Hi everybody!
I need some help with my tiel, Iggy. So out of the people Iggy interacts with, (Mom, Dad, my friend Cheyenne, and me) I am unfortunately the bad guy. I'm the one who enforces bedtime, don't chew that, don't poop there, etc. I feel bad that this has happened as I did hand raise her from the time she was about a month and a half old, but when I got her I was much less experienced.
I unfortunately did not immediately train her and this has led up to where we are now. She'll calmly step up and down for me, and allows me to grab her if necessary without much of a fuss. I feel as if our relationship lacks respect though, if that makes sense. She gets huffy and hissy if I tell her to stop doing something, and this progresses into nipping, and if in the right mood- full on bites.
She also sometimes seems to think me picking her up means she has to go back to her cage, which leads to flying around the room and playing chase the bird until she tires out. This is sort of stopping me from being able to improve her trust in me. I would like to try and potty train her, perhaps teach her to wave, big eagle, etc., but it's hard to do that when she flies away a lot of the time.
Any advice would be appreciated. This is partly her personality, but also many parts my fault. I would like us to have a better relationship.
I've attached a picture of Iggy with rice stuck to her face and her signature post bath devil horns below for giggles.
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I need some help with my tiel, Iggy. So out of the people Iggy interacts with, (Mom, Dad, my friend Cheyenne, and me) I am unfortunately the bad guy. I'm the one who enforces bedtime, don't chew that, don't poop there, etc. I feel bad that this has happened as I did hand raise her from the time she was about a month and a half old, but when I got her I was much less experienced.
I unfortunately did not immediately train her and this has led up to where we are now. She'll calmly step up and down for me, and allows me to grab her if necessary without much of a fuss. I feel as if our relationship lacks respect though, if that makes sense. She gets huffy and hissy if I tell her to stop doing something, and this progresses into nipping, and if in the right mood- full on bites.
She also sometimes seems to think me picking her up means she has to go back to her cage, which leads to flying around the room and playing chase the bird until she tires out. This is sort of stopping me from being able to improve her trust in me. I would like to try and potty train her, perhaps teach her to wave, big eagle, etc., but it's hard to do that when she flies away a lot of the time.
Any advice would be appreciated. This is partly her personality, but also many parts my fault. I would like us to have a better relationship.
I've attached a picture of Iggy with rice stuck to her face and her signature post bath devil horns below for giggles.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk