Im a bird lover…with a big problem..help?

There is this pet store in my county that has the widest selection of animals in it…i go in there and ALL the animals are disgusting and dirty and not well kept at ALL. I look down and there is a cherry headed conure named *Paco* in a dog crate with ONE toy that has debre ALL other it, nasty food nasty EVERYTHING.. i asked the owner to talk it out & he was horribly mean.. buttt to make a long story short i rescued him.

i bought him his own california santa barbara cage with a playtop many MANY toys, top of the line food..EVERYTHING.

iv had him for a little less then a year but i have gotten so attached. he only trusts ME.. noone can touch him but ME..I am the only person that matters in his world.

but as of two weeks ago he has started to lunge and bite me. for no reason. i havnt changed any routine.

im thinking about giving him up, i dont know what i can do. it breaks my heart that hes acting this way.

what should i do? can a troubled parrot ever let go of the past?

IT’S NORMAL,KINDA LIKE A KID GOING THROUGH THE TERRIBLE TWO’S. JUST LET THE LITTLE GUY KNOW THAT YOU AREN’T HAPPY WITH HIS BEHAVIOR. DR. IRENE PEPPERBERG’S ADVICE IS TO TURN YOUR HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE HIM A QUICK SHARP LOOK AND SAY “NO”. THEN TURN RIGHT BACK TO LOOKING STRAIGHT AT HIM. I USED THE METHOD TO TRAIN MY AFRICAN GREY THAT BITING IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR AND IT WORKED. DON’T EVER GIVE UP ON HIM. YOU ARE HIS FAMILY, HE LOVES YOU, HE’S JUST BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT YOUNG BIRD. HE’S TELLING YOU AT THAT TIME HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE BOTHERED. ALWAYS ASK BEFORE YOU REACH FOR HIM, “DO YOU WANT TO COME OUT? STEP UP”. CHANCES ARE LIKELY HE WILL TELL YOU BY BACKING OFF OR SHAKING HIS HEAD IF HE DOES NOT WANT TO.

2 Ring Neck Parrots, 6 mo (Voice)