My name is Ana and i live in Norway. I love animals, i have owned, taken care of, or babysat pretty much every kind of pet now; from spiders to a Newfoundlander dog, going through all kinds of reptiles, fish and cats.
But until a week ago, I had never owned or taken care of a parrot.
I met my red-bellied parrot, Sisu, at my job, in a gardening center that has an aviary and some Koi ponds as part of the decoration. A good soul rescued him from a small cage in a warehouse where she worked. When she got him out, Sisu had been mostly alone in his cage for 11 years.
She cuddled him and took care of him for about a year, but then her son developed a violent allergy and she had to give him away.
She thought our gardening center would be a good place for him to be, because there are budgerigars, lovebirds, cockatiels, a couple of australian parakeets and an african grey, but it turns out he was afraid of all of them and he spent most of his time sitting on his perch in the corner, or hiding in an empty flower pot.
So after a couple of days i decided to take him home. So now he's mine
Some of you already helped me with very good tips (thank you again!) and now, 5ish days later, he likes to mimic me and be scratched on his head and neck.
But i see the road to his recovery will be pretty long... maybe impossible to run. He still doesn't trust me, for example he won't let me take him out of the cage, or come out himself even when the door is open.
And he keeps biting me without warning until he draws blood. Who would have thought a thingy so small could do so much damage
So i have been reading up to learn more about his behavior and how to correct it... both of us would certainly love some advice if any of you has been through the same!
