reeisconfused
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- Aug 11, 2018
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- rescued IRN Max and Cockatiel Honey
Hello everyone!
Iāve had my IRN for almost two months now and I feel like we havenāt made much progress. A little backstory, we rescued Max from an abusive household who kept him in a really cramped up cage and barely fed him (a really common problem - people buy parrots thinking theyāll be entertaining pets and when they donāt meet the ownerās demands, end up giving them to shelters or keep them in poor conditions). So since the time Max been here, the only progress weāve made is that he understands heās Max (always look on to us when we call him), understands the names of his favourite foods (two - three) and is very comfortable roaming the house. Heās very stubborn and will not quit until we listen to him. Heās out of his cage in the morning and back in by the evening. Iāve had other pets before but never as challenging as Max.
Iāve posted two threads before regarding Max before but I think Iād like more information on handling him since his behaviour keeps changing every minute.
So Max is terrified of hands. I presume that his previous owners handled him very badly and he runs away as soon as he sees hands. Iāve tried perches, sticks etc to get him to step up but again, runs away as soon as he sees them.
Another thing he does is that he has extreme mood swings. I wonder if this normal. Some days, I can stand by his cage and talk to him for hours and heāll be close in by me listening, slow blinking eyes etc and some days runs away as soon as I approach the cage. Some days he eats, some days he refuses to eat anything (this always stresses me out).
He, like many others, hates going back in his cage and gets very creative to avoid it. Iāve been dealing with this issue recently and I usually coax him in with food (it takes quite sometime but it works).
We have a meshed balcony in my room and Max loves sitting out there. He watches the birds fly by but recently Iāve noticed that there are a bunch of IRNs flying by my house everyday (yes, they are IRNs) and Max is constantly calling out to them. They call out to him everyday and he responds and this goes on for an hour or two everyday. Do you think heās lonely? perhaps this may be stressing him out. Iām contemplating getting a second IRN but even if I do, it wonāt be until January / February because I need Max to settle in first and itāll be difficult to handle two stubburn babies lol.
Heās still very afraid of us and I donāt know how to proceed further. Iāve tried the move in closer, stand and see how he does method with Max but like I said, some days he lets me get close to the cage, next to him and some days he doesnāt. Keeping track of the progress has become hard because of this.
Everytime I open my cage, Iāve tried keeping my hand below the cage to let him see slowly that he has to go by me and that Iām not a threat but this hasnāt worked as well. He refuses to come out if I do this.
How long did it take for you to form a bond with your parrot? If any of you rescued yours, what was the process like? Iām trying all I can to help him settle in but heās a stubborn baby. Neverthless, Iām not giving up on him.
Thank you for reading and so sorry for spamming everyone with my threads!
All opinions are welcome.
Iāve had my IRN for almost two months now and I feel like we havenāt made much progress. A little backstory, we rescued Max from an abusive household who kept him in a really cramped up cage and barely fed him (a really common problem - people buy parrots thinking theyāll be entertaining pets and when they donāt meet the ownerās demands, end up giving them to shelters or keep them in poor conditions). So since the time Max been here, the only progress weāve made is that he understands heās Max (always look on to us when we call him), understands the names of his favourite foods (two - three) and is very comfortable roaming the house. Heās very stubborn and will not quit until we listen to him. Heās out of his cage in the morning and back in by the evening. Iāve had other pets before but never as challenging as Max.
Iāve posted two threads before regarding Max before but I think Iād like more information on handling him since his behaviour keeps changing every minute.
So Max is terrified of hands. I presume that his previous owners handled him very badly and he runs away as soon as he sees hands. Iāve tried perches, sticks etc to get him to step up but again, runs away as soon as he sees them.
Another thing he does is that he has extreme mood swings. I wonder if this normal. Some days, I can stand by his cage and talk to him for hours and heāll be close in by me listening, slow blinking eyes etc and some days runs away as soon as I approach the cage. Some days he eats, some days he refuses to eat anything (this always stresses me out).
He, like many others, hates going back in his cage and gets very creative to avoid it. Iāve been dealing with this issue recently and I usually coax him in with food (it takes quite sometime but it works).
We have a meshed balcony in my room and Max loves sitting out there. He watches the birds fly by but recently Iāve noticed that there are a bunch of IRNs flying by my house everyday (yes, they are IRNs) and Max is constantly calling out to them. They call out to him everyday and he responds and this goes on for an hour or two everyday. Do you think heās lonely? perhaps this may be stressing him out. Iām contemplating getting a second IRN but even if I do, it wonāt be until January / February because I need Max to settle in first and itāll be difficult to handle two stubburn babies lol.
Heās still very afraid of us and I donāt know how to proceed further. Iāve tried the move in closer, stand and see how he does method with Max but like I said, some days he lets me get close to the cage, next to him and some days he doesnāt. Keeping track of the progress has become hard because of this.
Everytime I open my cage, Iāve tried keeping my hand below the cage to let him see slowly that he has to go by me and that Iām not a threat but this hasnāt worked as well. He refuses to come out if I do this.
How long did it take for you to form a bond with your parrot? If any of you rescued yours, what was the process like? Iām trying all I can to help him settle in but heās a stubborn baby. Neverthless, Iām not giving up on him.
Thank you for reading and so sorry for spamming everyone with my threads!
All opinions are welcome.