Tina&Mill
Walking the driveway
I have a fully flighted green cheek conure, Melisandre. She is a really good bird, except she uses her flight skills as an advantage to get away when its time to go to bed.
Every time I try to get her to step up, she will fly away. I enjoy letting her have her flight feathers, because I believe that she should have them because who am I to make the choice that she cant fly? she's supposed to fly, she's a bird.
Anyways, I was interested to hear if any of you guys have had this problem, and if there is anything I can do to help retrain her. I fear this may have become a behavior, because she does it every time now.
On another note, I have something else I also need help with.
Millie enjoys terrorizing my brothers and my parents. She will fly up to them and attack them, or when they get near her she will bite them. She used to bite me when i first received the bird, but she doesn't anymore. Ive tried to get my family to do what i did, just ignore the biting since punishing a bird only leads to mis-trust, but this isn't working. She is seriously taking advantage of her flying abilities, and terrorizing my family.
My brothers find it funny, but I don't, because she has broken skin multiple times.
Just wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this issue, because I would enjoy bein able to bring her out of my room more often.
I am not going to clip her flight feathers, because we have many cats and dogs and Millie needs to be able to fly away if she feels spooked or threatened. I never let her out around our dogs, but sometimes I cant help if we can't find one or two of the cats.
Thanks!
Every time I try to get her to step up, she will fly away. I enjoy letting her have her flight feathers, because I believe that she should have them because who am I to make the choice that she cant fly? she's supposed to fly, she's a bird.
Anyways, I was interested to hear if any of you guys have had this problem, and if there is anything I can do to help retrain her. I fear this may have become a behavior, because she does it every time now.
On another note, I have something else I also need help with.
Millie enjoys terrorizing my brothers and my parents. She will fly up to them and attack them, or when they get near her she will bite them. She used to bite me when i first received the bird, but she doesn't anymore. Ive tried to get my family to do what i did, just ignore the biting since punishing a bird only leads to mis-trust, but this isn't working. She is seriously taking advantage of her flying abilities, and terrorizing my family.
My brothers find it funny, but I don't, because she has broken skin multiple times.
Just wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this issue, because I would enjoy bein able to bring her out of my room more often.
I am not going to clip her flight feathers, because we have many cats and dogs and Millie needs to be able to fly away if she feels spooked or threatened. I never let her out around our dogs, but sometimes I cant help if we can't find one or two of the cats.
Thanks!