kyanite
New member
- May 10, 2015
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- Parrots
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Peaches--Pineapple Conure
Kairi--Black Cap Conure
So I have a 2 year old (almost exactly) Black Capped Green Cheek Conure. She's a sweetheart. Cuddles, lovings, and cute noises for me, my sister, and my father. Except for when it comes to my mom, who she's nice to half the time, and then randomly attacks. The bird seeks her out--she wants to hang out with her. She'll try and fly to her, or call her. If my mom talks to her, she beeps quite loudly, or makes one of her "come here" type noises. It doesn't seem aggressive, but it does seem very excitedly.
However, what happens is that sometimes she's all well and great, until she clamps down on my mom's hand. Sometimes, she just gets aggressive seemingly out of nowhere. She'll be being pet and Bam! bleeding hand. Or other times she'll be on her perch, and she'll fly to my mom (often landing on the floor, as she can't fly that well). When she gets to my mom, she'll bite if she's picked up. It's started to seem like she flies to my mom sometimes just to go after her... OR she flies to her for attention and reacts aggressively when my mom doesn't give it to her. It doesn't seem to be too territorial or anything, as it will happen anywhere in the house. THOUGH she does seem to get a little bit worse when she's on me or downstairs around her cage, but the change is minimal.
NOW THAT BEING SAID.. my mom is not a very good parrot person. She's inconsistent with how she handles the situation. (Sometimes running away, sometimes trying to tell the bird, "No.", etc.) And she very visibly is afraid of the bird. When she's being aggressive, she'll pick up the bird with material covering her hand, with a wooden spoon, etc. She'll call for one of us to come get the bird from her because she's terrified of her, and now she's threatening to start squirting the bird with water. (I have STRESSED this is ABSOLUTELY NOT EVER a solution. And that half her ''solutions'' are incorrect.) I've told her a hundred times to be consistent with the resolution, to not yell at the bird, to not let her on her shoulders, to "earthquake", etc. I'm wondering if maybe someone can word it a better way, and wonder what others' advice would be?
Frankly, I'd like to just keep her away from the bird entirely, but I can't. I go to school a lot, my sister recently moved away, and my father often goes to a different state... leaving her to take care of our two birds. (One she has no problem with, the other, she's come to hate.) I need to teach her how to fix this because I want to know I'm not leaving my bird to be left in a cage whenever my father's away. It's not humane.
Please, if anyone has any advice, it'd be so well appreciated, by myself and my birdies!
However, what happens is that sometimes she's all well and great, until she clamps down on my mom's hand. Sometimes, she just gets aggressive seemingly out of nowhere. She'll be being pet and Bam! bleeding hand. Or other times she'll be on her perch, and she'll fly to my mom (often landing on the floor, as she can't fly that well). When she gets to my mom, she'll bite if she's picked up. It's started to seem like she flies to my mom sometimes just to go after her... OR she flies to her for attention and reacts aggressively when my mom doesn't give it to her. It doesn't seem to be too territorial or anything, as it will happen anywhere in the house. THOUGH she does seem to get a little bit worse when she's on me or downstairs around her cage, but the change is minimal.
NOW THAT BEING SAID.. my mom is not a very good parrot person. She's inconsistent with how she handles the situation. (Sometimes running away, sometimes trying to tell the bird, "No.", etc.) And she very visibly is afraid of the bird. When she's being aggressive, she'll pick up the bird with material covering her hand, with a wooden spoon, etc. She'll call for one of us to come get the bird from her because she's terrified of her, and now she's threatening to start squirting the bird with water. (I have STRESSED this is ABSOLUTELY NOT EVER a solution. And that half her ''solutions'' are incorrect.) I've told her a hundred times to be consistent with the resolution, to not yell at the bird, to not let her on her shoulders, to "earthquake", etc. I'm wondering if maybe someone can word it a better way, and wonder what others' advice would be?
Frankly, I'd like to just keep her away from the bird entirely, but I can't. I go to school a lot, my sister recently moved away, and my father often goes to a different state... leaving her to take care of our two birds. (One she has no problem with, the other, she's come to hate.) I need to teach her how to fix this because I want to know I'm not leaving my bird to be left in a cage whenever my father's away. It's not humane.
Please, if anyone has any advice, it'd be so well appreciated, by myself and my birdies!
