Aurentha
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So I have two male green cheek conures, I've only had them for a few months now. They were both fine with me up until this point, then one of them got sick about a month ago (Salem). He has been taken to a vet, all good now. When he got sick his personality changed, he used to be more neutral with me but now he loves attention and pets and cuddles from me.
The issue is his brother (Archie). When he first got sick (the only sign at that point was some fluffiness) his brother started getting super defensive over him. he started lunging at me and my partner, biting us if we tried to get near him or Salem. After taking Salem to the vet we seperated them for a bit because the vet recommended it, Archie never got better. Salem isn't sick anymore but his brother still lunges at us. We have had to leave him in his cage because whenever we let him out he will usually try to fly to us and attack us (he doesn't have his wings clipped.)
I tried not to react at first but now he will bite on as hard as he can and not let go, drawing blood and ripping skin off and I have to pry him off of me while he screeches at me. I don't know what to do, I don't want to leave him in his cage but if I try to let him out he will immediately try to lunge to attack me/fly towards me screeching.
What do I do? I don't want to clip his wings and I doubt that would help, he won't respond to training because he's too busy trying to rip my fingers off, leaving him in his cage makes him more pissed off at me. I seperated him again from Salem as it makes it impossible to do anything with Salem if he's there. He will eat treats from my hand and then go right back to attacking me as soon as the treats finished, as if I made it disappear and he's blaming me. Please give me any suggestions to try to help with his behavior.
The issue is his brother (Archie). When he first got sick (the only sign at that point was some fluffiness) his brother started getting super defensive over him. he started lunging at me and my partner, biting us if we tried to get near him or Salem. After taking Salem to the vet we seperated them for a bit because the vet recommended it, Archie never got better. Salem isn't sick anymore but his brother still lunges at us. We have had to leave him in his cage because whenever we let him out he will usually try to fly to us and attack us (he doesn't have his wings clipped.)
I tried not to react at first but now he will bite on as hard as he can and not let go, drawing blood and ripping skin off and I have to pry him off of me while he screeches at me. I don't know what to do, I don't want to leave him in his cage but if I try to let him out he will immediately try to lunge to attack me/fly towards me screeching.
What do I do? I don't want to clip his wings and I doubt that would help, he won't respond to training because he's too busy trying to rip my fingers off, leaving him in his cage makes him more pissed off at me. I seperated him again from Salem as it makes it impossible to do anything with Salem if he's there. He will eat treats from my hand and then go right back to attacking me as soon as the treats finished, as if I made it disappear and he's blaming me. Please give me any suggestions to try to help with his behavior.