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Post by pickles on Nov 17, 2015 13:39:26 GMT -5
Hello I'm new in this forum. English is my second language, so sorry for any mistake. My baby Quaker is 6-7 weeks old. I brought him 2 weeks ago. This last 2 days he is behaving a little strange. He is learning how to fly. I use a small room of my house to let him fly. Two day ago he fall pretty hard. His peak bled a little. He stop trying to fly but now he doesn't want to be in his cage. He wants to be with me all the time. When he is in his cage he kept screaming and moving around without playing with his toys begging to be taken out of the cage. When I took him out he is very anxious, he just want to climb to my shoulder and hide behind my hair. I try to stop him of doing this. Today we went to the "flying" room. He was very hipper. Finally he start to fly again and this time he was controlling his landings. But at fist he was trying to bite me. I spent with him like 20 minute helping him to get down the high spots because he is afraid to get down. Finally I put him in his cage but he is not a happy camper. He kept screaming and waiting at the door to come out. He's still hand feeding 3 or 4 times a day, I don't think he is eating much more of anything else I put in his cage.
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Post by aaron on Nov 17, 2015 14:57:46 GMT -5
Welcome! I'm not very experienced with young parrots, but my gut tells me there's nothing unusual with this behavior. As a bond develops between you and your young parrot, the parrot realizes it wants to be with you as much as possible. In general, these birds tend to be this way-- they want to be with you all the time. Screaming for attention is a challenge that most parrot owners face at one point or another. You can train the bird out of it by ignoring them while they scream, and then immediately praising them as soon as they stop screaming. You need to repeat this over and over and over again. It could take a long time, but eventually it should lead to a significant reduction in screaming.
Good luck and please feel free to ask as many questions as you would like.. we are happy to help! Keep us posted on how things go!
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Post by biteybird on Nov 18, 2015 3:18:00 GMT -5
Hi and welcome!  I'm wondering if your bird is too young to begin flying yet, particularly if he is still being handfed. My quaker, Bonnie, flew for the first time when she was over 8 weeks old. It might be best to reassure your bird for a couple of weeks before encouraging him to fly again. It could be that because he got a big fright and hurt himself the first time he flew, he is anxious about doing it again, which might explain why he was trying to bite you the next time you went to his 'flying' room. I don't see the harm in letting him on your shoulder until he feels less upset, certainly until he is weaned, anyway.
About him not wanting to be in his cage, try to ignore his screaming as much as you can. Don't even look at him when he screams, but reward him with out-of-cage time with you when he has been quiet for a short time (e.g., 1-2 minutes of being quiet). Remember he's still just a little baby and probably feeling very frightened and dependent upon you for reassurance.
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Post by beccilouise on Nov 28, 2015 18:07:56 GMT -5
Hello! I'm new to the forum and quakers as well and I got my little boy Byron about 4 weeks ago. When we first had Byron, my partner and I had a serious fight on our hands most mornings with getting Byron to shut up and accept we won't always be in the room. He would shriek and shriek and shriek. The best thing to do is ignore them until they are quiet and then praise them for being quiet a few seconds after. Another good piece of advice I received from this forum was to offer an alternative noise for him to repeat to get your attention. We used a tongue click for Byron, and when he repeats the tongue click, we praise him. Sometimes, he clicks on his own when he wants attention and has almost stopped screaming for attention altogether. And we've only had him four weeks. Some birds take a really long time to learn, and remember that their behavior will change as they get older and their hormones kick in. The best advice I've read is to make sure that (as soon as he's settled), he's well socialized with lots of different people, his toys in his cage get rearranged once a month or so and you only praise quiet, positive behavior and ignore bad behavior. He will learn, just like my Byron is doing. It will all be fine |
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I'm wondering if your bird is too young to begin flying yet, particularly if he is still being handfed. My quaker, Bonnie, flew for the first time when she was over 8 weeks old. It might be best to reassure your bird for a couple of weeks before encouraging him to fly again. It could be that because he got a big fright and hurt himself the first time he flew, he is anxious about doing it again, which might explain why he was trying to bite you the next time you went to his 'flying' room. I don't see the harm in letting him on your shoulder until he feels less upset, certainly until he is weaned, anyway.