once loved now not so much

[cml]

Have you tried targeting Jazzy up onto a handheld perch, and then targeting him/her into the cage?
You can reward her with her favorite treat for this, make it a positive experience!

[karl morton]

I will and I hope jazzy comes around so you want have to regime him/ her. It's so hard wanting to love them and give them attention and they will nothing to do with you. I also have another that I hand feed from 7-the weeks old she is my baby and would love to share that with him, so I'm gonna be patients a little long....... (Jada & ty)

[karl morton]

Kimbos, you can also try this about two days ago he did come out if his cage, but like yours does not want to go back in. So what I done was put a bowl of treats in a spot where he couldn't jump back out as quick cocked the door open enough for him to get in and so I could calmly walk up and close it not saying a word. I left the room after awhile I could hear him going in give him time to settle and calmly walk in and close the cage....good luck if it works praise him/her then.it did for me.

[kimbos]

Just an up date on Jazzy well i can now touch her/him inside the cage but not confident enough to let Jazzy out for i wont be able to catch her/him again then i will have to start all over again. I feel bad that Jazzy cant enjoy our house like before hmmmm what to do what to do any suggestions?

[MikeLK]

My Senegal got less tame after a scare while sitting on a door that I didn't know he was on top of. I startled him when I brushed up against the door and it moved. He screeched and took off and lost a little trust in me. Senegals get like that more easily the way it seems. I had luck getting his wings clipped which aids in training and started re-training. If your bird has full flight feathers you might try this approach.
Mike

[kimbos]

thanks mike i was wondering if i should do that or not but i just might but the person that does that will most likely get bit.......ouch!

[kimbos]

Great news Jazzy is now able to come out of the cage and goes back in yeah but i know some of you wont like this i had to clip jazzy's wings boooo! On the other hand i got my bird back just like before and Jazzy is happy to come out of the cage and interact with the family

[liz]

Now that you formed a bond let them grow back.

[kimbos]

I'm beginning to think that its a love hate relationship with Jazzy. Jazzy was loving me now she relates to me as the person that puts her back into the cage with all good things in it like treats and toys but still Jazzy runs and hides from me geeeez i think i should just give up because i cant make Jazzy happy anymore

[marie83]

Don't you dare give in. I'm a fine example of being the big bad wolf, Ollie was ''my'' bird and hated my boyfriend but then he got sick so for for 3 months Ollie was in a small cage so I could catch him easily 2x a day to give him medication. My other half however did all the fun stuff with him but basicly has no real control of him so I would get in from work and have to catch him, give him his meds, examine him and put him back in his cage. In the morning I would have to grab him out his cage cuz he wouldn't come near me, weigh him, give him his meds and put him back in his cage.
Anyhow as you can imagine he grew to hate/fear me very very quickly despite my best efforts to make all this horrible stuff rewarding. I couldn't get near him at all (hence why he got put in the small cage).
He came off the meds and it took a while for our relationship to recover. I had to literally start from scratch with him training step up, getting him back into his cage etc but in the end our household is a much better place. Ollie has a fairly equal split of affection for both myself and my boyfriend and I can do more with him than ever before, the retaming and training has improved things so much. My boyfriend however still has little control over him though but thats because he refuses to spend time training him.

One thing I will say though is during the initial retaming/training I had to work with him completely alone, if my partner was about he didn't want to know at all and I couldn't do a thing with him cuz he would just fly off.
Anyway I think sennies tend to be one person birds more than conures are but its completely possible to rebuild a tolerant relationship if not switch your birds favourite back (dont bank on the latter but they are sometimes not as loyal as they make out).
Perservere, go back to the very beginning and take your time, be patient and make unpleasent things more rewarding ie loads of rewards or a meal for going back in the cage for example.