stillabirdperson
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- Sep 28, 2022
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- Parrots
- Two green cheek conures— Louie and Mango
I have two green cheek conures— Louie and Mango. I’m pretty sure Louie is male and Mango is female. Louie has always been a biter, drawing blood on multiple occasions, and his favorite places to bite are my lips, nose, ears, and fingers; however, he is not always like this. He enjoys cuddling and spending time just being near me.
I work a fair bit and I feel like I’m not home enough for him to have all the social interactions conures can need, so I decided to save up and get another bird. I got Mango a week ago, and they get along great. The only problem is that now Louie is way more aggressive with me than before, and has even started to actively seek me out to attack me. He’ll fly over to me just to attack even when I try to put distance between us.
I think that it’s probably because he wants to protect Mango, or maybe he’s jealous, but I don’t know how to get him to stop. I’ve been trying to implement some suggestions for biting I’ve seen online— not reacting to the bite, putting him in a neutral place and not giving him attention, but I think that he’s just reinforced because he knows that biting makes me go away. He’s as scared of me as I am of him at this point.
If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.
I work a fair bit and I feel like I’m not home enough for him to have all the social interactions conures can need, so I decided to save up and get another bird. I got Mango a week ago, and they get along great. The only problem is that now Louie is way more aggressive with me than before, and has even started to actively seek me out to attack me. He’ll fly over to me just to attack even when I try to put distance between us.
I think that it’s probably because he wants to protect Mango, or maybe he’s jealous, but I don’t know how to get him to stop. I’ve been trying to implement some suggestions for biting I’ve seen online— not reacting to the bite, putting him in a neutral place and not giving him attention, but I think that he’s just reinforced because he knows that biting makes me go away. He’s as scared of me as I am of him at this point.
If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.