Hi All!
I'm not sure if i'm even typing in the right forum! So please bare with me!
(or let me know where I should be writing!.. Thanks)
I am Stella's New Mom! Stella is a 2 and a half year old Conure Green Cheek.
We got him last Tuesday! His original Mom changed jobs and is away from home weeks at a time and thus! I adopted him!... YES, Stella is a "he".
For the first year of his life, they thought he was a she.... Then they took him in to the Bird Wellness Centre for grooming (he's fancy!) and they did a DNA test and she is actually a "he".. (thought you might want to know why his name is Stella!...
I'm totally in-love with him! There was no adjustment period, he just fit in! He's been so much fun! Its seems much longer than a week (in a good way). I am discovering new things about him daily and have been doing some Internet research to learn more about him & his people LOL.... Unfortunately I am not in touch with his previous owner so I have been trying to find out what the heck he's saying! So far I know that everytime I turn on any water tap he says "wash up" once I figured that out, it was amazing! He actually says that alot! Other things too but so far I only understand "wash up"!!!
I also figured out (or he trained me!) that when I am washing up at night and he feels like a bath, he simply crawls down my arm and goes for it in my cupped hands! He did that 5 minutes after I brought him home last Tuesday... was I surprised! not to mention that I hadn't changed out of my day clothes and he soaked my top! LOL... now I just have a hand towel standing by for him! He also gives kisses, when I say "Stella, Kisses"! Ok now i'm just bragging! LOL
So thats a bit about us!.. now for a couple of questions (if you don't mind!).. He's been really good but last night he decided it was time to bite me! and get all nippy. He didn't do that all last week, although he has bit my fiancee a few times.... and really bites down on his ear loabs...
He's been very gentle with me.. until last night. He took a wee chunk of skin out of my finger and seemed too aggressive for my liking. I hear you can train them to stop nipping hard... can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks!...
Ok, only 1 more question for now! I'll give you a break!.. I also hear you can train them to only go poop in certain places.. this I need to know! He's been excellent at not making a mistake while he is physically on us... like on a shoulder or even when he snuggles inside my sweatshirt! Theres only been like 2 mistakes on my shoulder and that I can't complain about BUT he seems to just drop them everywhere else... I'd like to find out how I can get him to maybe only go in his cage (which is huge and filled with toys)... I do take him to his cage once an hour and I say "Stella Poop!" and its worked pretty good! but then 10 mins later, there it is on a counter or on furniture.. Help! Any good training book out there? ok that was 3 questions!
Thanks for listening, sorry if I bored you..
Stellas Mom (Marilyn... Toronto, Ontario...Canada)