I bought a 6 year old female Ecelctus Parrot who loved the feathers out of me, but doesnt like my husband. She has drawn blood three times from him. I think Damsyl is part vampire. (LOL) however, I feel she has been abused.
Her previous owner died 8 months ago. Damsyl went to live with the owner's daughter, husband and children. When they became scared of Damsyl, they gave her and her lover to a pet store as a consignment.
Poor damsyl was in the pet store for 6 months living without her lover and living next to a giant Mccaw. When I came into the store, the owner told me about her. He said she was very mean. When I went up to her at her cage, I sat down on the floor and began to talk to her. She flew down to the floor of the cage and began to coo at me. I knew I needed to get my husband in there to approve me adopting her. We do not have any other birds in our home, but I have had conures in the past. My husband fell in love with her and we adopted her. We renamed her Damsyl as she was in distress.
She has been in our home for a week. She says a few words and has mocked our dog who likes to bark at the mailman. She loves me so much that she tried to violate me in a way that was very embarrassing.
But when it comes to my husband, she bites him. She does not want him near her. I tried the target training, but she is very frightend of the wooden stick.
Damsyl also screams if we leave the room. We both ignore her if she does this as we do not want to increase this bad behavior. When she makes no noise or other noises, we try to encourage her to keep doing that.
How do we get her to love and trust my husband and how to we get her to stop screaming. She is 6 years old and I hope it is not too late to change her behavior.
BTW, her original owner who died, potty trainer her and taught her nice words to say. Her original owner really loved her, too bad the daughter didnt. Damsyl's lover was adopted two months before I arrived otherwise I would have kept them together.
Any advice for an adoptive mother who loves this bird?
Her previous owner died 8 months ago. Damsyl went to live with the owner's daughter, husband and children. When they became scared of Damsyl, they gave her and her lover to a pet store as a consignment.
Poor damsyl was in the pet store for 6 months living without her lover and living next to a giant Mccaw. When I came into the store, the owner told me about her. He said she was very mean. When I went up to her at her cage, I sat down on the floor and began to talk to her. She flew down to the floor of the cage and began to coo at me. I knew I needed to get my husband in there to approve me adopting her. We do not have any other birds in our home, but I have had conures in the past. My husband fell in love with her and we adopted her. We renamed her Damsyl as she was in distress.
She has been in our home for a week. She says a few words and has mocked our dog who likes to bark at the mailman. She loves me so much that she tried to violate me in a way that was very embarrassing.
But when it comes to my husband, she bites him. She does not want him near her. I tried the target training, but she is very frightend of the wooden stick.
Damsyl also screams if we leave the room. We both ignore her if she does this as we do not want to increase this bad behavior. When she makes no noise or other noises, we try to encourage her to keep doing that.
How do we get her to love and trust my husband and how to we get her to stop screaming. She is 6 years old and I hope it is not too late to change her behavior.
BTW, her original owner who died, potty trainer her and taught her nice words to say. Her original owner really loved her, too bad the daughter didnt. Damsyl's lover was adopted two months before I arrived otherwise I would have kept them together.
Any advice for an adoptive mother who loves this bird?
The experts should be along shortly and probably blow my theory out of the water.
