louielouie
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- Apr 10, 2012
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I have a sun conure named Louie that's about 2 1/2 years old. Up until about 6 months ago, he was always very friendly with anybody that came over, males, females, strangers and all. Sometimes he would get territorial if one of my female friend's boyfriends was also over, he would puff up and do his little battle dance. We've never clipped his wings, but up until now his behavior hasn't been a problem...
Now all of a sudden in the last 6 months, anytime a male comes over, whether he's seen this person many times or only a few, and the friends always are calm and nice about and towards Louie to keep the vibes neutral with him, he attacks! Sometimes, he will be nice for a little bit then as soon as I look away he will lunge at someone's face. He's never caused more damage than a small drop of blood, and only does this with males. He instantly loves any female that comes over. (He loves my boyfriend and friend Nate as he does every female person, but hates my female friend's boyfriends). I try but I can't understand what's going on in my bird's head! I no longer let him out of his cage at all if I have friends over, and this is not how I want to keep it.
Please help! If anyone has had similar problems, and has suggestions on training to get him to stop attacking friends, I would SO GREATLY appreciate it....I don't know how to approach the training since I can't expose my friends to it to "try it out".
Now all of a sudden in the last 6 months, anytime a male comes over, whether he's seen this person many times or only a few, and the friends always are calm and nice about and towards Louie to keep the vibes neutral with him, he attacks! Sometimes, he will be nice for a little bit then as soon as I look away he will lunge at someone's face. He's never caused more damage than a small drop of blood, and only does this with males. He instantly loves any female that comes over. (He loves my boyfriend and friend Nate as he does every female person, but hates my female friend's boyfriends). I try but I can't understand what's going on in my bird's head! I no longer let him out of his cage at all if I have friends over, and this is not how I want to keep it.
Please help! If anyone has had similar problems, and has suggestions on training to get him to stop attacking friends, I would SO GREATLY appreciate it....I don't know how to approach the training since I can't expose my friends to it to "try it out".