My Alex (his name is Bertram) is about 12 weeks old and I have had him for 4 weeks now. I am finding it very hard to find any websites dedicated solely to Alex's, their personalities and how to train them.
I knew before getting Bert that Alex's were not a very lovey, cuddly bird, which for me was what I was looking for even though I would have loved a velcro bird, as I'm quite an affectionate person. So knowing that I want kids at some point in the future, I didn't want a jealous type of bird AND I saw Bert and fell in love!
Now my point is that Bert is very fond of biting and is not overly vicious, but still it hurts when he bites! I know the signs that he wants to be left alone and try to follow them so that he doesn't have to resort to biting me to get what he wants.
I want to train him and encourage our bonding and not have him try to bite me every time I approach him and I know that this comes with time and patience, but I'm not exactly sure where to start and what techniques work with Alex's.
I don't quite have the heart to be stern and discipline him, so he has become quite dominant, which is not how I want our relationship to be as I am not going to spend the next 30 odd years with a bird as my boss!
So basically I was just hoping for other Alex owners to share their experiences/stories and their birds tendencies and personalities with me and any advice on where to start would be much appreciated!
I'm so excited for when Bert gets his bright feathers and red beak! They're such an amazingly beautiful bird!
Sorry for rambling
I knew before getting Bert that Alex's were not a very lovey, cuddly bird, which for me was what I was looking for even though I would have loved a velcro bird, as I'm quite an affectionate person. So knowing that I want kids at some point in the future, I didn't want a jealous type of bird AND I saw Bert and fell in love!
Now my point is that Bert is very fond of biting and is not overly vicious, but still it hurts when he bites! I know the signs that he wants to be left alone and try to follow them so that he doesn't have to resort to biting me to get what he wants.
I want to train him and encourage our bonding and not have him try to bite me every time I approach him and I know that this comes with time and patience, but I'm not exactly sure where to start and what techniques work with Alex's.
I don't quite have the heart to be stern and discipline him, so he has become quite dominant, which is not how I want our relationship to be as I am not going to spend the next 30 odd years with a bird as my boss!
So basically I was just hoping for other Alex owners to share their experiences/stories and their birds tendencies and personalities with me and any advice on where to start would be much appreciated!
I'm so excited for when Bert gets his bright feathers and red beak! They're such an amazingly beautiful bird!
Sorry for rambling
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