New Baby Green Cheek Advice!

[Chelmgib]

Hello all!

I have owned an older Sun conure several years ago who had passed away and we recently got a 7 week old green cheek.
I know they have different tendencies and personalities so didn't know if you guys had some training advice or to share some of your experiences!

She's (at least we think she's a female so far) a big eater. Was going to hand feed since I've done it with Macaws before but she was just disinterested and wants all her pellets, fresh fruits, and veggies!

She seems to be cage aggressive and will bite you if you try to give her food or anything in her cage. We're training her to come to the door to be picked up which seems to be working well. She gets upset if we try to put her back and tries getting to us when she's in there. However, once we have her out she doesn't wanna be on our hands but constantly tries to go up our arm or to our shoulder (way to unstable to be up there). And she BITES. Lol seems to be super happy sitting next to us on the couch , cuddling up and sleeping. Then tries to climb up and near you to be with you then squawks and bites (not hard enough to break skin or hurt that bad though.) Not sure if this is trying to play at her age or aggression.

Just looking for some knowledge on how to read her body language and if this is normal! I read it is but haven't heard any stories and there aren't many videos!

Thanks

 

[lplummer52]

Well, I own a young Sun Conure now, but got her when she was 4 months old. I think they test you with those bites, just to see if they can get away with it. I started out grabbing her beak and saying "Ah, ah, ah." In a firm voice. I kept it consistent and she rarely nips too hard. If she gets too excited playing, I distract her with one of her toys, or put her back in her cage. She trusts me implicitly now, so never really gets scared and bites down hard. Little,pinching on my ears if she's on my shoulder, but even that is rare now, whereas when I first got her, that was her favorite thing to do. Distract, distract, distract. The less they nip or bite you, the less they think it's fun to do. Make it uncomfortable for them to do that.