snatrithigaire
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Hello!
I am new to parrot forums and to conure ownership, and would love some advice about raising a happy, healthy feathered friend.
My boyfriend and I purchased JoJo, a very young green Cheek conure (max 10 weeks old) from a breeder 2 days ago. Long story, but this was not a conure breeder he specializes in macaws and larger parrot breeds. He had been given the birds by a friend to ween and sell.
JoJo was hand fed, but not particularly hand tamed. He will eat from my hands and occasionally will sit next to them, but other times he is skittish and hops away.He does not know how to step up yet either. He is not shy and loves being out of the cage already, and has already claimed his favorite spot in the house (the box fan oddly enough) and he took his first bath today. He is also very nippy though, which makes me think he was manhandled a bit at his original home.
I've owned budgies my whole life, but JoJo is dauntingly intelligent and has already found ways to manipulate my training/friendship attempts.
If anyone has any advice how to proceed training him, I'd love to hear it! Should I wait longer until he's more comfortable? He's already exploring the house, should I just go for it?
I'm probably just nervous!
Thank you all ahead of time
-New Birdy Mama
I am new to parrot forums and to conure ownership, and would love some advice about raising a happy, healthy feathered friend.
My boyfriend and I purchased JoJo, a very young green Cheek conure (max 10 weeks old) from a breeder 2 days ago. Long story, but this was not a conure breeder he specializes in macaws and larger parrot breeds. He had been given the birds by a friend to ween and sell.
JoJo was hand fed, but not particularly hand tamed. He will eat from my hands and occasionally will sit next to them, but other times he is skittish and hops away.He does not know how to step up yet either. He is not shy and loves being out of the cage already, and has already claimed his favorite spot in the house (the box fan oddly enough) and he took his first bath today. He is also very nippy though, which makes me think he was manhandled a bit at his original home.
I've owned budgies my whole life, but JoJo is dauntingly intelligent and has already found ways to manipulate my training/friendship attempts.
If anyone has any advice how to proceed training him, I'd love to hear it! Should I wait longer until he's more comfortable? He's already exploring the house, should I just go for it?
I'm probably just nervous!
Thank you all ahead of time
-New Birdy Mama