Blue Headed Conure:
Training your
Blue Headed Conure
when you thought all hope was gone.
Bad behaviors have you ready to give your Blue
Headed Conure away? Don’t give up yet! Breathe easy and try these three simple
strategies to a well behaved, even loving, bird. Picking up a copy of our
training course would also greatly help you though this process.
You’re at your wits end with your blue headed conure’s bad behaviors. He’s biting, screaming, thrashing, throwing himself
against the cage, charging, and even pulling his feathers out – not what you
bargained for. Before you give him away, read and follow these three simple
steps:
Step #1 Play with your blue headed conure.
Yes, I know he’s not fun to be around but if
you can interact with him, do. It’s important. Give your blue headed conure
plenty of time and attention every day.
Conures are social birds and love interacting with people, so when
possible let him out of his cage to hang out with you and your family.
Your blue headed conure also enjoys being
handled. If biting is a real problem consider placing a towel on your hands
when you get him out of the cage, at least until he is properly trained. Of
course, when you’re unable to be with your blue headed conure, make sure that he
has plenty of room to fly around his cage and plenty of toys to keep him busy.
If playing with him is absolutely not a possibility then skip to Step #3. (Read
step #2 though, it’s still important)
Step #2 Don’t encourage bad behaviors in
your blue headed conure. It is possible that your blue headed conure is
simply maturing or going through a nippy phase. If you punish the behavior or
have an extreme reaction, you will actually train them to continue nipping.
Similar habits can be developed if you have a strong reaction to any adverse
behavior whether it’s biting, screaming, charging, or feather plucking.
If you
yell or splash your bird for screaming or biting, you teach him to be fearful of
you. Fear breeds more bad behavior, you’re doing exactly the opposite of
what you want to do. You want your bird to love and trust you. You want your
blue headed conure to feel comfortable, happy, and well socialized.
Step #3 Trick train your blue headed conureTrick training solves bad behavior problems in
several ways. First and foremost it gives your conure what it wants most,
attentive and structured time with you.
Secondly, it engages your Blue headed conure’s intelligence. Bored Blue
headed conures can cause trouble. Trick train your conure and you challenge its
intelligence. You stimulate its problem solving skills. Third, when you trick
train, you build a bond of trust between you and your bird.
It is important to know that there are specific
tricks that you can train your bird to make it stop those annoying and
potentially frightening behaviors. Biting when you retrieve him from the cage
for example can be trained away by training the step up and step down commands.
Trick training must be done correctly, which means
that if you’re going to trick train your Blue headed conure then consult the
advice and guidance of experts in Bird Trick Training. Look for easy
step-by-step guides, like the ones found at
birdtricks.com. The free
resources and trick training products found there are specifically
designed to eliminate unfavorable behaviors and give you the loving, friendly
blue headed conure you want. |
