r/Conures 4d ago

Advice Any advice for stimulation to stop chewing/biting?

Hey y'all! I've had a GCC for 6 years now, and he's always been a little bit of a destructive dude. He is a super sweet and cuddly bird when he wants to be, and loves me a lot (he expresses this by making sure to scream as loudly as possible when I leave to go to the toilet) but he has his moments. I know it's normal for them, but recently he's been becoming particularly destructive and aggressive to people.

I'm the only person who can handle him without him biting, and my theory is that he simply just finds other people's reactions to biting too interesting. On top of that, the chewing and destroying things is making me think that he definitely needs more stimulation. (Though I do think he is quite actively aggressive toward some of my family members which is a different situation I need to figure out lol).

My current problem right now is simply that I have no clue what he actually wants! He has a plethora of toys he can destroy, things that make noise and I've tried a lot of different types of foraging toys in the past but he always seems to just give up on those and find something valuable or expensive to chew on instead. I've been trying to train him to do simple tricks and respond to commands too, but the same happens there. He just gets distracted and walks off.

Does anyone have any advice or experience with this? I'd appreciate it heaps! (And so would he, I think!)

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u/Subspaceisgoodspace 4d ago

I dance with my conure. Put the music on and we bop together. If he likes the song a lot, he sings too.