#aniimesushii

[sangled]

I read the sausage party script too (only half way) and I am so confused. I have so many questions.

i hope enough people question sausage party that we destroy any notion that this movie was a good idea

[zazushousesanctuary]

It's wonderful what you guys have going on. I wish I lived closer so I could volunteer!

Thank you so much! We all work very hard to make our sanctuary the best possible forever home for our birds. You can still support us by helping to raise awareness - you can also search for rescues in your area that may need a helping hand! 

[horatioandalice]

Your birds are so cute. :)

Thank you!  :D  I agree, but I am probably biased.

[flock-talk]

I was scrolling down your blog and saw the conure rolling on it's back post. It said that conures are very playful but mine won't play. She panics if I get too far away and not sit anywhere other than my shoulder. Is that bad? Does she have issues?

#NotAllConures

Seriously though, birds are individuals, not all of them like the same sorts of interactions just the same as how I don’t like strangers hugging me meanwhile a more social person might.  From your information it sounds more like they’re afraid of your hands, including the information from the question you just asked a moment ago, training can be done to associate them with more positive things the links I provided previously as well as some information from this one may help her overcome that.  As I said before, it’s all about body language and their boundaries, if they’re afraid then don’t force it on them.  Fear of hands isn’t uncommon and usually stems from mishandling as a baby, only being restrained for nail or wing trims, being grabbed and held in towels until they stop biting for ‘taming’, or teaching step up poorly by forcing in to them every time, this teaches birds that hands aren’t good things, every time they go near them they have a bad experience and as a result they become defensive towards them or develop learned helplessness through submission.  It’s not that she has issues, it’s that she doesn’t have a reason to find hands enjoyable and it’ll take patience and work on your behalf to help show her that they can be positive things.  Whether or not she’ll end up being as playful and silly as a lot of conures are is really dependent on her as an individual, doesn’t mean she’s defective it just means she’s herself.  

[flock-talk]

I had gotten my bird when she was three. She's a beautiful green cheeked conure. I can pick her up but she keeps biting me hard and grabbing onto her cage every time I try which scares me a little to try and handle her. What should I do?

Stop picking her up! Biting and retreating are her telling you she’s not comfortable with the situation, prior to this she will be present body language that displays her discomfort but when she doesn’t get any response from you she has no other option but to bite to make you listen. The more she’s put in a position where she has to bite the less trust there’ll be between the two of you and the more likely it is that she’ll either become submissive over fear and stress or she’ll become increasingly aggressive to the point where she is no longer handleable. The following links with help you out!

The step up question

My bird keeps biting, is aggressive, how do I stop this?

Building trust with your bird

Dominance Theory

Taming

[krycss]

What is your ideal date?

take me to the moon