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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:23 pm
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For anyone of us who are parrot parents, we already know that wonderful stage. The stage when our adorable feathered angels with talons turn into Evil itself. Ah yes, that wonderful teenage stage filled with rebellion, angst, aggression and sexual frustration. To my dismay, my wonderful Ion (Green Cheek Conure) has came to this stage. He has been extremely aggressive to the point of piercing my thumb nail with his beak when he latched on and I tried to get him on his perch to get him off. Yes he was hanging with no perch support and was still chopping on my thumb nail.
Now you would think I would want to get rid of him after such a thing... NO. I adore my babies and I know it's a lifetime commitment when I decided to rescue them. Yes, he is a rescue parrot. Of course they come with some baggage. I knew that since my first parrot (which I still have) Loki. How he is much more aggressive than Loki ever was and is bigger, with a sharper beak.
So far I have been trying various methods. Such as changing his diet, extra sleeping hours, give him more time to calm down, and so on. The the two methods that have been working so far is trying to train him new tricks to keep him occupied. And whenever he becomes aggressive during our training sessions, I don't say anything, I simply leave him there in the room and he starts to call for me. His bites are becoming softer since I started to do this. I'm hoping it's actually working and it simply not me thinking it is.
Anyone else have any other suggestions or ideas that could possibly help?
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:59 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:02 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:11 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:17 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:37 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:04 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:00 am
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