GrumpyBurgie
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- Jun 16, 2020
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Hello everyone,
I recently got my newest little buddy, Kiwi/Link (still can't decide) the green cheek conure, other than a Fischer Lovebird
, this is my first experience taming and bonding with a bird.
I've done a lot of research before getting him and I understand the general trust-building that goes into taming a bird, but I thought I'd increase my knowledge even further by going on here.
So he's about 9 months old, very fearful of people, I've gone as far as giving him a treat through the bars, even then it takes a while for him to work up the courage to come take it, on a few occasions he took the treat off the tip of my finger after a few minutes of hesitating, and then he runs to the other side of the cage or moves away if he's out of the cage to go eat it.
I'm putting my hand in the cage for a few minutes like I read to do, so he gets used to my hands, but I'm not sure what else I can do, is it just a matter of patience from here? I'm not seeing that many differences since I got him around 10 days ago.
I let him out of his cage every day for around half an hour or so, he likes going out but getting him back in is heartbreaking because I have to try to let him land on this blanket and return him to the cage, if he lands on it he doesn't mind just chilling on my hand (which is under the blanket) for a bit. And he usually needs to be tired from flying away from me to land on the blanket.
I've seen some people saying to clip his wings until I tame him and let them grow back afterwards but that worries me because my cat Zelda might give him the old 1-2.
Anyways I know this is a lot but I just want to be as precise as possible, thanks a lot for reading.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I recently got my newest little buddy, Kiwi/Link (still can't decide) the green cheek conure, other than a Fischer Lovebird
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I've done a lot of research before getting him and I understand the general trust-building that goes into taming a bird, but I thought I'd increase my knowledge even further by going on here.
So he's about 9 months old, very fearful of people, I've gone as far as giving him a treat through the bars, even then it takes a while for him to work up the courage to come take it, on a few occasions he took the treat off the tip of my finger after a few minutes of hesitating, and then he runs to the other side of the cage or moves away if he's out of the cage to go eat it.
I'm putting my hand in the cage for a few minutes like I read to do, so he gets used to my hands, but I'm not sure what else I can do, is it just a matter of patience from here? I'm not seeing that many differences since I got him around 10 days ago.
I let him out of his cage every day for around half an hour or so, he likes going out but getting him back in is heartbreaking because I have to try to let him land on this blanket and return him to the cage, if he lands on it he doesn't mind just chilling on my hand (which is under the blanket) for a bit. And he usually needs to be tired from flying away from me to land on the blanket.
I've seen some people saying to clip his wings until I tame him and let them grow back afterwards but that worries me because my cat Zelda might give him the old 1-2.
Anyways I know this is a lot but I just want to be as precise as possible, thanks a lot for reading.