Tuckerring
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- 2/28/21
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- Alli
Hi there!
I have an indian ringneck who is 3 years old and got him a little over a year ago. It was a bit rough in the beginning as he has a lot of anger/agression in him but ruled it off as bluffing. Over the year, he’s become very sweet and social (with an obsession of regurgitating and being territorial of absolutely everything manmade) there were still many moments where he gets sudden aggression.
About a month ago him and I moved to an apartment and handled the transition well apart from screeches the first week. However, he has become extremely obsessed with blinds (and very territorial of fabrics and chairs), so I covered them with a curtain. But now his obsession has gotten even stronger and will try to perch or climb on the curtain. He hasn’t been on long enough to destroy, I always take him off. Every single time I do so, he will lunge and bite my hair/face.
I do lots of training with him after work everyday to keep him mentally stimulated and reward him whenever he attempts to chew a bird toy/doesnt go on window and he is out of the cage for the rest of the day as soon as work is over.
But he has absolutely zero interest in toys, or chewys no matter what training process I implement. He is too distracted by the presence of a window in any room, continues to regurgitate on everything that is manmade and bites my face when I come near. And during training, he’ll bite me if I don’t give him his reward before he does any tricks and won’t pay attention for more than a few seconds without flying over to “mate dance” on something.
I know this seems like a very complex bird, but does anyone have any possible tips? I’ve been very patient with him and tried so many removal methods, toys and rearranging. I’m not sure what else I can do anymore without being bitten
I have an indian ringneck who is 3 years old and got him a little over a year ago. It was a bit rough in the beginning as he has a lot of anger/agression in him but ruled it off as bluffing. Over the year, he’s become very sweet and social (with an obsession of regurgitating and being territorial of absolutely everything manmade) there were still many moments where he gets sudden aggression.
About a month ago him and I moved to an apartment and handled the transition well apart from screeches the first week. However, he has become extremely obsessed with blinds (and very territorial of fabrics and chairs), so I covered them with a curtain. But now his obsession has gotten even stronger and will try to perch or climb on the curtain. He hasn’t been on long enough to destroy, I always take him off. Every single time I do so, he will lunge and bite my hair/face.
I do lots of training with him after work everyday to keep him mentally stimulated and reward him whenever he attempts to chew a bird toy/doesnt go on window and he is out of the cage for the rest of the day as soon as work is over.
But he has absolutely zero interest in toys, or chewys no matter what training process I implement. He is too distracted by the presence of a window in any room, continues to regurgitate on everything that is manmade and bites my face when I come near. And during training, he’ll bite me if I don’t give him his reward before he does any tricks and won’t pay attention for more than a few seconds without flying over to “mate dance” on something.
I know this seems like a very complex bird, but does anyone have any possible tips? I’ve been very patient with him and tried so many removal methods, toys and rearranging. I’m not sure what else I can do anymore without being bitten
