Nervous Conure?

[nhilton1295]

Hello everyone!

Zelda is doing great! She's only nibbled too hard a handful of times in the past few days, and most of the time is was my fault for not reading her mood correctly.

I now have a question about something else! Zelda absolutely LOVES all the attention she can get. If she's awake, and we're home, we usually have her cage open so she can venture on top of her cage or come to us.

The thing I'm wondering about is, sometimes she will chirp and act like she's trying to fly over to me. It seems like she's nervous that I'm too far away or something. BUT, As soon as I get to her cage to come pick her up, she stops the chirping, fluffs up like a little cotton ball, and acts like nothing ever happened.

Is this a normal behavior? It happens a few times a day, and these are also the times that she seems to get a little nippy.

Thanks!

 

[itzjbean]

This sounds like normal flock behavior to me. You are her flock...she is agitated when her flock member is far from her. Understandable. Your job now is to show her that nothing bad happens when you are far away and she can still play. Call to her across the room and tell her you see her, and that she's a good girl. My birds will contact call to me if I leave the room, I call back to them and tell them where I'm going. My male cockatiel will fly after me and land on my shoulder but the female will soon begin calling for him to return.

Flight recall may also help her feel more comfortable with your distance. If she can learn to be a better, more confident flyer, then she can fly to you from a distance and won't be so agitated when you're that far away.

 

[nhilton1295]

This sounds like normal flock behavior to me. You are her flock...she is agitated when her flock member is far from her. Understandable. Your job now is to show her that nothing bad happens when you are far away and she can still play. Call to her across the room and tell her you see her, and that she's a good girl. My birds will contact call to me if I leave the room, I call back to them and tell them where I'm going. My male cockatiel will fly after me and land on my shoulder but the female will soon begin calling for him to return.

Flight recall may also help her feel more comfortable with your distance. If she can learn to be a better, more confident flyer, then she can fly to you from a distance and won't be so agitated when you're that far away.

That makes sense, thank you!