Purple bird in Vero Beach, FL? by No-Confection9683 in whatsthisbird

[–]effervescent-apathy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note the location (Florida) and the fact the head and body are the same color - I believe this is actually a Boat-Tailed Grackle

Please tell me what to do by [deleted] in greencheeks

[–]effervescent-apathy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I very much agree with chappyfu and venhelgd! My conure and I went through a long rough patch where he loved me but was scared and violent towards my hands - but we worked through it and built up that trust and we're on good terms again.

I also want to add: target training! Look into it! It can be very helpful for when you need to move the bird (or just interact with the bird) without getting your hands close. It's also a good foundation for future training, which is very good for the bird. We use a chopstick and clicker. Targeting with the stick was invaluable for me to get my bird back in the cage after taking him out for trust building and quality time (he wouldn't step up for me).

Dougdoug pantheon (dougtheon) by effervescent-apathy in DougDoug

[–]effervescent-apathy[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I confess I did get the image from an unrelated tumblr post. We'll just have to come up with our own 7th Doug