meganma1994
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I have had my 9 year old male Eclectus for almost 6 months now and I don't feel like we have really bonded at all. I work full time, and during these 6 months I have been pet sitting a lot and have not been home so my boyfriend takes care of him. I knew he was coming to me at a bad time and I wouldn't be home for a of the first few months that I had him but I had no other choice, he kind of got dumped on me. I would try to come home as much as I could to feed him dinner and let him out and just hang out with him, and I am home now and trying to spend as much time with him as I can but I also work full time. I just don't feel like we have a relationship, and I know that these things take a lot of time especially since I haven't been home, but I was wondering what are some things that I could do with him to help him have some sort of relationship with me? He will only step up for me if I have treats, and will really only come to me if I have treats. he is also a very independent and lazy bird. So his perches are in the family room and his cage is in the living room, I just didn't have room to put it all together at my house now. I frequently bring him out and into the family room where we hang out most of the time and he used to talk up a storm in there but he has recently stopped talking while we are in there. He will talk and make a whole bunch of noises if he is in the kitchen, but I don't know what to make of this. Is he all of a sudden uncomfortable in this room, or uncomfortable around me? Or could it be the tv? Anyways, thanks for reading this far, my main question is how can I build a relationship with him other than just sitting and hanging out. Or is that all it takes with time.