Salami
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Hello! I'm a new lovie parent, and am in need of advice on day 2 with my new child.
Here are my bird specs:
name: not quite sure yet, but am thinking about ''Pistachio''
age: more than 9 weeks old
sex: apparently a female, not DNA tested
weaned: yes, was able to find and eat pellets on day 2, although seems to eat a lot
flight: used to flying and is able to fly well
other pets: nope, only child
Here's my curse/blessing:
My new lovie is not shy at all. She flew to me day 1 and was landing on my head and shoulders. Then she discovered she could go into my shirt. It was a big mistake to let her do that. Now she won't even go near my fingers, and will fly directly to my shoulder in an attempt to go into my shirt or hide in my hair. She just wants to sit there all day, and will start nipping (not strong enough to bite yet) when she's hungry... but refuses to move out. There is no way to remove her other than taking off all my clothes and trying to shake her off by jumping. Even then it's hard to get her back into her cage so that she can eat.
I did read other people's advice on baiting them with their favorite food, but all I know about her is that she likes apples and bananas, and only eats them cut up into very small pieces. The format would make it very hard to hold in my hand and give out as treats. She also refused to even try what I offered her because she didn't want to come out of my hair/collar, and I can't train her like this. She has also started to use her beak to nip at everything, and is starting to bite hard.
I really want to instill good behavior into my lovie while she is young, but the fact that she refuses to be anywhere else than in my hair/collar makes all the other training advice seem unusable. Any suggestions?
Also here is a pic of her on day 1, before she discovered what a warm place my shirt was:
Here are my bird specs:
name: not quite sure yet, but am thinking about ''Pistachio''
age: more than 9 weeks old
sex: apparently a female, not DNA tested
weaned: yes, was able to find and eat pellets on day 2, although seems to eat a lot
flight: used to flying and is able to fly well
other pets: nope, only child
Here's my curse/blessing:
My new lovie is not shy at all. She flew to me day 1 and was landing on my head and shoulders. Then she discovered she could go into my shirt. It was a big mistake to let her do that. Now she won't even go near my fingers, and will fly directly to my shoulder in an attempt to go into my shirt or hide in my hair. She just wants to sit there all day, and will start nipping (not strong enough to bite yet) when she's hungry... but refuses to move out. There is no way to remove her other than taking off all my clothes and trying to shake her off by jumping. Even then it's hard to get her back into her cage so that she can eat.
I did read other people's advice on baiting them with their favorite food, but all I know about her is that she likes apples and bananas, and only eats them cut up into very small pieces. The format would make it very hard to hold in my hand and give out as treats. She also refused to even try what I offered her because she didn't want to come out of my hair/collar, and I can't train her like this. She has also started to use her beak to nip at everything, and is starting to bite hard.
I really want to instill good behavior into my lovie while she is young, but the fact that she refuses to be anywhere else than in my hair/collar makes all the other training advice seem unusable. Any suggestions?
Also here is a pic of her on day 1, before she discovered what a warm place my shirt was: