Post by luminescence on Nov 14, 2016 12:16:15 GMT -5
Dear readers,
I bought a beautiful blue Quaker parrot approximately a month ago and I'm having a lot of troubles with the little bird. My quaker was ten weeks old when I bought it, so I'd say it's about 14 weeks old now. I understood that it was very important for the bird to get used to its new environment and so I did. The bird was pretty much afraid of everything; sudden movements, loud noises and especially hands. A month later it got very well acquainted with its new owners(my family) and its new home. With a lot of patience and time invested, it was now possible to hand feed the bird and it would even step on my leg(after long consideration of the bird) to eat seeds out of my lap.
It seems that there has been a lot of progress since I brought the bird home. But still, the bird is really afraid of hands. It will eat out of my hand(each and every time with long consideration), but the bird will move away as quickly as possible when I reach out for it. Do you guys have any useful tips on how to make it less afraid of hands? I mean, it has been a month now and it seems like my approach(patience and just hand feeding it everyday) has reached a dead end. My breeder said that I could just grab the bird and it will get to used to hands that way. It seemed a bit radical to me as the bird seemed very stressed when he did so, but could this be a next step? Or is my approach better?
Kind regards,
Marcel
I bought a beautiful blue Quaker parrot approximately a month ago and I'm having a lot of troubles with the little bird. My quaker was ten weeks old when I bought it, so I'd say it's about 14 weeks old now. I understood that it was very important for the bird to get used to its new environment and so I did. The bird was pretty much afraid of everything; sudden movements, loud noises and especially hands. A month later it got very well acquainted with its new owners(my family) and its new home. With a lot of patience and time invested, it was now possible to hand feed the bird and it would even step on my leg(after long consideration of the bird) to eat seeds out of my lap.
It seems that there has been a lot of progress since I brought the bird home. But still, the bird is really afraid of hands. It will eat out of my hand(each and every time with long consideration), but the bird will move away as quickly as possible when I reach out for it. Do you guys have any useful tips on how to make it less afraid of hands? I mean, it has been a month now and it seems like my approach(patience and just hand feeding it everyday) has reached a dead end. My breeder said that I could just grab the bird and it will get to used to hands that way. It seemed a bit radical to me as the bird seemed very stressed when he did so, but could this be a next step? Or is my approach better?
Kind regards,
Marcel
