Hi everyone! My first post here! I spent some time looking through the existing posts to see if I could find anything that narrowed into my subject, though nothing I didn’t already understand through previous research.
I have a wonderful green cheek named Zazu, who’s celebrated his first birthday in October. I love him to bits and it’s pretty apparent he loves me too!
I say this because for the last three months I’ve noticed a steady incline in how often he does his regurgitation wiggles for me.
At first it was just during times of over stimulation, giving him a few too many kisses, indulging him with nesting in my neck and excessive neck scratches all seemed to be triggers for the wiggle so I decided to cut those things back and stop the interactions when it got to the point of him wiggling. But despite my efforts to be more mindful of hormonal triggers it just seems to get more and more excessive. Talking and chirping with him, presenting him treats, sometimes just LOOKING at him is enough to trigger his regurgitation wiggle.
I know he’s doing it because he loves me and wants me to eat and be happy but I’m starting to worry about him.
Sometimes he’ll wiggle for a minute and swallow back down the food in his crop, other times he outright vomits his food crop along the bars of his cage like he’s trying to get it within eating distance of me.
I love him so much but I get anxious when talking to him and wishing him good mornings is enough to start minute long wiggle fits.
Has anyone ever dealt with a conure that insists on vomiting for you just at the mere sight of your presence?
at this point I’d say 7 out of 10 times I take him out for free time/ play time he’s got the wiggles going before I even get the cage unlocked.
is there something going on beyond interrupting me as a mate and will he ever be able to dance and sing with me again without going through a regurgitation wiggle fit?
any advice would be welcomed. Im just not sure if doing that wiggle every single day for months is going to harm him physically or mentally :S
I have a wonderful green cheek named Zazu, who’s celebrated his first birthday in October. I love him to bits and it’s pretty apparent he loves me too!
I say this because for the last three months I’ve noticed a steady incline in how often he does his regurgitation wiggles for me.
At first it was just during times of over stimulation, giving him a few too many kisses, indulging him with nesting in my neck and excessive neck scratches all seemed to be triggers for the wiggle so I decided to cut those things back and stop the interactions when it got to the point of him wiggling. But despite my efforts to be more mindful of hormonal triggers it just seems to get more and more excessive. Talking and chirping with him, presenting him treats, sometimes just LOOKING at him is enough to trigger his regurgitation wiggle.
I know he’s doing it because he loves me and wants me to eat and be happy but I’m starting to worry about him.
Sometimes he’ll wiggle for a minute and swallow back down the food in his crop, other times he outright vomits his food crop along the bars of his cage like he’s trying to get it within eating distance of me.
I love him so much but I get anxious when talking to him and wishing him good mornings is enough to start minute long wiggle fits.
Has anyone ever dealt with a conure that insists on vomiting for you just at the mere sight of your presence?
at this point I’d say 7 out of 10 times I take him out for free time/ play time he’s got the wiggles going before I even get the cage unlocked.
is there something going on beyond interrupting me as a mate and will he ever be able to dance and sing with me again without going through a regurgitation wiggle fit?
any advice would be welcomed. Im just not sure if doing that wiggle every single day for months is going to harm him physically or mentally :S
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