Meet Mango, what I believe is a Jenday Conure. He was rescued and brought to me for care. According to the person who brought him to me, he was pretty abused and this lil guy is very very aggressive.
Any time I try to reach into his cage to change his water, he literally attacks my hand and tries to take off a finger. If I sit next to the cage to talk to him softly, he charges the bars and fluffs up doing some sort of bob and weave 'dance'. I've also noticed that he rubs himself against the papers used on the bottom of his cage and the sides of the cage's tray. I'm scared to even try to pull him out to clip his wings.
I do have some bird experience with cockatiels but never with a conure.
The poor guy is so mistrusting, he screeched at me for 30 minutes straight when I took his favorite toy out of the cage, which was a broken swing, to fix.
I've read a few forum posts and some websites but would like some more direct advice. Please help I know these birds are typically lovable and tame, I don't want him living in fear anymore now that he's in a safe place.