biting aggressive

I got my Pineapple Conure back in March of 2024 and he was never an aggressive bird. In the last month or so my conure has started to develop a habit for biting hands when trying to pick him up whether its out of his cage or off of my shoulder. Any other time he doesn't bite. I received him with...

I have a quaker parrot and he came from 2 people before him, he was attached to the first person, then was OK with the second. When I have him out he likes tk bite me hard and he gets aggressive when I'm by my parakeets. How can I help this aggressiveness and biting?

So,.. My boyfriend got a greencheek one day, .. lord knows he didn't need one. Lol. Anyway,.. so the bird and I fell frigging IN LOVE the second I held him and were inseparable from that day on. He would get mad if I didn't take him on car rides when I left. Long story short,.. my boyfriend...

I’ve had my conure for about 10 years now, for nearly four he’s been off and on screamy, lunges and bites, actively chases after members of the family, puffs up and grumbles as he scuttles across the floor looking for ankles or even other pets to attack. I went away for an extended period awhile...

hi! I haven’t posted much on here so if this isn’t the right spot for this please let me know. My conure basil is about 7 years old now and she’s always been a little on the nippy side but never to this extent, In the past two days alone she’s bitten me 20+ times a couple times drawing blood...

I've gotten a new Conure. It's been really difficult though. Unlike my first bird, it seems to be scared of hands. It's hard to tell if it's tamed or not. It allows pets, but runs away and bites hands. I've gotten 4 nasty bites from it already. I'm not sure how to approach this. My first bird...

I have a Green cheeked conure who seems to be extremely comfortable with me,but randomely bites extremely hard, to the point of drawing blood. He is a smart bird, and he often responds to verbal commands like step up and come here. However, he randomely bites my mother and I, and tries biting...

My male jenday conure had always been friendly, but would sometimes get angry, which is understandable. But now he’s been suddenly lashing out on my hand or arm when I’m not doing anything at all. I suspect it’s because it is spring , or mating season. I attached a video, if anyone can give me...

I have a problem with my newest parrot- a quaker. He is a 2yo male. He likes to hang out with people, will sing, and fly to you to check out what are you doing. The thing is- whenever there's a piece of skin in his reach, he will start preening and then biting really hard out of nowhere. He...

I have a green cheek named Yoshi. He is about 1 year and 4 months right now. My biggest problem with him since we've gotten him is he bites everyone who is not me or my dad. Anyone else and I mean anyone else he will bite them and bite them hard. Im not sure when exactly this started, i got him...

Hello everyone, Two day ago, we bought a 2 year old female Galah Cockatoo. When we went to look at her she was very happy to see me. I could take her out of the cage, dance with her and pet her. I wasn't scared of her for a minute. She even did not really want to sit with my boyfriend, she...

Hello! I recently purchased my first Indian Ringneck about 2 weeks ago. The breeder said that he/she (no idea of the gender currently) was hand reared and is about 13 weeks. When I got him home I opened the cage door and allowed him to move into his new big boy cage, the one he was kept in by...

Hello everyone, I'm totally new to this forum so I'll try to briefly explain my questions and what my parrot looks like. I've established that my baby parrot aged 1 year old named Rio is a ringneck and the colour is totally green. However, this is my first time owning a parrot in general and I...

Hi All, I am Sef and live i Malta, i am an animal lover and i always had a pet in my life, being dog, cat, giunie pigs, birds u name it. I moved out of my mums house with my partner and 5 year old kid and decided to bring a bit of joy to the fam by getting a parrot. I wanted a blue macaw...

Hi everyone, We just took on two Rainbow Lorikeets from some people who weren't looking after them. We, unfortunately, didn't know what we were getting ourselves into! We have worked with a lot of animals over the years, however these two are really hard to figure out... Initially we had them...

My bf has a sun conure (named Pedro) that lives at his parents house and is VERY VERY attached to his dad. His dad let Pedro do WHATEVER he wants and even takes Pedro outside with NO LEASH. But for the past couple of months Pedro has gotten aggressive. Pedro will bite anyone that isn’t my bf or...

So before I adopted my cockatiels Pickles and Kea. They’ve been together for quite some time. At first they would fight here and there but I would brush it off. But now Pickles will bite Kea for no reason and would bite Kea so hard, he make this little noise almost like a scream because it...

So recently i traveled so i had my cousin take care of my parrot, my pareot really didnt mind being with my cousin. So when i came back after 20 days i have noticed that my parrot has started to bite me for no reason and when he tries to bite me and i give my arm a little shake he tries to...

I’ve had two 9-month old sun conures for the past four months, but I think not much bonding has been done still! My family says that they like me the best, they hop up the stairs to my room, scream for my attention when I walk in the room, and they really like being on my shoulders most of the...

