taming

Hi there, I recently purchased a six month old female Rainbow lorikeet. She is very sweet, but when she comes out of her cage she is never still. I can't hold her on my hand, or get her to stand on a playstand and play. It's very exhausting. Will she always be this way, or can she be tamed...

… but I saw this young women with 4 kids posting on CL over and over about an IRN baby she couldn't tame and didn't have time for. First I didn't pay attention since IRN wasn't anything I was looking for, but seeing this frantic ad for the fourth time I picked up the phone and called her… She...

So I recently started target training my bird in its cage since it's still not really tamed but he doesn't move much. He likes millet so I give him that after he touches the tip of the stick. He only touches the stick when it's right in front of him, below, or a little bit over. I did it many...

So yesterday I got a 6 month old Cinnamon Turquoise Conure. I found the owner on craigslist and they were super nice, they just didn't have time to take care of the bird anymore. He/she isn't hand tamed and bit me pretty hard when trying to put them in their new clean cage. This morning they...

I posted here about 2 yo cockatiel I adopted a little over a month ago. He came from very rough conditions, and I felt pretty hopeless after a few weeks. He was never handled, probably not hand raised, hated and bit my hands, was asocial and would just sit on one spot for hours. I introduced him...

Okay, I've tried taming them forever but it won't work. :( I've had Maxwell and Claire, two abused lovebirds that I rescued from a swap meet, where they were treated terribly, for about two and a half years. Claire is a bit more laid back but she did bite me once. They are not clipped, because...

So I've been trying clicker training and she HATES the sound. It makes her really aggressive. I tried muffling it a lot but to no avail. I suppose I'll just use the word good or something but I really like how precise the clicker is. Anyways she bites when I put my hand in her vicinity and when...

Is it too late to train/ tame cockatiel? Hello, Little disclaimer, sorry this is going to be a bit long, I just want to put out all the details. So I got a cockatiel about 6 months ago. I bought him from a guy who had about 20 cockatiels in a huge cage, but he never took them out or handled...

Hi, I have two lovebirds that I've had for about 5 years. They let me hand feed them bread through the cage, but freak out if I try to touch them or put my hand in the cage. How can I tame them to let me carry them around? Or is it too late?

The name's Jo, I've got two peach-faced lovebirds, and I just found out this place exists. Me: I'm a young animal lover and bird enthusiast; I grew up surrounded by animals and I can't imagine life without them. I used to have two budgies when I was a kid, at which point they were mostly cared...

So one of my younger brothers and I are THINKING about getting a little baby budgie or two from our local bird breeder. And i was going to try to tame them and make them a bit social. When i was younger our family always had budgies, but we eventually upgraded to Lovebirds. And now i kind of...

Hello, I've just joined this forum so I'm trying to get used to it (took me ages to work out how to even post a forum haha) anyway, one of our neighbours has a family member who has needed to make a big change in his life by re-homing his beautiful 3 year old amazon parrot. My family were...

Hi guys I recently became the owner of 2 cute parakeets. They were passed on to my girlfriend from her late grandfather, so we really do not have much experience with the sort. Also, I'm not sure how old they are, but pretty sure the youngest is somewhere between 2-4 years, and the oldest a...

Ok so I just got a sun conure on Sunday night so I have had him for two full days. Yesterday he was really aggressive and scared whenever I would try to take him out of the cage and he bit me so I decided to leave him alone. I don't want him to bite me anymore so I tried to leave him alone...

Alright so hopefully this is the right area for this, but I'd like to get some advice on taming my newest IRN. I only brought it a day ago at around 6 months, so I haven't a sex for it yet. I'm hoping to tame it over time, I've already had time handling birds, and have hand raised a couple of...

I had a previous flightless red front macaw. Well, he has been passed for almost a whole year now (vet put him under for blood work and he regurgitated), so my husband and I bought a new one, but a female. She is over a year old now and was greatly bonded to her sister. We met her last fall...

Hello, I've been given a female eastern rosella. She is about six months and I've been told she's grown up in an aviary with other birds. Now I have her in a cage, outside. She eats her seeds, sometimes whistles, and seems quite fine. Still, when I approach too near the cage, she takes fright...

Hey. :) I adopted a lovebird a few days ago. She was a breeder whose mate had died. I worked at a pet store which specialized in birds, so I do know the basic ways of taming a bird. She is an enigma to me, though!! She is comfortable around me- she'll land on my head, shoulders, and loves to be...

My green cheek conure was my first bird and I am so in love with birds that I want another conure to add to my flock! :) I'm not home for 10 hours a day because school is 8 hours and it's a while away from where I live so I'm sure my little girl would like a cage neighbor to chirp to. I have...

my name is kristin. i have a beautiful rosella named skittles. i have had skittles for little over a year. i bought him/her from petco. i am his 3rd owner. the 1st owner brought him back because he bought him for his son and the son was bit. the 2nd owner did not have the time and patience to...