charlieman33
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- Dec 10, 2019
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Hello! I'm new here so just wanted to start by saying THANK YOU to anyone willing to help. I'm 30 days into my relationship with Soda who is a Yellow Naped Amazon and things are going downhill quickly. Just a little background .. fell in love in a pet store (I know, I'm sorry for this but I was really there to get dog food) .. he took to me quite quickly and I would go to see him over the course of a few weeks. He would step up, groom me, let me scratch his neck, sit on my shoulder ect. Brought him home and had a huge hiccup the first day. My son entered the room and inadvertently spooked him. In an effort to get back to my shoulder he latched onto my face as I was sitting in a weird position when he ran to me. It only took about 7 seconds but it seemed to wipe clean all the previous work.
He will no longer step up. If he is out of his cage, I've not found a productive way to get him back in as he's not much on treats (see below) ect. I read somewhere to use a towel to coax him in and that seemed to be the last straw with him. The last week there has been lots of eye pinning, tail flaring, he no longer "talks" back and forth with me. Just appears angry or scared most of the time it seems. For the most part, he no longer wants much to do with me. Not sure how to progress.
His background .. 6 years old, 2 prior families. First one had two kids, parents divorced so Soda was sold. Second owner was a single soldier, small cage, lots of shoulder time until he deployed and Soda was sold to pet store. Not sure if it is Soda's preference or if it was never really given as part of his diet but he will not eat fruits and veggies or birdie bread. Just seed and ZuPreem fruit pellets. I try to keep other options in his cage but he ignores them. Only "treat" he will take is an unsalted peanut and that is sporadic. I don't know that he has ever been to see a vet to be honest. His nails are incredibly long and are in need of a trim but I can't imagine how I'm going to get him to the vet without totally demolishing our relationship at this point.
To be honest, we're at a standstill. I'm 100% willing to put in the work as the last thing I want is for him to go to yet another home. I read and try to implement the info I read online but it's often just making matters worse. He seems to want to take a chunk out of me whenever I come near so I seem to be making matters progressively worse so don't know how to proceed. THANK YOU!!
He will no longer step up. If he is out of his cage, I've not found a productive way to get him back in as he's not much on treats (see below) ect. I read somewhere to use a towel to coax him in and that seemed to be the last straw with him. The last week there has been lots of eye pinning, tail flaring, he no longer "talks" back and forth with me. Just appears angry or scared most of the time it seems. For the most part, he no longer wants much to do with me. Not sure how to progress.
His background .. 6 years old, 2 prior families. First one had two kids, parents divorced so Soda was sold. Second owner was a single soldier, small cage, lots of shoulder time until he deployed and Soda was sold to pet store. Not sure if it is Soda's preference or if it was never really given as part of his diet but he will not eat fruits and veggies or birdie bread. Just seed and ZuPreem fruit pellets. I try to keep other options in his cage but he ignores them. Only "treat" he will take is an unsalted peanut and that is sporadic. I don't know that he has ever been to see a vet to be honest. His nails are incredibly long and are in need of a trim but I can't imagine how I'm going to get him to the vet without totally demolishing our relationship at this point.
To be honest, we're at a standstill. I'm 100% willing to put in the work as the last thing I want is for him to go to yet another home. I read and try to implement the info I read online but it's often just making matters worse. He seems to want to take a chunk out of me whenever I come near so I seem to be making matters progressively worse so don't know how to proceed. THANK YOU!!