Very, very true. Kupo is still very young and I understand she’s experimenting.
I don’t stroke her back at all because she’s never liked it so I avoid it completely. I also don’t rub my fingers on her belly or any where near her privates because I’ve heard that can also provoke mating.
I give her head rubs, cheek rubs and on her neck— and she seems to love it but I only get to do it when she’s in her cage or very calmly near me. Lately I haven’t been able to as much but I understand the process of patience when dealing with her now.
She doesn’t really cuddle but she loves being on my shoulders- I have so many scratches on my back LOL because whenever I try to get her onto my hand she just keeps moving to the opposite shoulder.
I don’t like her to be on my shoulders because she always nibbles on my hair.
my hair is already very thin..
When she’s being a bit rowdy and trying to bite my hair, ears, or fingers— My mother and I both say “No bite” very sternly. & “Be nice” afterward. Sometimes she calms down and sometimes she doesn’t care lol.
When she was younger I tried to get her used to people. I would take her to my uncles house to visit and my grandmas too. When I was hand feeding and up til about 2months I had my sister pick her up as well as her boyfriend. And she was okay with it.
But one day she decided to bite my sister randomly and the next bite her boyfriend— so they became too scared to deal with her. My sister eventually moved out and now it’s just me & my mother here. Kupo doesn’t like anyone else.. when people are visiting she doesn’t like being handled near people she doesn’t know either because she’s attacked my ear just because she saw my dad who was visiting on the other side of the room.
My uncle is a breeder and who I got kupo from as a baby but I’ve noticed he loves birds but most are wild in cages & has only actually handled one inside his home who also bites him now (but I understand that birds frustration.. he needs attention but doesn’t get it. It makes me very sad. So I decided I was gonna make sure mine has a good life and gets the attention these beautiful birds need.)
My uncle knows of different type of species and a few tips on them but doesn’t know more than basic knowledge about them in my opinion & that’s why I am so thankful to have found this app as well as this forum because this is the guidance I need. I appreciate it very much! I just want Kupo to be happy!
She is spoiled rotten & I need her to love me back lol.
Thanks so much to all of you!!
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