Daily routine

[Wolf]

Is the birds cage in the same room that you study or watch TV in? If not where is it and/ or can you move it so it is ? I am assuming that this is a love bird, is that correct ? You mention your exercise routine in relation to an illness, may I ask what kind of illness?

[jancijen]

The room is in the living room... I watch there TV ( i study at my room )... cage is on the floor 1,3 m from TV (maybe) and it is little cage, easy to move... Yea it is lovie.. It was Pertussis.. i had it about 1 month and now i cant "transport" this illness (doctor said) but i shouldnt exercise now

[Wolf]

Your computer is in your room, so that you can use it for study, is that correct? And that covers all I want to know about the physical environment, I think.

I do have a few more questions concerning you and what motivates you. I realize that all of this makes it appear that I am being nosey, but that is not my intent. With that out and up front lets proceed, I now have two primary questions for you.

Can you tell me why it is that you want a bird?

What is it about getting bit by this little bird bothers you so much? I ask this because it is pretty difficult for a bird of this size to bite hard enough to break the skin.

I am also trying to get a handle on the time difference between here and there. Each of the posts show the time that they are posted, but I don't know if it shows my time or your time or what so just for a couple of times tell me what time it is when you post, please.

It is 06:11 my time.

[jancijen]

So the reason why i have him is that i couldnt sell him so i decided to tame him... and motivation for me are some videos where i see flighting parrots in room and teaching some tricks, not bitting etc... :/

I am scarried of getting bitten and also it makes me so sad that it is making me demotivated.... and how he bitten me hard ? so i tried to give him finger in cage ( on the other froum said that i should try this cause he can open beak to test my finger as something to stand on it ) and he bitten my finger so that he crumpled my skin and i ve got scaried and he bitten my mother and made her little bloody wound.

And computer is not in my own room it in another room...

and about time - it is 17:48 now here

[Wolf]

OK ! I was trying to understand the environment that this bird was in, as well as trying to work out why you could not work this out with the bird. You see, if you had just ignored the little bites that this bird could deliver and went ahead with the training methods that you were given you would have solved the biting situation a long time ago. I am understanding that you have little to no incentive to actually work with this bird other than a monetary one.

With over a year of asking for help with this single issue, I was hoping to find that you actually cared for him and had hopes for being his friend. But, as I am sure you are aware of, I don't find this to be the case. This is my mistake!

You have been honest and upfront with me all this time and I really appreciate this, I don't often find this to be so. Thank you for this.
The truth of the matter is this: If you don't want the bird, for whatever reason and can't sell it, why don't you do both of you a favor and give it to someone who will appreciate the bird just for being itself? That is what I would do. Sometime money isn't everything.

I have no more questions and this is my best advice to you, and I am thinking of what is best for this bird.

If you still want to try, put on a glove, thin leather would be the best and even if you could feel a little of its bite through it, this bird just cannot generate enough pressure to go through both the glove and your skin. From there use the methods that you have been given and I think that you will be successful in this training it to stop biting. Also a larger cage would help make the bird feel more secure as would having a companion. Love birds are neither happy nor comfortable without at least one other of their species.

[jancijen]

I dont wanna give him to someone :/ I wanna to take care of him... I really like him... So i should train outside of the cage or not ?

[Wolf]

You said that you have him target trained pretty well so in my opinion you need to start training outside the cage. To begin with I would target him to various places outside of the cage with the last one close to you where he could climb onto you. At this time I would just hold a treat and just wait for him to take and eat it. I would then wait for him to climb onto me and then offer another treat. Let him hang out on my hand or wherever for a while without asking anything of him. This is bonding time.

[jancijen]

Tommorow (I hope) I ll try let him go outside in my room... I ll ask for help mommy (if she wont be busy) (she had 2 tamed, parent raised cockatiels)... But she hadnt any problems with biting like my lovie does... How long should first out of cage flight last ? How to get him back to the cage ?

[Wolf]

If he is target trained as you said then target him back. if not then he will return to eat and sleep. Maybe 15 minutes of training and at least 2 hours out of cage/bonding time.

[jancijen]

Should i do something during these 2 hours?