PetiteBird
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My mother has two Green Cheek Conures. One is very friendly and loves attention and the other is a recently rescued bird (couple weeks now) and it very moody.
Lunar is the bird's name.
My mother had no problem hand taming Charlie (the other conure) but Lunar is very back and forth and unpredictable.
He/She will allow you to pet him, close their eyes, be content and then in the next second whip around and bite the same hand that is currently petting them. It's very unpredictable and we can never tell when he/she is going to bite. The family before use said that Lunar was friendly but suddenly "turned" mean, biting and only allowing one person to interact with them.
Lunar will not allow us to pick her/him up, will not step up, bites very hard (making my mom bleed this morning) and she's at her breaking point apparently and is about to find the bird another home.
Does anyone know any tips on how to stop unpredictable biting? It will be in the same moment that the bird goes from happy to biting before happy again. It's a vicious cycle that can repeat itself multiple times in a matter of seconds really, and that's without exaggeration.
I don't want to see this bird to another home that will likely give up on him/her too and the bird wind up in a horrible cycle of rehoming until either let loose or sent to a rescue.
EDIT: The bird is only about 2-3 years old and lived with the same family until we go him. I know bird who get rehomed often get meaner and I don't want that to happen. I used to term 'rescue' too loosely I suppose. He/She was taken by us from their previous owner because they no longer could handle it and we didnt want it to be set loose or something. I understand a couple weeks is not a lot of time but this is the behaviour the bird had as well before we got them and I'm looking for tips that can help so my mom doesn't rehome them.
Lunar is the bird's name.
My mother had no problem hand taming Charlie (the other conure) but Lunar is very back and forth and unpredictable.
He/She will allow you to pet him, close their eyes, be content and then in the next second whip around and bite the same hand that is currently petting them. It's very unpredictable and we can never tell when he/she is going to bite. The family before use said that Lunar was friendly but suddenly "turned" mean, biting and only allowing one person to interact with them.
Lunar will not allow us to pick her/him up, will not step up, bites very hard (making my mom bleed this morning) and she's at her breaking point apparently and is about to find the bird another home.
Does anyone know any tips on how to stop unpredictable biting? It will be in the same moment that the bird goes from happy to biting before happy again. It's a vicious cycle that can repeat itself multiple times in a matter of seconds really, and that's without exaggeration.
I don't want to see this bird to another home that will likely give up on him/her too and the bird wind up in a horrible cycle of rehoming until either let loose or sent to a rescue.
EDIT: The bird is only about 2-3 years old and lived with the same family until we go him. I know bird who get rehomed often get meaner and I don't want that to happen. I used to term 'rescue' too loosely I suppose. He/She was taken by us from their previous owner because they no longer could handle it and we didnt want it to be set loose or something. I understand a couple weeks is not a lot of time but this is the behaviour the bird had as well before we got them and I'm looking for tips that can help so my mom doesn't rehome them.
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