blueridgeocean
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anytips? my fathers old bluecrowned conure is aggressive and gone cage "sour" crazy
so i am so very sad about this parrot i recently received from my father a few months back. Winston the parrot has been with my family for 10-12 years now and i would fly the birds every other weekend when i was at my dads house. we had 3 cockatiels, 2 finches and 2 conures. i would let all of the birds fly around the house and let the 2 conures free fly outside every weekend and let them climb and tunnel all over the place. they loved me and my siblings. i still remember the first time the conures flew and the cockatiels joining in on the "chase" for fun. then 5 years ago i left leaving the birds with my father. apparently the conures kept on getting out so he clipped all of the birds wings and he told me that he never let the birds out to play when i left. Winston is the only survivor and he has become VERY aggressive. 5 years being in a cage is unhealthy. and i fear he has gone insane.(thankfully i didn't gilt trip my father or get upset with him because they were his birds) im just kind of ranting now because yeah...
he bites everyone and wont let me change his water or feed him. he attacks like a dog on rabies. he even tries to get at me when im just standing near his cage. when i received him i first started by setting him up in my office/tv room where i spend most of my time atleast 10 hrs a day. when im home i leave his cage door open and talk to him constantly he even talks back sometimes. he has not shown much interest about leaving his cage though he does step out onto the door and starts dancing he has done this a handful of times. ive then started sitting closer to Winston and i would put a glove on a low perch to get him accustomed to seeing a hand when im around. i think it might be working somewhat... anyways has he gone crazy? does it sound like he was abused by being grabbed and put in the cage long ago? should i try and change his environment up and disorientate his territory by replacing his toys and cage with new ones? will changing his daily life like this cause him to stress out and die?
so i am so very sad about this parrot i recently received from my father a few months back. Winston the parrot has been with my family for 10-12 years now and i would fly the birds every other weekend when i was at my dads house. we had 3 cockatiels, 2 finches and 2 conures. i would let all of the birds fly around the house and let the 2 conures free fly outside every weekend and let them climb and tunnel all over the place. they loved me and my siblings. i still remember the first time the conures flew and the cockatiels joining in on the "chase" for fun. then 5 years ago i left leaving the birds with my father. apparently the conures kept on getting out so he clipped all of the birds wings and he told me that he never let the birds out to play when i left. Winston is the only survivor and he has become VERY aggressive. 5 years being in a cage is unhealthy. and i fear he has gone insane.(thankfully i didn't gilt trip my father or get upset with him because they were his birds) im just kind of ranting now because yeah...
he bites everyone and wont let me change his water or feed him. he attacks like a dog on rabies. he even tries to get at me when im just standing near his cage. when i received him i first started by setting him up in my office/tv room where i spend most of my time atleast 10 hrs a day. when im home i leave his cage door open and talk to him constantly he even talks back sometimes. he has not shown much interest about leaving his cage though he does step out onto the door and starts dancing he has done this a handful of times. ive then started sitting closer to Winston and i would put a glove on a low perch to get him accustomed to seeing a hand when im around. i think it might be working somewhat... anyways has he gone crazy? does it sound like he was abused by being grabbed and put in the cage long ago? should i try and change his environment up and disorientate his territory by replacing his toys and cage with new ones? will changing his daily life like this cause him to stress out and die?
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