Solly is a male, one year old in January. He was the sweetest parrot ever. He never bit someone before. But in August, my brother came to visit me and it looked like he was jealous. He was attacking him for no reason. After that I went to my brothers house and it appears that Solly knew it...

Hello, I just recently got a cockatiel about a week and half ago from a pet store. I always knew that it’s better to get them from a breeder but I fell in love with him the moment I saw him and just had to get him. However, im currently having trouble taming him. He’s very feisty and always...

I have a green cheek conure and a crimson bellied conure sharing the same cage. I've had them for about 4 years and they have shared a cage. Now I am used to being bitten here and there by my birds (anything with a mouth can bite). So my green cheek has been showing aggression over time but I...

Hello! This is my first post other than the 1st "hello" post, so bear with me - I have not yet learned the lingo here. �� Anywho on to the issue- I just recently within the last few weeks traded a mini colt for a ACG, because the family has a young son is is very sick with a left...

I have a Sennie who is 13+ and has a tude beyond compare! He also can read my mind! He was a "mans" bird when we first got him...over 5 years ago. He would "hunt me down" and attack my feet if I interupted or joined them (my husband and Birdie) in whistling to/with each other!! That was when...

I recently got a 3 year old sun conure. I'm guessing his past owners didn't treat him as well as they should, but he bites really hard when I go to take him out of the cage. Once I get him out (with 5 layers of socks on each hand) he is really nice and rarely bites. Any tips to stop biting?

Hey everyone :( I just had a pretty rough experience with my lorikeet. Some days he seems fine, yes he can get a little possessive but he usually doesn't lash out without warning. Just now, he was sitting on my hand while I was rinsing out his water bowl. Somehow this apparently enrages him...

My mother has two Green Cheek Conures. One is very friendly and loves attention and the other is a recently rescued bird (couple weeks now) and it very moody. Lunar is the bird's name. My mother had no problem hand taming Charlie (the other conure) but Lunar is very back and forth and...

Yesterday we adopted a (roughly) 3 year old female alexandrine to add to our family and keep our 2 year old male(and only bird) companionship. Have never adopted an older bird before.. in fact our only parrot experience is with our current bird and we have had him since a baby. She is hand...

Hi there, So I just bought 2 new conures named tiggy and Bobby. They are parent reared and from a pet shop. They are some what friendly in the sense that they have no issue flying on to me and sitting on my shoulder, arm, hand or head. However they very much like to bite my hand/neck/ears/more...

So yesterday I was given a pair of bonded caique brothers. They've been together since hatching, and are very close. They're 8 years old, and had to be rehomed because their original owner is moving into a much smaller house. Their previous living arrangement was in a room dedicated as an...

We've had our bird for a couple of years now. Bought him as a hand-raised chick. To me he is very affectionate and will spend all day on me if he was allowed. He has always "hated" my husband, attacks him and latches firmly on his ears or fingers. He now "hates" my son (16) and will show signs...

My green cheek is 9 months old and he has bonded beautifully with me trusts me completely. He doesn't bite me unless my 5 yr old comes within a foot of us. And he is biting to hurt to draw blood, and to get my son not actually me. (not just the lil nip u get if he doesn't want that quill...

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...

Hi all! I'm brand new here, so it's really really great to meet you all! I hope I make lots of friends and get loads of advice here. First of all, about three weeks ago I adopted a conure from a family who couldn't keep him. He's had loads of attention from us, we're always talking to him and...

I've had my Meyer, Charlie for 6 months now and he has been an absolute dream. He loves coming out of his cage and socializing and eating his favorite treat, Cheerios. However, something very odd happened yesterday. I put him back in his cage around 4pm when I left for work. I got home at 9pm...

Hi there, myself and my partner have had our conure for 3 weeks now, he is about 8 months old by the name of reggie and he's fantastic apart from certain things. 1) He hates skin! Put a hand anywhere near him and he will launch for it and attack, drawing blood whenever he can! Arms are fair...

Hi all parrot luvers ^_^ I am the proud owner of a male hand raised fancy green cheek conure who is now two years old!......I ended up buying him when I had to leave a little pet store that I was working at due to moving. All the time and effort that I had put into the little terd made me very...

Hi Guys, I have been reading up on some of your help & information threads and FAQs from other members about GCC's behaviour habits and how to bond etc, But it just does not seem to be working for me? :( I am 22 and recently visited my local pet store where I found 2 GCC (One Male, One Female)...

Hello everyone my name is Niall and I have a 19 year old Timneh African Grey Parrot we have had him since he was about 2 years old, since we have had him he has been very aggressive and bites when ever you go near him, also if you go near his cage he will walk over to you if you put you hand...

Had my conure for about 1 year and a half and she was very tame and good but than she grew attached to my mom now she bites me how did this happen i was the one who took her out of the cage everyday and its getting to the point where i might just not take her out. She is two years old if anybody...