Aggresive or scaried lovebird

[jancijen]

Ok Thanks again

[marie83]

Harlie my 'tiel was badly abused and terrified of all humans, even being at the other side of our large living room would send her in a blind panic round her cage when we first got her to the point I was scared she would break her neck. Shes taken one hell of a long time to come round but she will now step up, sit very happily on my shoulder and accept me touching her very briefly on her head. She will always be frightened of sudden movements, hands etc. I did everything by the book and with positive reinforcement but this bird was badly scarred, yours will come round eventually, I don't believe in parrots which are too wild to tame, just people with not enough time and patience, people without the will to let the bird take the lead and listen to its Reponses.

This is Harlies story viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9596&hilit=harlies+story

[Eric&Rebecca]

I couldn't agree more with Marie83... There's no such thing (excluding cases of abused birds because that it different) as a bird too wild or old to tame. It's just a case of the owner not being patient or willing enough to train. A really young baby say an 8-12 weeks old cockatiel is perhaps 'easier' than a 6 month old cockatiel in SOME cases but that doesn't mean the six month old is too old/wild to be trained. In fact, I would go as far as to say that one you have tamed later that has been parent raised and NOT hand tame is actually , in the long term, far easier to train and KEEP trained. Hand reareds can go wild if you don't keep it up!

I have one hand reared cockatiel and one parent raised which I tamed myself from 14 weeks old (he was 12 weeks when we got him but left 2 weeks for settling in). I can safely say George is far more tame than Edmund was at the same age. While Edmund will now fly to me at the click of a finger, George is mastering this much faster and at a far younger age than Edmund did.

Also having a parent raised or 'wild' bird is better initially for their health and behaviour as they learn many 'birdy' behaviours that hand reared birds completely miss out on! All in all both are now tamed but I didn't tame George without considerable hard work! And he was an easy case! I've had far worse!

[jancijen]

Pls can someone repeat me daily routine which should i do with parrot to tame him ? Pls i wanna save it and repeat it every day (i am changing food and water and doing target training - about 15 minutes per day) Thanks

[cml]

New thread!

Noone will bother to read through 12 pages. Its not that people dont want to help, its simply too much in this thread by now.

A good rule of thumb is, a new thread for a new topic, unless they are connected.

[Eric&Rebecca]

Jancijen... you need to start a new thread as cml said because people won't read or reply to this.

[jancijen]

Ok sorry i ll do it but my question belongs here -pls what should i do daily (routine) to tame my parrot ? (i am changig water food and target training - about 15 minutes per day) pls just reply to me and i ll do new topic when i ll need something other Thanks

[Eric&Rebecca]

But the topic has changed to a different question so you need to start enw thread, people will give you the same answer which is to read Michael's guide at the top of ths page, second one down. It explains ALL you need to know. The routine you need to follow is patience and perseverance.