conure questions

[soup]

Im a fairly new bird owner, so i have a few questions,
My conure had flown into my neighbors window and after a couple days of asking around and posting this conure we couldn’t find the owner, so we decided to let him settle at our house.
1. when i was looking at my conure i noticed that it’s tail looked really choppy and i had seen him biting his tail, is this a sign of stress?
2. He really enjoys coming up on my head and shoulder, or even random peoples heads or shoulders, even though i haven’t trained him or anything, but he won’t let anyone put their hand near him or he bites, does this just mean he’s used to humans, but doesn’t trust us?
3. when he lands on my head, he bites my hair off and chews on it, is he just preening? or does my bird like to eat hair??

 

[ParrotNuts]

1. when i was looking at my conure i noticed that it’s tail looked really choppy and i had seen him biting his tail, is this a sign of stress?

He could be barbering his feathers, could we please get a picture?

2. He really enjoys coming up on my head and shoulder, or even random peoples heads or shoulders, even though i haven’t trained him or anything, but he won’t let anyone put their hand near him or he bites, does this just mean he’s used to humans, but doesn’t trust us?

He trusts you enough to come to you on his will. It is just that he was never trained to trust hands, so he is a bit wary of them.

3. when he lands on my head, he bites my hair off and chews on it, is he just preening? or does my bird like to eat hair??

@webchirp

 

[soup]

He could be barbering his feathers, could we please get a picture?

he’s sleeping right now, i’ll see if i can get a picture tomorrow

 

[webchirp]

First thing is to get him vet checked.

They do like to preen you but just an fyi, they can create bald spots. I have to watch Maks as he will snip off my hair if he is sitting on top of my head to long.

Check out my signature for Monica's training information.

 

[soup]

He could be barbering his feathers, could we please get a picture?

this is the best picture i could get

 

[ParrotNuts]

That is not barbering. It looks like extra preening is going on, but I am not sure. Is he molting right now?

 

[soup]

That is not barbering. It looks like extra preening is going on, but I am not sure. Is he molting right now?

he might be

 

[soup]

That is not barbering. It looks like extra preening is going on, but I am not sure. Is he molting right now?

here’s another picture i could get from the bottom

 

[expressmailtome]

Was his tail like that when he was first found? It would most likely have been ruffed up in the wild while he was flying around and trying to perch.

 

[soup]

Was his tail like that when he was first found? It would most likely have been ruffed up in the wild while he was flying around and trying to perch.

yeah that seems to be the case