Help! Hyper Female Sun Conure

[sunnysara]

Hi! My baby Sunny is about 5 months and she's a sweetheart. The problem is, she literally doesn't stay still... Ever!

She's always going flying around the house or going crazy is she's in her cage (big toy-filled cage). Also she seems to hate her cage, she does play with her toys sometimes but mostly she's just screaming or looking for a way to get out Is this something normal? Is it because of her age?

I've only had male birds in the past, does her being a female change anything? She seems only calm when someone is with her, or petting her. I just want her to live a happy life and give the screams a little rest lol

 

[ParrotNuts]

@Monica @webchirp @Leih

 

[webchirp]

Likely just her personality. Baby’s have lots of energy. You might want to try training now. She is adorable and congrats!

 

[Monica]

You can always teach station training and set up foraging stations to keep her busy somewhere you want her to be.

It would be a good idea to teach her to be calm and happy in the cage - including feeding her in the cage, training her through the cage bars, only having food and water in the cage, etc.


It sounds all like "normal" behavior, for a young bird. Training and enriching her mind can go a long ways into working on keeping her calmer in the long run.

 

[sunnysara]

Thanks!

 

[Mizzely]

Totally normal. Baby birds want to be with the flock... That's how they learn! And you're the flock so being alone in a cage feels quite unnatural I'm sure!