adopted pionus parrot help!!!

[coral]

about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago i adopted a pionus blue headed parrot. he seemed nice. hes 4 years old. I took him to the vet for a check up and they said he had an upper respiratory infection so now hes on meds. they tested his poop and his bacteria is 100% bad so hes on meds for that to and will go back to the vet when he finishes his meds. he has bonded to me quickly but when he gets stressed when the dogs bark he bites me (this has only happened in the first week and he was very stressed. when my brother walks in my room marty will puff up and hide behind his cage. when my grandma was moving something in my room he crawled off of his cage and chased her trying to bite her feet. my mom came in my room and he flew at her and bit her ear. he has also flown at a family friend trying to bite them. he is very aggressive he tries to bite people all the time and everyone is to the point of being very afraid of him. i dont know what to do to make him better because if someone else even tried to pet him im sure hed bite them. please give me some advice on how to tame him and socialize him.

 

[Printer bird]

Some birds will bond with only one person but you can try some things out if you'd like. Don't have your bird socialize with other people in sight of his cage. That is HIS territory and he may perceive anyone in the area as a threat to him. See if he's less aggressive in another room. Try having your family offer him a treat. Go slow and retract the treat if he makes aggressive gestures. You can go from there if he responds, such as getting him to step up onto someone else and then getting a treat and then going back to you. Alternatively, put him in his cage and have other people in your family spend some time near it without you in the room. Have them talk quietly, offer him a treat if he's willing to accept it, or just sit in there. He may calm down and not see them as being a threat to his relationship with you. You may also try putting his cage in a room where he sees more of the family rather than just being in your room. If he's in a place where there are more people around more often and that becomes familiar, he might calm down. Remember, he is new to you and your family and scared so you will have to go slow and know that progress will be really slow. Good luck and hopefully other people who have dealt with this situation has some good suggestions. My parrotlet bonded with only a few members of my family because no one else wanted to work with her. Its a challenge when the parrot is a bit scary to new people - they don't want to put in the time and situation just never gets resolved.

 

[Casper37]

Pionus parrots are really sensitive to stimuli. I have the sweetest Maximillian in the world, but if he gets overstimulated, he'll bite. He also bites me when I cry, so I have to be careful of my mood around him.

My advice would be to keep him in a quiet room where he can get used to people without any distractions. Introduce people one at a time, and make sure you're right there so he can see that you're okay with these people. Some pionus parrots do bond with one person (my white-capped pi), but that doesn't mean they should be attacking other people. Another thought is that my birds are all really hormonal right now, so that could be an issue as well.

My best advice is to remove him from all stimuli and keep him in a quiet room with a very consistent routine. Pionus parrots especially like that. It may take him a while to warm up, but be patient. If he likes you, that's a great place to start!

Good luck!