Nakiska
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- May 30, 2011
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- Parrots
- 4 Cockatiels 2 males Chicken Little & Charlie, 2 Females Chiquita and Sweet pea. Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure -Franklin and our now tame, rescued feral Pigeon - Belle.
Hello there!
I'm just coming into this thread and I want to give you a big (((Hug))) and tell you not to give up....yet!
I know it's hard when a pet seems to not like you, but something you wrote in your post has given me hope for you.
You said that you can work with Percy until your Mom or son walk in and then it's all over. This is NOT uncommon behavior with parrots.
My advice to you is...when you get the opportunities to play with Percy...Alone...take them and enjoy those special moments. Try ending the "play time" with Percy BEFORE your Mom or son come home to avoid the "attack."
If you can maybe set aside specific time for you and Percy that your Mom and son know about...for example...Tuesday and Thursday between 6 - 8 p.m. is Me and Percy time where maybe your Mom and son can go do something out of the house, then you can play with Percy for an hour or so...put him up 15 - 30 minutes before mom and son come in and see how that works out for you.
Our conure is exactly the same way to my daughter and son and sometimes with my husband. If I have Franklin out and my hubby walks in the door within a few minutes...Franklin will certainly bite him if he attempts to scritch him or offer his finger for Franklin to go to him.
When I am out of town and my daughter or son is house sitting for us...Franklin will hang out with her/him...no problem. But if I'm home, he'll have NOTHING to do with them. Period! No matter how hard they try, he's seemingly set in his way.
There are many levels of successful relationships with parrots, not all of them include being able to handle the bird.
I rescued 2 cockatiels from a very awful home, they were neglected and horribly abused and 2 1/2 years later, they are still frightened of my hands, but are both stick trained, Charlie, the male...he has developed a rather large vocabulary, neither of them flap around their cage in fear when we approach, clean or feed...we are making progress, but it's very very slow. I don't know if they will ever accept the kind of attention I would LOVE to give them, cuddles and scritches. however, seeing them happy, healthy, talkative, alert and playful fills my heart to the brim.
I really can't ask for more.
It sounds to me like Percy has definite "loyalties" as does our Franklin, unfortunately you've gotten the "short end of the stick" so to speak...but it's not all a loss if you can enjoy some special time with Percy when no one else is around.
Good Luck and keep your chin up!
Toni
I'm just coming into this thread and I want to give you a big (((Hug))) and tell you not to give up....yet!
I know it's hard when a pet seems to not like you, but something you wrote in your post has given me hope for you.
You said that you can work with Percy until your Mom or son walk in and then it's all over. This is NOT uncommon behavior with parrots.
My advice to you is...when you get the opportunities to play with Percy...Alone...take them and enjoy those special moments. Try ending the "play time" with Percy BEFORE your Mom or son come home to avoid the "attack."
If you can maybe set aside specific time for you and Percy that your Mom and son know about...for example...Tuesday and Thursday between 6 - 8 p.m. is Me and Percy time where maybe your Mom and son can go do something out of the house, then you can play with Percy for an hour or so...put him up 15 - 30 minutes before mom and son come in and see how that works out for you.
Our conure is exactly the same way to my daughter and son and sometimes with my husband. If I have Franklin out and my hubby walks in the door within a few minutes...Franklin will certainly bite him if he attempts to scritch him or offer his finger for Franklin to go to him.
When I am out of town and my daughter or son is house sitting for us...Franklin will hang out with her/him...no problem. But if I'm home, he'll have NOTHING to do with them. Period! No matter how hard they try, he's seemingly set in his way.
There are many levels of successful relationships with parrots, not all of them include being able to handle the bird.
I rescued 2 cockatiels from a very awful home, they were neglected and horribly abused and 2 1/2 years later, they are still frightened of my hands, but are both stick trained, Charlie, the male...he has developed a rather large vocabulary, neither of them flap around their cage in fear when we approach, clean or feed...we are making progress, but it's very very slow. I don't know if they will ever accept the kind of attention I would LOVE to give them, cuddles and scritches. however, seeing them happy, healthy, talkative, alert and playful fills my heart to the brim.
I really can't ask for more.It sounds to me like Percy has definite "loyalties" as does our Franklin, unfortunately you've gotten the "short end of the stick" so to speak...but it's not all a loss if you can enjoy some special time with Percy when no one else is around.
Good Luck and keep your chin up!
Toni
