I'm posting this mainly to give people an idea that, while I love my birds, I - like probably most of us - have my days where I'd prefer to roll the cages out the door with a "For free" sign on them.
Valo told me at 6:30am to "come here" - continuously for 30min. Well, I finally gave up and woke up the boys. Made my coffee and their breakfast (veggie omelet - spoiled brats).
Cleaned up a little, tried to work a little.... then Valo started his "newest thing"
He flies to everything that's hanging on the wall
AC unit, picture frames, closed doors... and the AC unit is really something he shouldn't be climbing around on. After picking him up more than 10 times, I got sick of it... hammer, nails and a decorative fabric later, the problem was fixed.
Back to work - 10min later... Valo starts screaming. He doesn't scream a lot, but when he does, Nino has to chime in and then the circus starts.... lots of screaming for about 45min
.... with a time out for valo in the covered cage... helped for about 10min... back to screaming.
Whenever Valo's screaming, I don't pay attention to him - so he took it out by chasing Nino around. Poor guy. When Valo attacked him full speed and got hold of his tail feathers (the 2 boys were flying through the room, Valo latched onto Nino's tail), I've had it... Valo went back to a covered cage, and after 5min he got showered. He loves water so it's not really a punishment for him, but I found that it's incredibly effective in calming him down when he's so hyper.
So, who wants to come for conure stew?
PS: I've lived with Valo for 2 yrs, and I know by now what I need to do to calm him down. I'm also getting the handle on Nino - he's an older, adopted bird and not handleable.
Guess I'm trying to express that everybody has days where the birds drive us up the walls.... but with patience, attention, and some tolerance it's workable.
Happy Saturday!
