I would definitely need some help training/taming my IRN. His name is Taco, but now i'm unsure if it's really a HE
. My father bought him as a gift last year in February, from a local pet store where they said it was a 6 months old boy. He had no ring or anything to prove he was 6 months but i spent a lot of time researching and he definitely was a baby.He isn't handfed and was very frightened, took me a good 2-3 months just for him to trust me enough to let me walk in the room without flying frantically through the cage, so he definitely had some issues (handling issues maybe?). Took me another 1-2 months for him to take stuff like toys or food from my hand. That's where i got stuck because shortly after that i had to go to college, (in another town), and couldn't spend as much time with him as before (only in some weekends and during the winter vacation).
My mom took good care of him (feeding and attention-wise, spent tons of time with him), but she let him do a couple of huge no-no's: after i went to college he refused to go in the cage at night at she left him sleep on top of the cage and gave him attention when he screamed.
Now he screams like hell almost all the time (ignoring the usual "flock-calls" in the morning, at noon and at night), and he has a big trust issue.
I'm the only person in the house he sits on (i call him and offer him toys and he sits on my arm or shoulder), but i can't get him to step up yet, i want to start clicker training. He also yells a lot when i leave the room, guess he just wants attention. Should i do anything else besides ignoring the yelling so as to train him not to yell?
He's 2.5 years old now and doesn't have a full black ring, does this mean he's, beyond a doubt, actually a she? Also, is it too late to start clicker training? This one is my favorite clicker training video
I have to mention he has a huge biting problem too, i read that if you ignore it it will "wear off" but it's been going on for 1 year now... He doesn't let me touch his toys and comes flying to bite my finger or just defend them.
He also doesn't say anything yet, he just screams and sometimes imitates his toys although he is usually NOT alone, for the most part of the day, and everybody speaks to him a lot, and i mean a lot. I just thought it was a trust thing, because he doesn't trust me yet.
I'm really sorry for this awfully long post, but i would seriously appreciate some advice please!
Thank you so much!
Oh and here are some recent picture attached, can anyone say just by looking at the ring if it's a she?
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