Hi
New to the forum and a new Parrot owner.
We have a 5 month Quaker bought from a pet store who hand rear the birds. He is great and we have had him for about a week but although the store told us we can start to teach him to step up now he doesn't want to know at all. He has the cage, loads of toys and we talk tio him all the time and when he's in the cage he seems fine. He eats and drinks, screams alot, and as long as the cage door is shut he seems fine.
If we open the cage door and try and gently approach him to start to teach him to step up he just flies to the back of the cage and clings on to the back of the back, shaking like crazy! We love him to bits and all we have done is talk to him, give him lots of fresh fruit and want to start to start to train him but to be honest as new bird owners, we are lost as he just wants to bite when we go anywhere near him. I've looked at loads of videos on the internet and seen a number of books but are these any good? Is this normal for the bird of 5 months or is it just us he doesn't like! Any suggestions or advice for a new ownerwould be greatly appreciated. We just want the bird to be happy and enjoy being with his new family. Thanks, Mark
New to the forum and a new Parrot owner.
We have a 5 month Quaker bought from a pet store who hand rear the birds. He is great and we have had him for about a week but although the store told us we can start to teach him to step up now he doesn't want to know at all. He has the cage, loads of toys and we talk tio him all the time and when he's in the cage he seems fine. He eats and drinks, screams alot, and as long as the cage door is shut he seems fine.
If we open the cage door and try and gently approach him to start to teach him to step up he just flies to the back of the cage and clings on to the back of the back, shaking like crazy! We love him to bits and all we have done is talk to him, give him lots of fresh fruit and want to start to start to train him but to be honest as new bird owners, we are lost as he just wants to bite when we go anywhere near him. I've looked at loads of videos on the internet and seen a number of books but are these any good? Is this normal for the bird of 5 months or is it just us he doesn't like! Any suggestions or advice for a new ownerwould be greatly appreciated. We just want the bird to be happy and enjoy being with his new family. Thanks, Mark