- Feb 9, 2020
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- Albie - Pineapple Green Cheek Conure - Hatch date 14 Dec 2019 - Gotcha date - 4 March 2020
Im not very experienced with difficult situations like this , and i preface by saying : i am a novice bird owner and the only experience i have is with Albie.
But
Have you and your family tried going back to basics with him and basically treat him like hes a brand new bird in your home ?
Have your mum/who ever sit by his cage and read to him in a soft gentle voice (it can be anything , just read out loud in a very soft soothing tone ) and she puts a high value treay in his bowl when he shows any positive response towards her ,any negative response needs to be totally ignored , as its to build up trush that she isnt scary or going to steal his nest or eat him or anything . Once hes responding to your mum favorably , move on to target training through the cage to build up on that tust and to build a relationship. But have every do it in short bursts so you dont over whelm him eventually you progress to training outside of the cage .
We did this with my mother in law as albie hated her ,now he tollerates her and has some level of trust with her . Granted, his behaviour was no where on the level of your birds is.
Ive not seen any one mention his diet ,so Whats his diet and sleep routine like ?
A lot of sugar in his diet with less than 10-12 hours of dark can make for a really really cranky bitey bird .
Im sorry you are dealing with this
But
Have you and your family tried going back to basics with him and basically treat him like hes a brand new bird in your home ?
Have your mum/who ever sit by his cage and read to him in a soft gentle voice (it can be anything , just read out loud in a very soft soothing tone ) and she puts a high value treay in his bowl when he shows any positive response towards her ,any negative response needs to be totally ignored , as its to build up trush that she isnt scary or going to steal his nest or eat him or anything . Once hes responding to your mum favorably , move on to target training through the cage to build up on that tust and to build a relationship. But have every do it in short bursts so you dont over whelm him eventually you progress to training outside of the cage .
We did this with my mother in law as albie hated her ,now he tollerates her and has some level of trust with her . Granted, his behaviour was no where on the level of your birds is.
Ive not seen any one mention his diet ,so Whats his diet and sleep routine like ?
A lot of sugar in his diet with less than 10-12 hours of dark can make for a really really cranky bitey bird .
Im sorry you are dealing with this
