Hi, First time posting on this forum.
My Conure Rumble is 4 years old, he has been with me and my wife for over 1 year now, he was purchased from a Pet store when he was already 3 years old, having been at the pet shop since he was 5 months old.
We knew he was going to be a piece of work that said we are getting discouraged.
He does not want to perch on our fingers for more than 3-4 seconds at a time.
He constantly flies away from us. He seems to be panicked by us.
To the point that he will fly into a dark room and potentially hurt himself rather than stay on our fingers.
Recently he was with my mother for one whole week and apparently he was well behaved, my mother was able to pick him up and interact with him for long periods of time.
We read online that he might simply be Overprotective of his cage, and this would cause him to be extremely anxious when we are to interact close to his cage. That said he is this way in the entire house not only his cage.
We were also told that introducing a second conure that was raised by a breeder, hand fed etc. might help Rumble realize that we are his friends not his foes.
I am at a lost of words here, just looking to have a healthy relationship with our bird. Right now it feels like he will never warm up to us and it is very discouraging.
Any tips or tricks are welcomed!