Just bought a conure - urgent

[wrench13]

Well the obvious answer is that you toweled the bird to take the pics - most birds do not like this, especially new birds, who dont know you arent going to eat them. Feed the poor thing its favorite treats, while taking to her. Change her food to eliminate dried seed , corn and stuff ( do it gradually) in fact everything with birds is gradually.

Go back to the seller and tape this F'er's legs together and yell FIRE! See how well he runs like that.

 

[Terry57]

That poor baby, I have never seen wings taped before
I would dampen a washcloth with warm water and try to get the adhesive to let go before trying to cut the tape off if you don't want to clip his feathers, although that would be the quickest.

Here is a great link for building trust with your new baby:
http://www.parrotforums.com/general-parrot-information/49144-tips-bonding-building-trust.html

I'm glad you joined us, and your baby is really precious

 

[plumsmum2005]

Thanks everyone, I just wanted to know how long will it take her to get used to me? As it is still quite scared and is biting If handled and when I went to get her, she was very friendly and tame.


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If you swap places and imagine yourself in your birds place and all that has happened with good intentions would you trust or would you bite and be scared? Terry has provided a link so use that and hopefully she will be friendly again, remember it isn't a race so take your time.

 

[conure3456]

That poor baby, I have never seen wings taped before
I would dampen a washcloth with warm water and try to get the adhesive to let go before trying to cut the tape off if you don't want to clip his feathers, although that would be the quickest.

Here is a great link for building trust with your new baby:
http://www.parrotforums.com/general-parrot-information/49144-tips-bonding-building-trust.html

I'm glad you joined us, and your baby is really precious

Thank you, will take a look now ! And @wrench32 I only put a towel
On it so I could take a picture, won't do
It again.


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[conure3456]

Thanks everyone, I just wanted to know how long will it take her to get used to me? As it is still quite scared and is biting If handled and when I went to get her, she was very friendly and tame.


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If you swap places and imagine yourself in your birds place and all that has happened with good intentions would you trust or would you bite and be scared? Terry has provided a link so use that and hopefully she will be friendly again, remember it isn't a race so take your time.

Yeah I understand, it was taking a bath today by itself lol so I think it is getting used to its surroundings.


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[Kentuckienne]

You and your bird will make up. Think how tiny she is ... how huge you must look ... all of a sudden she is in a strange place, without her flock. Birds instinctively know that if they are separated from the flock, they could easily die, and it frightens them. You might try sitting near her with a book and reading to her, or tell her stories, don't make any move toward her. She will eventually learn that you aren't a danger. If you hand her tempting morsels like fruit, or some nut she likes, she will start to form a better impression. She wants to be in a flock, and even though you don't look ANYTHING like the other birds, you are the flock now. It will be OK. Just be patient and let her come to you, because they remember being frightened for a long, long time.

 

[PickleMeDickles]

Okay so I just got a conure, on the advert it said it was hand reared but it was quite obvious it was not when I saw it, but it was very tame so as it wasn't biting or screaming etc. I bought it home a few hours ago and it was biting quite a lot, which is understandable as it's nervous, however I just saw that it's wings are taped??? And that's why it wasn't flying around etc


Arrgh...what did these people do? Ok, I think this is what I would do but could be completely off. I would perform a "procedure". Place a towel around the bird and use rubbing alcohol to try to dislodge as much stickiness as possible. Make sure that you DO NOT let the bird preen the rubbing alcohol. Once the rubbing alcohol did it's business, I would "unwrap" the wing as much as possible with minimal feather pulling. This will most likey take 2 people. Once you have the effects of the tape neutralized the best you can, start to remove it as if you are doing surgery. Remove the tape while trying to keep those poor little feathers as intact as possible. Then put him under a light spray from your faucet and make sure you wash ALL (every single last bit) of the rubbing alcohol. Your bird will probably be a little unhappy about these actions, but in the long run it is for the best and you guys will kind of have a new start to your relationship. If any of this makes you too nervous, take him to an avian vet to get him fixed up.

Thank goodness you are now him (mommy/daddy). Some people just have no clue. Well, perhaps they should superglue their eyes shut and live through the ordeal to correct that. Maybe, just maybe, the bird would be square with his last owners.

As far as the screeching/biting. I would not worry about that until you have his physical being corrected. You will then both be in a better state of mind and you can build your relationship from there.

I will definitely keep both of you in mind during this holiday season and I will send you positive thoughts! Good luck!

Jen

 

[Kentuckienne]

Book conservation 2 cents here. Need to know if it's adhesive tape, masking tape, cello tape. Tape has layers: there is the main carrier layer, on top of that is a release layer (that keeps the adhesive from sticking to the other tape on the roll) then there is a "primer" layer under the carrier, and then the adhesive layer. If you use solvent, you might cause the adhesive to wick into the carrier and into the feathers. Here's what I would do on a book. I'd either warm the tape up with hot air - you probably can't do this on the bird - or chill it. You can put an ice cube on the tape, not on the bird, and it will reduce the stickiness of the adhesive. Then cut through the tape and peel it carefully off. Especially since it hasn't been on too long, most of the adhesive might come off with the main part of the tape. See if there are any visible clumps left. You can take the tape you just peeled off, and use it to dab at the remaining adhesive, sticky side down, and lots of time the adhesive on the tape will lift the remaining adhesive off the surface. The idea is to remove as much of the tape mechanically as you can. The remaining adhesive will need to come off with solvent, the problem is most solvents are more toxic than the adhesive. I would advise using ethanol, like grain alcohol, put an absorbent thing like a paper towel under the feather then dab the alcohol on heavily with a cotton ball or q tip. I bet any remaining adhesive will be sitting on top of the feather, and you will be able to wipe it off with alcohol. Don't use methanol, it's poison, and don't use denatured alcohol, it has methanol in it.

