my Jenday conure has an obsession with the shower curtain ! Help please

Bullvyde603

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Ok so i have had my Conure for 3 years now. We rescued him from an abusive household and he has been doing very well. Way better then when we first got him. He loves to cuddle loves to just hangout he really doesnt play and does not like to be handled at all. He actually will start to throw up if he s stressed. Anyway he has a crazy obsession with the bathroom/shower curtain he will actually attack me if i go near the bathroom door biting me. It has got out of hand and im looking for help ? Any suggestions ?
 

T00tsyd

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Green cheek conure - Sydney (Syd) Hatched 2/2017
I guess the easy answer is to close the door and not to let him in. Syd is obsessed with anything plastic. Carrier bags are a particular favourite. The minute he sees one his eyes ping and he dares me to come near. I now keep anything like that out of his way. My assumption is that if it is removed the obsession goes too.
 

YSGC

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Pico, gender unknown, is a hand-fed Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure, born 2015.
Yup, just keep him out the bathroom.
 

Rudustin

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My Golden Conure is absolutely hateful about plastic bags! I have no idea why but I simply keep them away from them. He attacks anything that is a plastic bag and I simply cannot keep him on my shoulder or arm or hand if I am unloading groceries because not only does he attack the bags but also what ever limb I am using to unpack the bags. Simple idea: just keep him away from the evil plastic bags!
 

noodles123

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Umbrella Cockatoo- 15? years old..I think?
1- are you sure he is vomitting and not regurgitating due to hormones?

2- Does he have any dark spaces in or around his cage? If so, remove them. It is very likely that the curtain is a hormonal trigger, as it is shadowy and blanket-like. Access to any dark spaces (huts, tents, bedding, under furniture, boxes, tubes,hammocks, low-ledges, drawers, bedding, paper piles, under clothing etc can all trigger hormones and aggression).

It is possible that he views the shower as a nesting area due to the dim lighting etc. I would try to make the room much brighter when he is in there and consider getting a totally clear curtain (let it air out outside in case it off-gasses at all when you bring it home). OR--just keep him away from the bathroom.

3- When you say he loves cuddles, it is hard to know what you mean, but a bird should only get pets on the head and neck. Anything else is sexual and will stimulate hormones and unwanted behavior.
 

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