Hey All,

We brought a darling Jenday conure home from the humane society about 6 weeks ago (where does the time go?) His name is Sunny (we were told he is a male bird... ) No idea how old.

Sunny is the sweetest little guy, not too loud, and just a little shy. Not as cuddly as Marla, but just as eager to be with people. Very friendly and well behaved.

Sunny loves us a lot. He regurgitates on us A LOT! I'm not worried that he is sick, but it gets kinda gross after awhile!

What can we do to discourage this without hurting Sunny's feelings?

Other than loving us a little too much, he has no other bad habits that stand out. We love him lots and are glad we were able to rescue him. He has changed quite a bit in the short period we have had him! He was greasy and dirty when we brought him home. He eats well, showers & bathes regularly, and is absolutely a doll.

Thanks all!

tracy

Jade does that a lot, but I just pretend I don't see it. She's not pushy about it.

Well, considering it is the highest complement a bird can give you...it is kind of gross and stinky if he actually manages to bring anything up for you.

What I do is I put a name to the action...at our house we call it "gacking" When any of my birds start I just say no gacking, or you go back to your cage. By naming the action they learned that when the regurged or tried to they got put back in their cage and ignored for a bit. It didn't take them long to figure out not to do it.

I always tell them, I know you love me but no gacking...And I'll give them a little scritch and pet their beak. Most are pretty good about it now. My Macaw will still bob her head but she doesn't do the full spasm to bring anything up. I take hold of her beak and tell her, I love you too sweetie and she'll fluff her head up and **** her head to the side and rub her face on me. So I know she understands.

You have to be consistant and put the bird back after giving him the command NO_ _ _
(insert your word).

You might also not allow it up to chin level either for a while that kind of sets the stage for who's the dominate one.

Good luck and make sure you wear old clothes while handling him for a while in case he does managed to give you a wet present.

Thank you for the advice. I tried ignoring, but I think he sees that as silent consent. Sooooo, naming the behavior it is. I will try that today. Marla does well when I ask her not to do a behavior so I will assume the same for Sunny.

I am great with implementation and maintenance of tactics, just not so good with determining what to do in the first place. Once someone else points out the obvious, I'm good to go!

Thank you both and God bless!

OBTW-Kudos to this forum. When I got Marla, I quickly joined this site because of the great Quaker info and support I found here. Since getting Sunny (conure) I scouted out other parrot forums and this is the nicest and most helpful I have found BY FAR!!!!! I appreciate the way it is monitered and managed, I also appreciate how so many kind and compassionate bird lovers share their insight, stories and love of their parrots so willingly. THANK YOU and keep up the good work.

hehhe glad I read this thread. My GCC is doing the same thing

Will do what Andie's Mom suggests

My first fid use to do this and I did not know what she was doing. Now I know everybody on this site contributes in one way or another. I'm finding out that I still have alot to learn.

I just tell mine 'I love you too, but I don't want that present' and I'll distract them, or put them down for a bit until they get over their love offering!