[polinasava]

So we had Piri for a month now, he learnt the Step-Up command, he eats from my hand, sits on my shoulder while I do things around the house and he’s addicted to the pop-corn, he goes mental when he sees it

Even though it sounds like a lot, there is still no bond, he bites us occasionally, and everything seems to be so hard, he fights us every step of the way. All he wants to do is to sit in his cage, he doesn’t seem to be interested in toy, he doesn’t make many sounds, I heard him squawk just occasionally, but mainly he’s not happy with something. (But he’s real smart and picky, last weekend he was making noises until I didn’t change his food, there was food in there, don’t get me wrong, I don’t starve him, but he prefers only certain types of seeds, so he eta those and was waiting for me to give him a new portion

When he’s outside of the cage he wants to go back, I feel real cruel not to let him in. The only thing that seems to work is take him to another room, but our place is really small and all of our life is happening in the kitchen / living room area, where his cage is. All of the videos I saw and articles I read suggest to train him away from his cage, so I do it every day for about 20 min, but then I have to go back to the leaving room to clean and cook and all other things, I usually put him on the table so he can be around while I cook. But the cheeky little thing figured out how to escape back to the cage via arm chair and sofa. I feel really bad closing the cage, cause he just sits on top of it then so I feel bad and let him in. I feel like I’m torturing him But when I let him in he just sits there and does nothing, he has toys but doesn’t play with them.

When we got him from the shop his wings were cut and they said they’ll grow back, it doesn’t look like the feathers grew at all. How long does it usually take? I want him to fly, I don’t want him to just walk around, the birds were made to fry But because of his wings he’s really depends on us, so I think it’s the only reason why he lets me train him a bit and put him on my shoulder.

Is he depressed or something? Or is he just stubborn and still getting used to us? Oh and I’ve noticed he’s molting, and I read it makes them grumpy, can that be the reason why he’s so uncooperative? Does he need a friend maybe? My partner and I work pretty much all day, but even on the weekend when we are at home with him it’s the same story, maybe just a little bit more of squawking, but that’s about it.

I’m not sure what to do, to be honest. I think I’ve seen every video, and read heaps of articles on training and taming and bonding with your parrot, but it fells like it’s one step forward two steps back Does anyone have any suggestions or experience to share?

 

[sunnysmom]

Don't be discouraged. You are making progress. To me, it sounds like he is still settling in. I've had my rehomed tiel for about 9 months now and he just started playing with toys in his cage a couple of weeks ago. It probably took 2 months before I could take him into the living room without him wanting to go back to the room his cage was in. Cage's I think are like their security blankets. I think all tiels progress at their own pace. When he's out of the cage, maybe try to engage him in things. I started out sprinkling seeds on the floor and my tiel would walk around foraging. Then, I discovered that he loved shredding paper, etc. I think it just takes some time to learn what they like, etc.

 

[Astarael90]

My tiel took quite a long time as well. At first she didn't 'want' to be on me but would sit there if I made her, she didn't like me touching her and she didn't make any noises. Sometimes she would even turn her back to me and face into a corner if I tried to take her out of the cage. I was really sad, as she was my first tiel I thought I was never going to get through to her.
It took time, I just sat with her on me everyday. It probably took me about 5-6 months for her to start warming up. And now a year and half on she is affectionate, preens me, flies to me and screeches for me to get her out of the cage. When I try to put her back into the cage she'll try and run up my arm and hide behind my back so she doesn't have to go back in. It's well worth the wait and time :3 Hang in there.