New Family Member

Hey everyone,

I just adopted a 5 year old male IRN last night. I have not given him a new name yet... still trying to get to know him better.

He was very attached to his previous mommy. She said she was the only one that was able to hold him, but he usually warms up to people after awhile.

Last night when we got home, I managed to lure him out of the travel cage and into his big cage after we got it put back together.

I didn't start to try to interact with him until this morning. He is very, very timid. He is not like my conures (which I anticipated) which automatically come to people and want to be with them. He gets nervous when I approach his cage. I am moving very slowly around him and speaking in gentle, encouraging tones.

I sat in his room with him this morning with his cage door open. After about 30 minutes, he climbed out of his cage on his own and climbed on top. He let me approach him with an almond sliver, and stepped up when I offered it to him! He of course immediately jumped back onto the cage after getting his almond. We did this several times, I even transferred him to his play stand and we did step ups there a few times until he finally signaled that he wanted to go back to his cage (leaned toward it while flapping his wings).

Since I put him back, I've just been hanging out in his room with him so he gets used to my presence. He has not yet decided to come back out. He actually seems pretty sleepy right now. I know it was a very eventful night for him and this is a very stressful time for the poor guy.

Any advice or suggestions on working with this bird is very welcome!

Here is a photo I managed to get last night.