We recently got a Black-Masked lovebird from a breeder. For a day or two it was fine and we were able to pet it and do many things with the bird. (We had a Peach faced lovebird before this one so we have some lovebird experience) After that short period the bird became very aggressive. It would bite if you tried to touch it. It would bite the bars if you got close to the cage. It would even bite your fingers if you tried to give it food. We even had to remove all the toys from the cage because it would attack them and actually bite through 2 of the hanging toys we had in the cage at the time. We had a little triangle bed that it would swing violently and attack at random times as well as tearing out small chunks of the material it was made out of after about a month.
We have had the bird for about 3 months now and none of this behavior has stopped, though it has settled down somewhat. We think it is mostly due to the lack of things in the cage to attack, and that we have all backed off from doing things near the cage. We purchased some training videos on how to get the birst to stop biting us and those didnt work. We are pretty much on our last legs and are looking into finding someone who might be able to handle this crazy bird.
If anyone has some advice on what we might do to calm the bird and tame it somewhat that would be great. I dont like to give up on animals and i will try anything at this point with this bird.
We have had the bird for about 3 months now and none of this behavior has stopped, though it has settled down somewhat. We think it is mostly due to the lack of things in the cage to attack, and that we have all backed off from doing things near the cage. We purchased some training videos on how to get the birst to stop biting us and those didnt work. We are pretty much on our last legs and are looking into finding someone who might be able to handle this crazy bird.
If anyone has some advice on what we might do to calm the bird and tame it somewhat that would be great. I dont like to give up on animals and i will try anything at this point with this bird.