behavior

Hi, thanks for any help in advance. My Congo African Grey has never liked women and never liked my mum, he has always fluffed up his feathers when she goes into the room. She talks to him daily but has never been able to feed him without getting bitten. He has slowly become more aggressive...

From the moment I got my Mochi, my green cheek conure, he's always been pretty quiet. I know that green cheeks are considered the lowest noise-level conures, but even then he has been a very silent speaker. Of course half of the time he's usually quacking, or what I like to call a little...

I have two conures a brown throat named Charlie and a pine apple green cheek named kiwi. We've had Charlie first since April of 2015 the lady at the local pet store said some lady brought charlie in because she didn't want the bird anymore and that Charlie was three or four years old he's about...

hello everyone , My name is Irving and my girlfriend and I adopted a 12 year old cockatoo nearly a year ago. Up until about 3 months ago she was practically the perfect bird , give or take some property destruction and a little screaming she instantly took to both of us and even interacted with...

I have an 8 year old Senegal, Ziggy, who is insanely aggressive, and his biting is bad enough that I'm considering options to have him removed from the house entirely. I could manage just not handling him, but the problem goes well beyond that. -He always bites with full force, and once he...

So I have two conures. One is new, Merri, and the other,Kiwi, I've had for 6 months. Kiwi has ALWAYS been an amazing GCC. He was so friendly and loved cuddling. Never nipped at me ever!! He is 8 months. Once I got Merri (about a week ago) he completely changed. They're not even in the same...

I don't know what to do. I'm at a complete loss. My TAG, Gomez Addams, is absolutely terrified of me all of the sudden. I've racked my brain for what could have set him off, but I can't think of anything! I wish I could read his mind. :( I originally got him about six or seven years ago. I was...

hello so my electus parrot's name is Chappo... we bought him a bit over a year ago from a flea market and aren't too sure how old he is... he seemed full grown when we got him and he was able to speak a lot of works, he knew step up, and he was potty trained.. anyway... he has always been...

Hello, Starting 2 days ago my bird began acting odd. It was tearing out the newspaper in its litter tray and throwing it on the ground. I thought nothing of it and thought it was just restlessness, so I replaced that with bark which my bird has used before. However, almost immediately after, my...

I've had Ollie for about 8 months- he turned one in December. After the initial warm up phase, and occasional mood swings/nippiness- he was wonderful. He would sit on my shoulder and do everything with me around the house. Around February- I walked in his room that morning, and everything was...

I have a non pet parrot he makes a sound and does something with its eyes I have a video of it if anyone can give me his/her email I can send the video. Thanks

I'm a new member here, and was hoping to get some advice on my one year old jenday conure. She's been a sweet girl, and pretty well behaved. However, she has recently changed her demeanor a bit. She has become slightly aggressive towards my kids, particularly my youngest, who is 11. She now...

I bought a Feather Brite bulb a few weeks ago and a desk clamp lamp to use with it. Pepper (my Nanday) is afraid of the lamp, so I Ave had it gradually moved closer to the cage over the past couple of weeks. Today it is positioned properly above the cage. She was mildly displeased, but I put her...

Shamrock is a young (4 no more than 6?) green cheek conure. I'm usually the only one who handles her. A few years ago she flew at my sister, it didn't look aggressive but was trying to get a grip, unfortunately she was trying to on her head. Well my sister was pretty much done with her since...

I found a new behavior in my grey, Zoey. He was a rehome, a few decades old. He never had toys and doesn't know how to play with them. I've encouraged him and shown him, but he has no interest. He doesn't chew anything either. I began noticing that he would run up to a toy, say 'woo' like his...

So I would like to train my Patagonian Conure to poop in "authorized locations" the way my partner has trained his Alexandrine to do. Sadly, we've discovered that success with one bird doesn't translate into success with another! Baby the Alex has a clear "gotta go" face that allows Matt to...

Hello all! I'm not new to birds in general as I've had a pineapple GCC and currently have a sun conure. I rehomed a CAG in May. I was contacted by the owners because they'd heard through the grapevine that I had other birds and did well with them. I didn't want another project to be honest, and...

Hi everyone, I have a 4 year old Green cheek conure named Bowser. He is the only parrot I have since I let go of the second Conure I bought a couple years ago to a very nice woman. Bowser is my first Conure and he is extremely attached to me. Basically wants my attention 24/7. This is an issue...

I understand that it's very hard to give any advice, but maybe you can help me to see if I understand his behaviour correctly. Oscar - DNA test male - is 2.5 years old, and my wife was always his favorite. When he was out of his cage, he would always try to be around her, and he pretty much...

Hi there, My 1 year old cockatiels have learned a very annoying whistle combination. It is very high pitch and is driving me a little crazy haha. I really do not know where they learned this whistle combination from. It is not one of the whistles that we done with them. The sound does not...

