some tips please

[hacatta]

Hi ,
Some weeks ago for my birthday i got my 4th green cheek.
My problem is is that he is not used to being in a home.
I do let him fly free with the others ,but i only can get him in the cage by turning the light out and catch him.
I do have a little light on so he can see where he is going.

It did went wel the second week when i let him fly.
but now he can see better than i do in the dark and will do everything he can to not be catched.
I treid waiting till he got in the cage(he refused).
I do have to get to bed sometime.
I don't want to let him be in the cage while the others are out having fun.

Does anyone have an idea how?
I do want to tame him but he has such a big cage.
I know that by cathing him he wont trust me ,but what should i do?have him cage bound?(i won't anyway).
he plays so adorebly when he's out,just today he fell asleep against the mobiletoy.
He does ofthen go near me even through he doesn't have to.
But i just have to move and he's gone.

Please tell me how to do this.
He doesn't have to be really tame just to get into the cage more easly the rest can come with time.

 

[Freespin]

Limit his food? Give him a small feed in the morning and leave his main meal until bed time? Then he is hungry and has to go home to eat =)

 

[hacatta]

The problem with that is that it would affect my other conure that is with him.
I could however take his food out on hour orso before i let him out ,and put in in when i want him in the cage.
He will get treats outside ,but not an hour before i will put him in the cage.
Don't want him to starve .now do we?

I will try this tommorow hope it works.
I really don't want to stress him.

 

[Freespin]

Instead of giving him treats when out why not play some games putting him in his cage, treat and then let him out and repeat so he learns cagge is good and doesn't always mean being locked away

 

[greencheekachick]

Does he take treats from you at all? If not get his favorite treat and show him that your putting it in his food bowel inside the cage and back away for awhile. When he is in the cage eating then slowly shut the cage door and praise. This is how I got my 3 young parent raised green cheeks to go back to their cage. After awhile they learned that going back to their cage meant their favorite food or just food in my case.(They didn't really have a favorite food yet so I only let them out after they had emptied their food bowel during that particular day so by the time I wanted them to go back they were hungry)

 

[MikeyTN]

Before you let him fly free with the others, you need to train him alone in a separate room away from your other birds. Built up that bond first before you just letting him out fly free cause if you try to catch him and freaks him out, your never gonna have that bond with him. You can start Target training as that can help with your situation.

 

[hacatta]

He doesn't take treats from me.
I just put it somewehere he dares to take it.

I did put him in a sepersate cage when i got him,but in my other cage i had 3 gcs.
In which had 1 young from this year(which was an accident)and the mother triedd to push her out of the cage.
So i had to order an other cage quickly and had to trow away the cabinet that the cage was on so the cage would fit.
I really got no space for an other cage now,i just a have a bed a desk and my closet.
And 4 playgyms scattered around.
My other stuff is banned to the attic(i live with my parents).
I could go sit in the cage with a book and read?

 

[MikeyTN]

Is the young one trained??? If she is trained then use her with the training process. Leave the parents in their cage. Monkey see monkey do, they will follow suit what the other one is doing sometimes. What was the purpose you got the fourth one for?

 

[hacatta]

She isn't trained .
But because i had her since she was born,she trust me so much i could let her fall and she would do nothing.
Haven't tried that but i just know it.
I will try to use her,thank you.
The reason for the fourth one is because the father began to see her as mate instead and the other was pushed away.
So i ded have to get her her own cage but she is the type that can't be alone in a cage.

 

[MikeyTN]

Why can't she be alone??? There can be other birds in sight but they don't need to be together in the same cage.

 

[hacatta]

I did try to put her alone.
But she screams and tries to push trough the bars or tries to dig trough the bottom.
I tried a week for a few hours a day.
But she actually hurt herself so i stopped.
I couldn,t watch it anymore either.

 

[MikeyTN]

Please be aware of the quarantine practices!!!! You should never stick two birds together and expect the new one to be healthy and expect them to get along. If you can not do another cage, then you need to view your situation once more before getting another. The quarantine part is super important to do so you don't make the other ones sick.

 

[hacatta]

I did put him in a seperate cage when i got him.
I mad sure to note his behavior ,eating and poop.
My parents made the breeder take them on a tour in his breeding area and grilled him with questions.

Yesterday i took his food out and diddn't gave him treats.
It worked i got him in his cage without any stress.
Hopefully it wil keep on working.