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Old 02-29-2004   #1
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Cool sarettah Congrats!

Quakers are less noisy that Conures

Couple of things to consider

Are the bird's wings clipped?
One wing can have the primary flight feather clipped, that way the bird can't fly away and injure it's self
Also makes working with the bird much easier

I see you posted "in your hands" - parrots look for a perch so do you mean on your hands? - like a finger?

If you're having problems getting the bird to come to your hand you can try one or both of two things

One - start with a perch from the birds cage (or a stick that is appropriate size for the birds feet)and get the bird to "step up" on the the perch (or stick) when out of the cage -
this can be accomplished by gently pushing against the birds chest almost sort of forcing/nudging he bird onto the perch/stick - later your fingers can replace the stick
(or you can do the trick of getting the bird on the perch and then having the bird walk back to it's cage on your arm)

Two - You can hold a treat (once you get the bird to take food from your hand, it may be already for all I know) and holding the food behind the hand you're trying to get the bird to step up on so the bird has to step on your hand to get the treat

Parrots can take while to work with but with all the animals you have now I'm pretty sure you're good with animals and understand animal behavior

Again Congrats to you and your new little friend

Warning - Having Parrots can be habit forming
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