need some tips on socialising

[hacatta]

As some off you may know,i got a yellow-sided conure for my birthday almost 4 months ago.
He was 8 months at that time and came from an aviary.
Needless to say he was scared of everything,he had never seen anything outside the garage he was kept.
He has come a long way,he loves playing with anything.
And has learned to take treats,toys from me and to come on my hand for them.
This is also the only way he gets near my hands,if i doný have a treat he will look very scared and fly away.
Even learned to give me a kiss for a treat.
However he is just so scared of everything,even my 2 other gcc.
While 1 of them is understandable she chases him but he never fights back just flies away.
But because of that he is often alone,he does have an cage mate,but she is a lot with the others.
He does like to sleep on my computer screen when i am gaming.
And plays on my keyboard,so it is not like he is avoiding me.
It's like we are stuck,he just doesn't seem to be able to take the next move.

 

[henpecked]

The first question that comes to my mind is? Is your goal a companion bird or are you just giving a bird a good home? Do you expect this bird to be your primary pet?(special) or just another flock member. I would give different advice according to your goals. However 4 months is a short time span when it comes to taming a parent raised "aviary" bird,virtually a wild bird. I think your making good progress. If separated him from his cage mate he might bond a little quicker with you. His natural instinct would be to bond with other birds because that's the way he was raised. he didn't imprint on humans who handfed and "tamed " him because he was a parent raised baby. What is your goal for him?

 

[hacatta]

Right now i just want him to get along with the others.
I am in no hurry to have him bond with me,of course i would like it but i don´t mind if it takes years.
My belief is that when he gets along with them he will come on his own,seen it happen before.

 

[RavensGryf]

It's tough when they aren't real tame to begin with. Even my mom's Princess of Wales parakeet who was hand fed, took several YEARS to step up for her, even though he was "tame" otherwise. Though conures surely are easier to come around than Aussie grass keets. But... It could still take much time, since my Budgie Twigs is so wild that he is only recently stepping up to me after over a year that we've had him, and even then it's very hesitantly. Budgies are (in general) considered EASY to tame, and even still he's a hard one, so I think it also has to do with each individual bird. Since he's a conure, I'm guessing that in time he will become hand tame. Good luck

 

[Boyd75]

i Just obtained two sun conures at an auction. they DO NOT like people. im trying to socialize them. sitting right next to them all day. sleeping next to them, singing to them, praising them. haha offering apple slices. They have both taken a bite of the apple slice from my hands, but are still VERY timid when i slightly move. =(
any tips, ideas?
Can you Overfeed the birds?
Im at my mothers while my actual house is being bird safed. haha

 

[hacatta]

Does anyone have tips?
I have however noticed that this week it does seem a little better.
Just a few minutes ago he attempted to sit against fury,unfortunately fury just have to look and he gone.
But!fury actually went to him and then to sat against him,he even tried to feed him but pixel chickened out grrr.
But pixel even jumped on my head 2 TIMES!!!!
yes i am a very happy woman right now.

 

[Kalidasa]

Sounds like he wants to bond with you, and not the others. And if he's perceived as bonded with you, his social status will improve tremendously. Make him your companion bird if you want because it sounds like that's what he wants anyway. Some birds prefer the company of humans anyway. the relationships with the other birds can't be forced, they will evolve in their own time.

 

[MonicaMc]

Time, training and trying to make the bird comfortable without pushing the bird is sometimes all that fearful birds require.


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