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behavior help

  1. A.V

    Strange Behavior in New Bird

    Hello, Last Sunday we welcomed a baby Green Cheek Conure into our home. The breeder had taken him out of the the nest the same day after approx. 40 days, and we began hand feeding with a syringe. The baby has begun getting accustomed to it, and is now eating 3/day. However, for the past 2 days...
  2. ghostpress

    Advice for specific erratic behavior?

    My female green cheek conure is generally very well-behaved, except in some very few situations. I'm a student, so I spend a lot of time writing either by hand or with a keyboard, and I have her out with me every second possible. The problem is that she gets very aggressive around pencils...
  3. J

    Introducing myself

    Hello all, I am looking forward to meeting the folks here on the forum. My name is Jessi, I am an RN and also train racehorses with my other half. Had "inside" birds previously (parakeets and cockatiels) and have lots of experience with farm animals and "outside" birds (chickens ducks geese). I...
  4. Saya

    Does anybody have any experience with mentally "different" birds?

    I don't want to use the word "slow", but i can't think of another word really. My budgie was returned twice to the breeder before I got him and both people returned him calling him a s*** head. He does have a thing with biting, not out of fear or anything because he does it to other birds and...
  5. nsbkatie

    Not letting me give treats or get close, just bites.

    I just got him the other day, and i left him to sit where he could see me and get adjusted. This morning i tried to slowly give him a treat, which he completely ignored and went straight for my hand to bite. I want to give him treats just to make him have a positive view of me, but i dont know...
  6. Reggie

    Frazzled With Behavior: HELP BEFORE I LOSE MY MIND

    As many of you know I got Cooper the GCC on December 1st. I had no idea the situation he was coming from until I've spent more time with him. Most of the time he's okay, but I have a few things I get irritated with that he does, no matter how I try to get him to stop. 1 THE BITING I'm not...
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