Dragon2000
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- 10/4/22
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Hello! I recently got a conure October 2nd of this year. She’s a 7 month old Turquoise Green cheek conure. She’s a cutie but to say she’s nippy is an understatement. I honestly at first thought she might’ve been chomping out of stress which couldve very well been since she was new to everything. (But before she would just back away and not go near) But after a few interactions she seemed to have become pretty comfortable of my presence in a way. Like she will take food from my hand and take any toys I hand to her, she even goes as far as to sit with or on me and vibe. I even taught her to step up already (ofc onto an extra perch I have cuz ya know- hand chomps )But if she notices my hand like say while I’m holding said extra perch she feels the need to chomp as hard as possible. Like I can take a bite I’ve had numeral animals with sharp baby teeth and even beaks too. But it’s like every time she “nips” my hand she manages to break skin every time and I’m trying to stay calm to not spook her (I have weird reflexes tho sometimes I react fast) but like she’s takin a chunk a skin and I do bleed sometimes. I’ve managed to avoid her beak sometimes by redirecting her attention to her toys and such but if I’m not careful enough she gets meh! She even likes to bite chunky looking exposed skin (she nipped my knee before too but in that given time she seemed to preen my leg and went too hard). i honestly don’t get it. Maybe her beak is too sharp and she’s exploring my hand as a new thing , maybe she has a habit of biting fingers thru other interactions with humans , maybe she’s figuring out pressure or she could straight up not like me but idk how to get her to ease up .I don’t want to force her to things she doesn’t wanna do (now or in the future) but I would feel a bit more comfortable if she could at least step up to my hand just incase of emergencies (and to do recall training, she’s not flighted now but I know once her wings grow she’s gonna be a strong flier) and ik it’s a lil early on in the companionship to be interacting/worrying like this but we are making progress she already likes to get out of her cage on her own and I’ll transport her via stick to other places to eat chop or to let her crawl around. I just don’t know what the next step or what to do next to progress more through this problem.I would like all the advice.