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We have a young (15 weeks) conure who is settling in nicely but my experience with a young bird was almost 40 years ago. How do we respond to flock calls such that we meet his needs for attention while not encouraging increasingly louder calls. (Best to stop bad habits before they start). We do try to enter the room when he is quiet. We also reward quiet play with attention. We are also establishing a period of time when he is to self entertain (my daughter is looking for work so he will eventually have to get used to alone time when she works). We usually give him about 4 hours with plenty of toys, and food to self entertain. Hannah is also providing brief training periods several times a day. In addition to that he is getting direct play time a couple of times a day plus a little cuddle session just before bed, as well as ambient attention when she is working on her computer in the room with him. His flock calls are not loud, not all the time, and completely appropriate for his age. We just want to make sure that we keep them that way. We want to raise a confident, adaptable baby. He is currently an only bird (so no big brothers or sisters teaching him bad habits). Also if anyone has any other suggestions for bringing up baby that will be welcome. His cage is huge and he has many toys which he is finally learning to play with. Eventually he will come out to the main living space for ambient time out there too but don't want to overwhelm him yet with dogs and cats.
