Hi all!
Ive had my conures just under a month now (kiwi the pineapple conure) (durian the green cheek) as of late ive been getting mixed messages from them. For example they love snuggling in my hoodie, playing with my hair, and are comfortable perching on my hand, etcetera however when I try to pet them (only around their neck of course) they lunge at my hand and latch on with their beak and bite pretty hard before my hand even touches them, im not sure if they have some kind of trauma, as the man who handled them for us at the pet store was quite aggressive and would wear these bulky gloves and I had to tell him to be more gentle, im starting to wonder if that is the case as I never force them to do anything, they come to me when I open the cage, they are all ways eager to see me, and they are very good with going to their cage at night for bed, so I don't know why they behave this way, are they both just not the petting type?
Please If anyone has any advice that would be amazing, thanks a bunch in advance !
Ive had my conures just under a month now (kiwi the pineapple conure) (durian the green cheek) as of late ive been getting mixed messages from them. For example they love snuggling in my hoodie, playing with my hair, and are comfortable perching on my hand, etcetera however when I try to pet them (only around their neck of course) they lunge at my hand and latch on with their beak and bite pretty hard before my hand even touches them, im not sure if they have some kind of trauma, as the man who handled them for us at the pet store was quite aggressive and would wear these bulky gloves and I had to tell him to be more gentle, im starting to wonder if that is the case as I never force them to do anything, they come to me when I open the cage, they are all ways eager to see me, and they are very good with going to their cage at night for bed, so I don't know why they behave this way, are they both just not the petting type?
Please If anyone has any advice that would be amazing, thanks a bunch in advance !