Hi,
I'm new to the forum and also new to keeping birds and would be very grateful for any advice
Thanks.
My family and I got a Green Cheek Conure two days ago and I haven't been able to find any really good advice on how to tame it.
Its 8 months old, unsexed and has been with a previous owner for the last 3 months. She did not interact much with it although she said it would come out of its cage and sit on her knees and eat grapes...She wanted to rehome it due to not having time enough for it.
We are working from home so have time to spend with Tuki and are enjoying it very much![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Only yesterday it escaped from its cage while I was trying to put a new toy in there for it. It desperately flew around the room, while perching on paintings, mirror, photos, etc. in between. it then settled on top of its cage for a while and seemed happy there for a bit. It even let me hand feed it seeds while sitting there! But it was absolutely impossible to get it to go back in and we all ended up rather stressed
As evening approached and it got darker, we turned all the light off in the room and left it on its own. Eventually it climbed inside, maybe thinking it was bedtime... I felt awful though because it got so stressed and its frightened enough already from moving home ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
My questions is: Can I hand tame it from inside the cage without letting it out again? I dont want to repeat yesterdays stress and am thinking it would be best to have its wings clipped for its safety, so it wont fly into the window again or the like... I am just wondering if it would be best to have the wings clipped the sooner the better - or to wait to try and tame it first so that the visit to the vet and the wing clipping wont be another stressful experience for it??
Any advice greatly appreciated!!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Many thanks everyone!
Kat x
I'm new to the forum and also new to keeping birds and would be very grateful for any advice
My family and I got a Green Cheek Conure two days ago and I haven't been able to find any really good advice on how to tame it.
Its 8 months old, unsexed and has been with a previous owner for the last 3 months. She did not interact much with it although she said it would come out of its cage and sit on her knees and eat grapes...She wanted to rehome it due to not having time enough for it.
We are working from home so have time to spend with Tuki and are enjoying it very much
Only yesterday it escaped from its cage while I was trying to put a new toy in there for it. It desperately flew around the room, while perching on paintings, mirror, photos, etc. in between. it then settled on top of its cage for a while and seemed happy there for a bit. It even let me hand feed it seeds while sitting there! But it was absolutely impossible to get it to go back in and we all ended up rather stressed
My questions is: Can I hand tame it from inside the cage without letting it out again? I dont want to repeat yesterdays stress and am thinking it would be best to have its wings clipped for its safety, so it wont fly into the window again or the like... I am just wondering if it would be best to have the wings clipped the sooner the better - or to wait to try and tame it first so that the visit to the vet and the wing clipping wont be another stressful experience for it??
Any advice greatly appreciated!!
Many thanks everyone!
Kat x