Another thing that works very well is peanut butter. It's pasty and oily, and a lot of times it will work its way under the adhesive and you can wipe it off. Baby oil is also good. Peanut butter might be easier to clean off the feathers later, so that's what I would use on a bird. Obviously I can't use it on a book!

I expect that either the adhesive will come off easily with the tape and not stay stuck to the feather, or else it will pull a tiny bit of feather off in which case there's no adhesive residue to worry about. Again, this adhesive is a rubber type compound and probably less toxic than most things you would use to take it off. Write back if you I left anything unclear, just trying to get something up quickly.

 

[conure3456]

Okay, thanks everyone for the help, finally managed to get around removing the tape, I wrapped it In a towel and gave it a scratch on its head so it was laying on its back till it calmed down, then cut the tape(luckily didn't need water or alcohol and it came off easily), she can now fly and is a lot happier.

I decided to wait till she got friendlier, as now she will sit on my finger and shoulder etc. Hopefully in time she will start to let me give it scratches etc


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[conure3456]

This is what the taped look like.


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[conure3456]

Some pictures of the conure( before the tape removed)

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[Skittys_Daddy]

Pardon my bluntness here, but what sort of idiot 'tapes' a birds wings so they can't fly? Good thing you brought that conure home. No telling what the seller was doing. Surprised they didn't glue his beak shut so he couldn't make noise.

 

[conure3456]

Pardon my bluntness here, but what sort of idiot 'tapes' a birds wings so they can't fly? Good thing you brought that conure home. No telling what the seller was doing. Surprised they didn't glue his beak shut so he couldn't make noise.

He said it was as a reassurance, as people in the past have taken the bird to the garden on the first day, and they have flown away...


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[EllenD]

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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[conure3456]

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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Hi,
The person was advertising on gumtree, and I don't think they are meant to be a breeder, the bird is meant to be 3 or so months old.


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[EllenD]

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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Hi,
The person was advertising on gumtree, and I don't think they are meant to be a breeder, the bird is meant to be 3 or so months old.


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I've seen Gumtree ads, though I'm not in Australia or wherever it is based so I have no experience with it...At 3 months old they would have to be a breeder, wouldn't they? Where else would the bird come from? Did they present it as just a rehome that they bought for themselves and just don't want or can't keep anymore?

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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[conure3456]

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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Hi,
The person was advertising on gumtree, and I don't think they are meant to be a breeder, the bird is meant to be 3 or so months old.


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I've seen Gumtree ads, though I'm not in Australia or wherever it is based so I have no experience with it...At 3 months old they would have to be a breeder, wouldn't they? Where else would the bird come from? Did they present it as just a rehome that they bought for themselves and just don't want or can't keep anymore?

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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Am guessing they were a breeder then, as they also had another one there, that was the same age.



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[EllenD]

Hi,
The person was advertising on gumtree, and I don't think they are meant to be a breeder, the bird is meant to be 3 or so months old.


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I've seen Gumtree ads, though I'm not in Australia or wherever it is based so I have no experience with it...At 3 months old they would have to be a breeder, wouldn't they? Where else would the bird come from? Did they present it as just a rehome that they bought for themselves and just don't want or can't keep anymore?

I have seen this once before, on a Quaker parrot and a blue and gold macaw that a rescue I volunteer at took in. Friends of this "breeder" called the humane society on her after being over there and seeing her give sedative injections to the birds. Then once the birds were sedated she wrapped their wings in clear scotch tape and put them back in their cages. Apparently she had been doing this for years. They were all parent-raised babies that she handled occasionally but we're not really tame. When she knew someone was coming to potentially buy a baby bird (that she advertised as hand-raised) she would sedate the bird just enough that the bird would be docile and seem much more tame than they were (especially the macaws). Some of the birds she bred, some she stole, some were wild caught and shipped back (I'll apologize for this ahead of time, it made me physically ill at the time) overseas inside of plastic soda bottles...Yes, they take the cap off for air, cut the bottom off of a 12 liter, 16 liter, 1 liter, depending on the bird's size, cram the bird in head towards the cap, and tape the bottom of the bottle back on over the bird's feet and tail. They would unpack them and the ones that lived were covered in feces, had broken feathers everywhere, no tails at all, and would be so traumatized once they came out of the sedation that some had heart attacks and died on the spot. Some had rubber bands around their beaks too...I was just horrified and couldn't believe a local woman that was a known bird breeder was participating in this.

I hate to ask who this person was that you got your conure from and where they were advertising birds for sale...Were they supposed to be a breeder? The story they gave you is obviously bull****, they could just clip them to prevent what they told you. I hope that your bird is OK and ends up being a nice bird. How old is she supposed to be?

I WOULD BE GETTING HER TO AN AVIAN VET IMMEDIATELY FOR A WELL-BIRDY CHECKUP...

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Am guessing they were a breeder then, as they also had another one there, that was the same age.



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Yep...Such a shame...I hope your little one is doing well, I can assure you she's much better off now!

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[conure3456]

Yeah she's not doing bad,
But now that she has its wings,
I don't think she was handled at all without wings as she just likes to fly around everywhere, might have to get wings clipped? So it can fly but not as much


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