Almost two years ago, my mom got a Green cheek Conure. She said she'd owned birds before (zebra finch) and claimed that It would be the exact same. I assumed she'd done research and learned how to properly care for the bird. I was wrong.
It took me over a year to convince her to get even a light for him. I should have don't more research myself and I feel guilty about that. Currently, the bird lives in a cage (a large one, with toys, ladders, and a bed) with three sides of the cage covered with blackout curtains, and he comes out for maybe an hour every other day. I've tried to talk to my mom about this, telling her that he's not happy. He screams when he's alone, which is always, and when someone else goes near him, he attacks them. He was trained with a leather glove and only one person ever went near him because he wasn't trained not to bite.
I've decided that I'm going to bond with him and try to make his life better, because he is depressed. We were making a little bit of progress but then my mom took him out and put him on me and he bit my finger then attacked my face; bloody lip and everything. Unfortunately grabbed him and pulled him off me. I'm afraid he's not going to trust me anymore.
I don't know what to do. My mom won't put in the effort, or admit she's wrong and rehome him. But I don't know that he'll trust me now.
His name is Hermie.
It took me over a year to convince her to get even a light for him. I should have don't more research myself and I feel guilty about that. Currently, the bird lives in a cage (a large one, with toys, ladders, and a bed) with three sides of the cage covered with blackout curtains, and he comes out for maybe an hour every other day. I've tried to talk to my mom about this, telling her that he's not happy. He screams when he's alone, which is always, and when someone else goes near him, he attacks them. He was trained with a leather glove and only one person ever went near him because he wasn't trained not to bite.
I've decided that I'm going to bond with him and try to make his life better, because he is depressed. We were making a little bit of progress but then my mom took him out and put him on me and he bit my finger then attacked my face; bloody lip and everything. Unfortunately grabbed him and pulled him off me. I'm afraid he's not going to trust me anymore.
I don't know what to do. My mom won't put in the effort, or admit she's wrong and rehome him. But I don't know that he'll trust me now.
His name is Hermie.
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