Hello I am new here since I am a new parrot owner. I took the time and dedication to study before getting a parrot. I got my Coco from Craigslist about a month and a half ago. He is an African ringneck about 10 months old. I have a cage, toys, and perches. He is able to be out and about all day...

Hello All, I have a Green Cheek Conure (Alex), who I have had for about a year and a half. He is just about 2 and a half years old, so I've had him for most of his life. He has always been a super-sweet boy to me, though he isn't a fan of other people. A few weeks ago, he stopped letting me...

Hello everyone, I have a couple of questions about my 1.5 year old sun conure. She screams for me when she can't see me, and when I finally hold her, she goes up to my ear and pulls on the lobe a few times. She does this every morning. Is this good or bad behavior? When she chooses to get...

Hi everyone - I have always wanted a parrot, so when my daughter announced that she had volunteered our family to take the highschool biology classes ringneck parrot "Gimpy" I was pretty excited. Here's the thing, she hates most men, and me in particular. She's about eight years old and has...

I've had my pineapple GGC for about half a year, and he's almost a year old. We get along well, but he does one strange thing that I still can't understand after searching the internet. Sometimes when I have him out, he'll move from my shoulder and sit under my chin, then make weird kind of...

Hi all! New bird owner here AND new to forums, eek! (I can hear the groans from here haha!). I'm using the term "owner" loosely as the Blue Fronted Amazon that lives with me actually belongs to my 25 yo daughter. She has a roommate situation and erratic work schedule so he stays with me until...

A few questions from a new parront.. I have a 2 year old Senegal named Maxwell and I'm new to owning birdys. I have a few questions... 1) Why does he keep wagging his tail feathers and fluffing up?! 2) When he's in his cage he refuses to sleep until I bring him out, then he will sleep on...

I just got a Jenday Conure who I named Suki. She's threeish and was already tamed and trained to step up/stand on shoulders. But I only got her a few days ago, and she's already cuddling or something. I wasn't going to hold her so soon, but she gets so excited when I go by her cage. She chirps...

ok so Roxie is one year old and recently she often does what she does in the video alot!! and it hurts! i dont know why this is happening she is healthy, plays and everything but once she is out her cage and on me she starts doing that! she once did it on my face and thank god i evaded. and just...

Ive had a BHC for about a year...im not sure how old he is but i know he has to be at least 3. Every once and a while i find him at the bottom of his cage...usually just preening, is this normal behavior? His poop is normal, eating normal, no behavioral issues. When i put the cover on the cage...

Hello fellow conure lovers! I have an 8 weeks old baby sun conure that I've had with me for almost a week now. She's constantly chirping, flapping her wings, & bobbing her head even after I've fed her. She continues to do this when she's falling asleep... is it normal? She'll close her eyes but...

My Ekkie's been acting wierd lately. I got her about 2 weeks ago, and she's starting to settle in really well. She's started talking and she's always grinding her beak and cooing. However, lately she hasn't been eating much at all, just drinking water, and when I feed her from my hand she'll...

My Eclectus parrot likes to sit and watch me, but while she's doing that, sometimes she likes to act like she's chewing without any food, and grind her beak in between. Also, there's another thing she does where she take say, her right foot and her right wing and raises them together and stands...

I just adopted a Eclectus parrot named Angel, and she's about 6. I brought her home 3 days ago, so she's still settling in. My issue is, I have to go away for a few days, and I know this is an important time for her to get to know me. My parents are going to take care of her, but how can I make...

We've had my macaw, Wilson, for seven years- since my brother was two. We've always told Wilson NO! Don't touch Khristian! But now that my brother is old enough to play with and handle the bird, Wilson won't respond to him! He gets upset and calls for me whenever Khris even tries to go near him...

Okay so, i had Roxy (5 month old U2) since a week now. *sorry i don't know how to rotate the image here :white1:* I've noticed; 1- she sneezes 2-3 times a day. 2- she put her claws on her neck and opens her mouth wide, she does that often. 3- she thinks my fingers are chew toys, how...

Hello, my name is Marko. I just made an account here after being unable to sleep [it's 2:31 AM local time]. I can't stop blaming my self for my parrots behavior. I had tons of animals in my house [my mom is bound to become a crazy cat lady one day] but I always wanted a parrot. I finally got...

My lovely first GCC is about 5-6 mo old and very well tempered. :green2: He can be moody sometimes, but overall he is very sweet. Recently he started doing this funny thing - he usually sits on the top perch, and as soon as I approach the cage he would go towards we to the end of the perch...

Hello All, This is a question out of curiosity: I have had my 5-6 yr old male Meyer's parrot, Charlie, for almost 6 months and he has adapted very well to me and my family members. Having owned parrots before, I know there is a chance of mating like behavior and getting a male bird I expected...

Ever since I purchased Blaze, she's been an extreme snuggler. She loves laying right on my chest where my hair falls, or she'll climb up onto my shoulder and lean against my neck. It's just the cutest, little thing. However, she does this rapid sniffing (I guess you could call it an avian...