behaviour

My galah just acted a bit strange. She did a strange little wolf whistle noise, then she did her "huffing" thing, but quite strongly and she tried to kiss me or bite me on the mouth. She hasn't done that before. Was she trying to "get fresh" or something? I hadn't eaten anything that could...

I've owned budgies and cockatiels, and here are some common traits of them that I found intolerable: - budgie: easily scared - budgie: craps too often; like I need a towel in hand if I ever bring him out of cage - budgie: hates being touched, and perpetually afraid of hands - budgie: too...

Hello! Some background first: I have two beautiful birdies, a Green Cheek Conure, and an English Budgie. The conure I've had for a year, the budgie only a week, housed separately of course. My budgie seems to be male, under 5 months, and the pet store I got him from is known for being super...

My galah got a bit of a fright from something and went for a bit of a flight. She landed on the venetian blinds. I was in the middle of something that I couldn't drop straight away so I called to her to come over and stuck out my other arm. She wasn't having any of "that" and she just stayed...

So, I had my torch out because I'd been looking down my dog's ear, and my galah was visiting with me. I switched the torch on and she immediately went into her "gymastics routine" where she yells and sticks out her wings and carries on like that. She usually only does it when she's in her...

My boy is almost 1yr and had him since he was 8 wks (got from pet shop). He is very loved & free to roam the house. All of a sudden he is biting (drawing blood). Every now & again he goes mad in his cage, flapping his wings & completely drenching himself in his water bowl. This is not normal...

When I want my galah to come and do something with me, she can be very slow in stepping up. She puts up one foot, then she'll put it down, then she'll stretch a wing, she'll put one foot on me, take it down, grab me with one foot and take her time with the other. There is often quite a bit of...

I have a one year old Alexandrine, I've had him since 8 weeks old. Ever since he was about 4 months old, he started doing this thing were he climbs on my(or others) heads and ruffles his feathers, puffs ups, wags his tail, climbs all around, grabs strands of hair and chucks them about, and kind...

I was wondering if someone could help me with a problem I'm having with one of my Parrotlets. She is 2 years old and has suddenly become extremely aggressive with my other birds whenever food is involved. Even if she's not eating and another bird goes for the food dish, she will attack them...

So I recently bought a bare-eyed cockatoo from an elderly couple who said she was agressive. I realized she wasn't agressive and that they just didn't know how to handle and keep her entertained but every time I let her out of her cage she only wants to cuddle. I was hoping shed get bored and...

We've been having "weiro sessions" in the bathroom when I have a bath. I take Tony and Eddie (formerly Doris) in there with me and let them just "hang out" with me. They are not good at flying, Tony is better, but Eddie seems really hopeless at it, I wonder what they got to do before I adopted...

You can usually see my galah's beak, but I've noticed sometimes that she seems to have spread her face feathers up out over her lower beak. What's that about? Anything to worry about?

Hello, this is my first (but definately not last!) post here at ParrotForums. We have a 1 year old Lovebird (Roseicolli) called Kiwi. We are having some trouble with him biting, it's gone past the exploring stage and is now becoming aggressive. He is tame, completely comfortable with us. He...

Hello! I was just wondering if anyone could give me some guidance here, I am the owner of a year and a half old Ducorps Cockatoo, and he is the sweetest thing, he cuddles up to every.. Besides me. He will get puffy and relaxed whenever anyone in the house comes up to him, besides when I do, but...

So everyone I brought lol home :D she arrived last night. I'd love to attach a photo but I have no idea how lol. So I got her in her cage last night and let her be, she's been in there all day aswell, when I approach the cage inside via the door she kind of retreats, pulls her head in and...

I am on a steep learning curve with my adopted birds. I search online and read info, but sometimes it doesn't seem to directly answer my question(s) so could somebody experienced please fill me in as to what this means/might mean? Firstly, my galah bites me, but it isn't like in the videos...

Please Need help for African Grey Parrot Sad Behaviour :( I have African Grey Parrot named "Shiro" he was very very happy parrot playing, whistling see the his photo down. But last week we went on holiday for 3-4 days and so we kept him in Parrot House for for 3-4 days but after coming back...

Monty acts really strange when we vacuum around his cage. He makes lots of his usual noises like singing but then he starts dunking his head in his water bowl. He does not do this at any other time. He conpletely drenches his head and I don't know why! It doesn't usually seem to do him harm...

I have found that my parrot is much calmer when mentally stimulated, especially when he is in the progress of learning tricks. As such, he has many tricks and I am running out of ideas! He has learnt: - step up - target -spin around -wave -"drop object into bowl" (there really is no catchy name...

Hello! We have a sulphur crested cockatoo named Cocky. My dad has had him since he was 8, and Cocky is now 45 and still living happily with our family. He's not very tame, we can't handle him but he doesn't mind being scrathes or hugs every now and again (he adores my mum and my brother...

Me and my Sennie get on very well. He is probably closet to me then the rest of my family in the house. Although today he just seems to hate me. He wants to be on me but whenever I allow him to he just bites, like attack bite which draws blood, I tell him 'NO' and put him down for 3 minutes, but...

Hey, I recently adopted a 3 year old galah from an abusive family, she's very sweet, rarely bites and, unfortunately , never makes a sound (because of her last owners), BUT I can't get her to stop chewing on cords and remotes! I've researched a little on it, and I've given her heaps of chewable...

So, I'm a little bit addicted to parrot research. :22: I only get my baby boy in December, but could practically write my PhD on the Eclectus by now (slight overstatement). This was one of the BEST sites I've come across, and while I'm sure many people will already have come across her, for...

Hello Everyone! :D I have a 4 year old Sennie. We have a strong bond, but only if my hair is down... Weird right?! Whenever I tie my hair up he knows that it is me, but he would come to me attack me or sit on me all puffed up squinting at me (which looks like he is giving me evils) and...

My Lovebirds name is Pityu, as i'v told several times. He's a nice parrot and a good companion, but he is not hand raised or anything like that, so he is willing to hop on to my arm or shoulder and some lucky times when he is calm, steping up on my finger. Lately i'v noticed a very strange...

lol i know this may be a silly question but i have had her for a year and she has NEVER bit me... she will taste nibble but never bite! She is very well behaved when she is squawking i will just gently clam her down with a few words and she will stop for hours and continue on playing? She seems...

Hi, I have a 6 year old Senegal that I adopted from a family 3 years ago. He's quite a character and although can be very loving, has an awful temper and can be extremely violent. My hands are in agony from the horrendous attacks that I get. So I'm trying to start from scratch with training him...

I have recently adopted an eight year old blue & gold Macaw and wanted to get some advice about handling him. He didn't get a lot of attention at his old house but would step onto his old owners hand if he was in a good mood. He will let me stroke him through the bars of the cage at certain...

Hi everyone :) I have a very odd problem... a few years ago, i added a ringneck breeding pair to my aivary (where i already had an old pair of cockatiels). Needless to say, this did not end well... the female ringneck ate my female cockatiel :(. After this happened, i moved all my cockatiels (a...