Hello,
First time posting! I got a conure from Petsmart on Columbus Day (Cheeky - gray and green). It was very frightened but got more used to being in the house (still not warmed up to me though). Then a week later my fiancé got a conure (Angel) without consulting me and started putting the two together. I really don't know what I'm doing, so I let him put the two together and now they're tightly bonded and live in the same cage. While I'm very happy for them, my concern is that they don't seem to be training well and I wonder if it's because they're bonded together. Cheeky has a 5-minute tolerance a few times during the night for training. When she isn't training, she bites my nail really hard (it doesn't hurt) as if to tell me to get away. She won't come to me when I want her to. She likes to take baths but as far as time together goes, I would say we spend 20 minutes at most together a day because she's otherwise hanging out with Angel. Angel has about a 2-minute tolerance for training and will not step on hands. She needs more attention and direction but she's not getting it because I'm focused on my bird and my fiance won't help. I've been trying to train and bond with them but it feels like I'm getting nowhere. Currently, I don't have much of a bond with either. When I take Cheeky into the other room to try to bond, she calls for Angel and Angel comes flying looking for her. If we keep Angel in the cage, Cheeky seems unnerved and wants to stay by her. I will feel guilty to separate them to try to form more of a bond but at this point, instead of feeling like my pets, they feel like an added responsibility that I'm not benefitting from.
Please help me and answer these two questions:
- Should I separate the birds to try to bond with them? (And how do I manage the guilt of separating them?)
- What does a day-in-the-life look like if I do separate them and is there a time when I can put them back together?
And a bonus question:
- How do I get Cheeky to want to step on my hand most of the time?
Thank you to all who took the time to read this post and I'm really looking forward to reading your insights.
First time posting! I got a conure from Petsmart on Columbus Day (Cheeky - gray and green). It was very frightened but got more used to being in the house (still not warmed up to me though). Then a week later my fiancé got a conure (Angel) without consulting me and started putting the two together. I really don't know what I'm doing, so I let him put the two together and now they're tightly bonded and live in the same cage. While I'm very happy for them, my concern is that they don't seem to be training well and I wonder if it's because they're bonded together. Cheeky has a 5-minute tolerance a few times during the night for training. When she isn't training, she bites my nail really hard (it doesn't hurt) as if to tell me to get away. She won't come to me when I want her to. She likes to take baths but as far as time together goes, I would say we spend 20 minutes at most together a day because she's otherwise hanging out with Angel. Angel has about a 2-minute tolerance for training and will not step on hands. She needs more attention and direction but she's not getting it because I'm focused on my bird and my fiance won't help. I've been trying to train and bond with them but it feels like I'm getting nowhere. Currently, I don't have much of a bond with either. When I take Cheeky into the other room to try to bond, she calls for Angel and Angel comes flying looking for her. If we keep Angel in the cage, Cheeky seems unnerved and wants to stay by her. I will feel guilty to separate them to try to form more of a bond but at this point, instead of feeling like my pets, they feel like an added responsibility that I'm not benefitting from.
Please help me and answer these two questions:
- Should I separate the birds to try to bond with them? (And how do I manage the guilt of separating them?)
- What does a day-in-the-life look like if I do separate them and is there a time when I can put them back together?
And a bonus question:
- How do I get Cheeky to want to step on my hand most of the time?
Thank you to all who took the time to read this post and I'm really looking forward to reading your insights.
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