf cant keep it up.
sorry this is so long. i'de appreciate advice other then "try harder" and "you just have to stick to a routine" because it's not possible right now.
also, along with her memory problems, i don't think my gf really understand the full impact of not being consistent with training. i would appreciate any non video links explaining why it's important.
thank you !
