Conure scared of hand?

Tombli60

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Pale headed lorikeet
So three days ago I got a pineapple greencheek conure. First two days the bird was quiet and seemed kind of scared which is the expected. Today however it has changed and when it sees me it comes up to me on the side of the cage and screams like how conures usually do. It usually gets excited and starts playing. However when I give it my hand it does not stand on it and when ever I try to hold it it tries running away. I honestly don't know why, it is hand tamed and was hand fed. It is 10 weeks old currently. I know it's not scared of me because when I take it out of the cage it walks on me and everything and like I said before comes to me when I go next to its cage. I am guessing i just need to give it time as it's still new however when I got my lorikeets it used to walk on my hand from day one. Their personalities are completely different though so maybe that's why. So anyway is this normal for a new bird and what can I do for it to gain my trust more and encourage it to walk on my hand? I am just afraid that this will be a permenant thing where for some reason it doesn't walk on my hand. Sry if I already posted this, posted it in the wrong section and didn't know how to delete.
 

T00tsyd

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Green cheek conure - Sydney (Syd) Hatched 2/2017
Aw bless. Surely the reason will be that everything is so new. Perhaps he already sees his cage as his safe space and if he's anything like Syd his home is definitely his castle. After a year if I go in his cage in his presence if he had a shot gun he'd use it!

Once he's out he realises that you are ok but I think that's just baby acceptance at this stage instead of true bonding. I would still do all the bonding stuff like talking to him while he feels safe in his cage and feed treats through the bars until he is showing signs of coming to you rather than you imposing you desires on him. I always reckon softly softly catchy monkey is a good ploy with all creatures. It usually works.
 

LordTriggs

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Rio (Yellow sided conure) sadly no longer with us
I would agree with toot, best way I can describe it is his cage is the safe haven and you're number 2 for safety hence why he's far more comfortable on you out of the cage. I would really try working with them in the cage to get used to the idea that you are permitted entry. I always used a treat for stepping up in the cage which I would suggest trying for the moment, as they settle more and more they'll become more outgoing and will no doubt turn into your own cuddle bug
 

LordTriggs

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Rio (Yellow sided conure) sadly no longer with us
I just noticed in the duplicate post that you've only had him 3 days. For him to want to be on you at all is amazing work. Slow down for now and work at his pace, he needs time to come over those several billion years of evolution telling him to be scared of us. He should come round soon.

On side note try avoiding posting the same thing in multiple threads, it can quickly lead to confusion and you will find you wont get as many replies because of it
 

clark_conure

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A crossover Quaker Scuti (F), A Sun conure named AC, A Cinnamon Green Cheek conure Kent, and 6 budgies, Scuti Jr. (f), yellow (m), clark Jr. (m), Dot (f), Zebra(f), Machine (m).
I posted to your other post.... use that one.
 

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