If you’re wanting a companion then a bird is a good choice of pet to own, birds can be a little clingy which some people like.
However, some birds can be a bit too clingy, this article is a look into why your conure is so clingy.
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Why is my conure so clingy?
As much as we love and enjoy our pets there is a limit to how much we want them around us.
If our pets want to be around us too much then we can see the bird as clingy. Here is why this may be happening with your pet conure:
It’s a phase:
If your conure is not really the clingy type, and has never been the clingy type, then your bird may simply be going through a phase of being clingy.
If this is the case with your bird then your bird may be on and off with you being clingy and all over you one day and then it may be only interested in itself, another bird, or another human entirely soon after.
This is the bird’s way of bonding with you and it shouldn’t be alarming.
This can especially happen in conures who are young, their youth is when the birds are most insecure and want to be around you all the time.
Birds who were removed from their parents at a young age, usually for hand-rearing, will likely be like this.
What to do:
If your conure is clingy take up the bird’s offer to hang around you, this will make the bird feel good and safe and help it know that you will be around when it needs you to be around.
Allow your bird to have some shoulder time and allow it to be there as much as it wants until the phase has passed.
The bird is too attached:
If your conure isn’t going through a phase, and the bird seems to be always attached to you, then your bird may simply be too attached to you and may be using you as its only mode of socializing.
Conures will become attached if they really like you, this can be a good thing but it can also be a bad thing as the bird will want to spend 24 hours a day with you daily to feel satisfied.
What to do:
If your bird is too attached to you then you’d need to teach it how to be alone on its own sometimes.
While it is a good idea to socialize with the bird, the bird should also spend the rest of the day playing with other birds and entertaining itself.
You can introduce your conure to other birds but stay in the room to show that it is still safe.
You can also give the bird toys to play with and switch the tv on so that your bird is entertained by things other than you.
Doing this will go a long way in teaching the bird to be independent, or at least, independent from you to some extent.
You shouldn’t let your conure be alone 24/7 though, they are social creatures and are not used to this in the wild, if they are alone for too long this will be scary for them as it is so unfamiliar.
If your conure decides, on its own to have a low standard of life, it will remain lonely and will not cling to you but if the bird wants social interaction then it will scream when you aren’t around and be clingy when you are around.
You can also use positive reinforcement on the bird, do this by rewarding good behavior when your bird plays alone and avoiding the bird when you’ve given it enough time with you.
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