Apocryphon33
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Hello, I got a Fischer’s lovebird about 2 weeks ago, she was hand fed (didn’t get her from pet shop but pet shop guy said she was young). The first couple days I got her I didn’t do anything to her but I also didn’t have a cage so she was perched up on my shower curtain.... there still I remained calm sitting. I knew that it was still to early to do anything, I try to have her step up and she flew on my head, I didn’t react or anything kinda just stood there, then she looked into the mirror and then flew onto my shoulder (my guess is she was already used to that), she liked the mirror and then eventually started going through my hair and biting it from the bottom to the tip of the hair ... I got her attention with hello and hi and she flew to my head and shoulder (she wasn’t fully flighted, I asked the guy that I bought it from if he can clip the wings and he cut all but the flight feather.) when she’s on my shoulder she will pick on my back of my neck and generally my face area and hair I’m not sure what that’s all about, she used to call out to me but all that changed after I grabbed her, I had to, situation called for it. Since her flight feathers weren’t clipped I had to go to a pet shop and have em done again... she would get to these high places and she started To use the (idk what it’s called it’s near the top of the ceiling but she fits on it and slept there for a few nights) thingy mcjig. I grabbed her on multiple accounts to be quite frank with you, I know that it’s wrong but I want to fix it... she’ll do everything she did before but she’s scared of my hands, quite possibly me. I don’t know what to do, I figure that if I just repeated step up she’ll get used to it, she does it but not because she wants to, like if she’s on a ledge and I push my finger (GENTLY) under her she’ll tense up a little and try to bite and step up (everytime she has bitten me its not extremely hard, it’s not even painful, I’ve never given a reaction to a bite... she’ll jump on my head or shoulder, she’s eat treats off my finger if the Millet is pinch (I don’t give her branch at a time I peel it off)...she’ll go on my hand if I hold the food cup but she doesn’t even know she’s stepping on my finger...
Please I really want to fix this. Just today I grabbed her like an idiot held her in my hand for a minute or two... I know it’s way to soon to even do anything but she was quick to open up to me and I’m compulsive (not medically, figuratively).... her name is polly btw but I don’t even know if she even knows that yet. Is it too late for her with the hand stuff, even if I stop grabbing like forever
Please I really want to fix this. Just today I grabbed her like an idiot held her in my hand for a minute or two... I know it’s way to soon to even do anything but she was quick to open up to me and I’m compulsive (not medically, figuratively).... her name is polly btw but I don’t even know if she even knows that yet. Is it too late for her with the hand stuff, even if I stop grabbing like forever