mellya3113

Thanks guys, I Appreciate the responses. I subscribed a while ago to http://www.birdtricks.com and I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money they ask for, for their training courses. The biting course is like $50 and I can't even be certain that it would work! There's so many scams out there nowadays that I'm scared to spend money anywhere online! So I got an email offer from them (of course.. because they hound you everyday!) and all they wanted was $6 for shipping to send it to me for 30 days and if I'm not satisfied with the course I'm able to send it back at no additional cost. So that's what i've done. I ordered it like 2 days ago and I'm waiting for it to get here now, so I'll let everyone know how I like or DON'T like the course, and whether or not I'm sending it back lol. I'm also going to look into this Barbara Heidenrich lady that you were talking about in your response. I'm willing to do whatever I Have to in order to rehab these babies back to their normal, happy go lucky, loving selves. But I absolutely WON'T hire another trainer. (FYI; the SAME trainer offers to come to my home still -i recently relocated and she charges by the mile- for ONLY $150 per trip! She's outrageous. AND, if I want a "phone session" with her, it's going to cost me $50! She's nuts... I'll take everyone's advice here first.) I'll keep everyone updated. Thanks everyone!

Hello there. I'm new to Grey Forums, but I've had 2 beautiful Gold Capped Conures for over 6 years now. Here's the background on them. I've got Speck (he was my first baby bird). If you look at my profile pic he's the one on the left. I've got mallow (who came about a year after Speck) who is on the right in my profile pic. I got the name Speck because when Speck was a baby and he pooped, it was a tiny little speck! And mallow got her name because her favorite treat is a marshMALLOW. I also have no evidence whether ones male and ones female, but that's how i see them, so that's what i stick with. Now, the past couple years, Speck has been very vicious towards strangers. He was always fine with me but if there was a stranger and he wanted them, he'd bite ME to get to them! No matter where i put his cage he's never been social. He's also developed something like a "fetish" for my feet. He LOVES my feet, he will run to them and love on them. He rubs them and lays on them or beside them, and he has started lunging and biting at me if i go near them. And anyone else who is willing to try! I've moved in with my fiance and Speck is just mean. If we go near his cage he lunges and tries to bite thru the bars. He literally lunges at my fiance from across the room. If Speck gets on the floor then he will RUN toward my fiance (and even our dogs) to try and bite them. Now Mallow has recently started becoming more vicious too. She was always nice, just very scared of quick movements and strange people. She was getting acclimated to my fiance but all of a sudden now she's gotten possessive of her cage and she even bit me yesterday, which is completely out of the ordinary for her! I get near her cage and she's lunging at me now too. She tries to bite me if i put my hand in there. I don't know what could have happened, because nothing has changed in our routine. They both scream SO much. They're in separate cages in front of a bunch of windows so they can see outside and see what's going on. We recently moved into an apartment from a house, so we can't leave the outside to scream their hearts out anymore, and it's frustrating. When we walk in the room, they scream. If they hear me awake in the morning, they immediately start screaming. If we're in the living room where their cages are, and we don't take them out, they start screaming. I know they have every right to scream, and that's fine. I'd like to train them to do something other than scream- maybe like ringing a bell for attention. My problem is their terrible biting. They're completely unfriendly and I'm close to the end of my rope. I LOVE my babies and I'd never want to get rid of them. But it's to the point where I can't hold them if there's anyone else around me. I can't hold them if the dogs are out. I can't hold them if someone is going to walk past me. My fiance can't get near them. They're just too vicious and it's ridiculous. They weren't like this before and I don't know what could have happened to make this start but it's GOT to stop. My fiance wants to get rid of them because he's tired of being bitten for no reason. Or being lunged at. I understand it, but I made a commitment when I bought these babies that i'd do my best for them- and that includes getting them trained. I can't just get rid of them like trash. I love them to death, they're like my children. They love me, but they bite me too. They have both bitten me in the face within the last 3 weeks. It's out of control. i hired a trainer but nothing she did got anywhere and i wasted $3,000. If you have any advice on how to train them or what I should do, i'd greatly appreciate it. I don't want to get rid of my babies or hand them off to someone else who may not care for them like I can and do. If you need pics/videos of how they act, I can make that happen, just let me know. Thanks in advance. I'm oh so desperate!