After months of refusing to buy a bird from a petstore, my heart sank when I last visited and decided i'd never go back. But before that, i ended up getting a bee bee parrot aka a white winged canary. I felt disgusting during purchase. Took 5 minutes to purchase and the psychopathic associate got him out with a gosh darn fish net.
This bird is absolutely traumatized by humans. I can only assume the only reasons this bird has ever been taken out of it's cage is to be mutilated (wings clipped) and to have the cage cleaned. It breaks my heart.
This bird is so traumatized by humans that even when i simply look at him after having not, he starts backing up and sometimes scaling the cage. Mind you, any time im around, which is usually 4 - 6 hours a day, his cage is open.
He is just over 1 year old, and i am doing my absolute best to acclimate him. Compared to his life at the pet store, I would say he is already WAY happier just judging by how vocal he is, how often he flaps, and how much he desires to get near my other birds. The thing is, I've never trained a traumatized baby before. This is definitely a new challenge for me. I've tried various ways to get him to not be afraid of my hands, but now i am realizing that it's not just my hands he's scared of. He's scared of humans in general. Eye contact alone scares him. I've even gotten a bird suffering from isolation madness on the verge of death due to gross mistreatment and even those birds trusted me very quickly.
He doesn't bite. He just runs. Even in the two instances he's gotten spooked and got out of the cage he literally runs back to his cage from across the room. ive picked him up in one instance where he was scared and didn't know where to go and he still didn't bite. I was so confused by this.
I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas for this? My other birds are extremely close to me (hate being in cages for any reason besides eating and sometimes playing with toys for a short spell)
I try to use my other birds as a way of showing him that I am safe and i some days keep his cage right by me and other days i give him space.
If I can provide any other details please let me know. I want to get this dude out of his cage with everyone else. My birds trust me unconditionally and because he doesnt trust me, they don't trust him.
This bird is absolutely traumatized by humans. I can only assume the only reasons this bird has ever been taken out of it's cage is to be mutilated (wings clipped) and to have the cage cleaned. It breaks my heart.
This bird is so traumatized by humans that even when i simply look at him after having not, he starts backing up and sometimes scaling the cage. Mind you, any time im around, which is usually 4 - 6 hours a day, his cage is open.
He is just over 1 year old, and i am doing my absolute best to acclimate him. Compared to his life at the pet store, I would say he is already WAY happier just judging by how vocal he is, how often he flaps, and how much he desires to get near my other birds. The thing is, I've never trained a traumatized baby before. This is definitely a new challenge for me. I've tried various ways to get him to not be afraid of my hands, but now i am realizing that it's not just my hands he's scared of. He's scared of humans in general. Eye contact alone scares him. I've even gotten a bird suffering from isolation madness on the verge of death due to gross mistreatment and even those birds trusted me very quickly.
He doesn't bite. He just runs. Even in the two instances he's gotten spooked and got out of the cage he literally runs back to his cage from across the room. ive picked him up in one instance where he was scared and didn't know where to go and he still didn't bite. I was so confused by this.
I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas for this? My other birds are extremely close to me (hate being in cages for any reason besides eating and sometimes playing with toys for a short spell)
I try to use my other birds as a way of showing him that I am safe and i some days keep his cage right by me and other days i give him space.
If I can provide any other details please let me know. I want to get this dude out of his cage with everyone else. My birds trust me unconditionally and because he doesnt trust me, they don't trust him.
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