Hello
WE have an IRN male, Pickle, that we got christmas of 2014. He's probably about 2 years and 3 months old. He was really friendly and would step up to you and talk and let you pet him.
Now, he's bonded with our Amazon. They hang out together all day, sleep in the same cage and share the same food. She is really protective of him, and he will actually hide behind her if someone comes up to the cage to pet them. She loves to be petted and will put her head down and give you under her neck even to scratch. Pickle used to be this way, but now, not so much.
Ive heard of IRNs being cage aggressive, he will strike at you if he sin the cage, or if you're petting our amazon in the cage especially hell strike at you. He never bites hard, ill reaching and hell step up then after maybe a small protesting nip, but it never hurts or draws blood.
He can fly right now, but we do trim him because he seems to calm down when we do. Also, he can't really get away from us then so i guess he gives up. Now though i let him go back and forth across the room a few times and hell wear out and step up. He only voluntarily steps up if he's walking on the ground, never when he's on top of the curtain.
He seems happy otherwise and no real issues other than id like to try to start training him to have a bond with our amazon as well as want to associate with us.
is there anything i can do to get him to be more social and come to us without having to wear him out? After that of course, he lets me pet him while he sits on my lap, but he's not enjoying it lol.
Thanks
WE have an IRN male, Pickle, that we got christmas of 2014. He's probably about 2 years and 3 months old. He was really friendly and would step up to you and talk and let you pet him.
Now, he's bonded with our Amazon. They hang out together all day, sleep in the same cage and share the same food. She is really protective of him, and he will actually hide behind her if someone comes up to the cage to pet them. She loves to be petted and will put her head down and give you under her neck even to scratch. Pickle used to be this way, but now, not so much.
Ive heard of IRNs being cage aggressive, he will strike at you if he sin the cage, or if you're petting our amazon in the cage especially hell strike at you. He never bites hard, ill reaching and hell step up then after maybe a small protesting nip, but it never hurts or draws blood.
He can fly right now, but we do trim him because he seems to calm down when we do. Also, he can't really get away from us then so i guess he gives up. Now though i let him go back and forth across the room a few times and hell wear out and step up. He only voluntarily steps up if he's walking on the ground, never when he's on top of the curtain.
He seems happy otherwise and no real issues other than id like to try to start training him to have a bond with our amazon as well as want to associate with us.
is there anything i can do to get him to be more social and come to us without having to wear him out? After that of course, he lets me pet him while he sits on my lap, but he's not enjoying it lol.
Thanks