CaseyConure
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- Jun 24, 2022
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- Parrots
- Green Cheek Conure
Hello, first time posting here.
My mother and I have a 8-year old green cheek conure (9 in November) that we've had since he was a baby. While he can sometimes be a bit bitey, the last week or so he's been increasingly aggressive. He'll bite both of us out of nowhere, and a few times he's drawn blood. I've noticed he mostly bites me if I try to take him off my head or shoulder, something he's usually not shown resistance towards. He'll also hold on when he bites, which is something he's never done.
He's never been around any other birds and he's lived with our other pets his entire life. We got him when he was very young and he is very attached to us. His cage is fairly large with plenty of toys, but until now we usually let him out and involve him in everything. We take thorough care of him, constantly cleaning his cage and providing fresh food and water. He is very loved and spoiled, though he does have a bit of attitude and will go after cell phones and one of our cats (he gets along with the others, though). I am providing this information to clarify I do not believe this is a case of neglect.
My mother and I are very concerned. She reached out to the guy we got him from who also grooms him, and he said that this behavior could be because of mating season. This doesn't make sense to us because not only has our bird never behaved like this in all the years we've had him, but Google sys GCC mating season is in February. Unfortunately, we don't know of any bird behavioral specialists that are local. I've tried researching this issue but I've come up short.
Please give any advice you can. We don't want to get rid of him, but the behavior is getting worse. I'm reaching out because we've tried everything- we've given him timeouts and tried avoiding him for the day and nothing's stuck. Tomorrow I'm taking him to the aforementioned bird groomer guy to get his input.
Anything helps, thank you.
My mother and I have a 8-year old green cheek conure (9 in November) that we've had since he was a baby. While he can sometimes be a bit bitey, the last week or so he's been increasingly aggressive. He'll bite both of us out of nowhere, and a few times he's drawn blood. I've noticed he mostly bites me if I try to take him off my head or shoulder, something he's usually not shown resistance towards. He'll also hold on when he bites, which is something he's never done.
He's never been around any other birds and he's lived with our other pets his entire life. We got him when he was very young and he is very attached to us. His cage is fairly large with plenty of toys, but until now we usually let him out and involve him in everything. We take thorough care of him, constantly cleaning his cage and providing fresh food and water. He is very loved and spoiled, though he does have a bit of attitude and will go after cell phones and one of our cats (he gets along with the others, though). I am providing this information to clarify I do not believe this is a case of neglect.
My mother and I are very concerned. She reached out to the guy we got him from who also grooms him, and he said that this behavior could be because of mating season. This doesn't make sense to us because not only has our bird never behaved like this in all the years we've had him, but Google sys GCC mating season is in February. Unfortunately, we don't know of any bird behavioral specialists that are local. I've tried researching this issue but I've come up short.
Please give any advice you can. We don't want to get rid of him, but the behavior is getting worse. I'm reaching out because we've tried everything- we've given him timeouts and tried avoiding him for the day and nothing's stuck. Tomorrow I'm taking him to the aforementioned bird groomer guy to get his input.
Anything helps, thank you.