Hello stranger! Thank you so much for reading and helping me out.
About him/her (Sterling): 3 months old, hand raised by another person. Previous owner mentioned he was probably going through pavaporni, or the rebellious teenager face of lovebirds. He was used to being out of his cage all day.
About a week ago, I got a lovebird from a previous owner that could no longer take care of him. When I met the Sterling, he flew around a lot, but easily climbed on your fingers. He would bite a bit, not hard in any way, nothing someone couldn't handle. He has toys, rope perches in his cage, everything.
Day 1 and 2 with him: He was so sweet, liked to be on top of my head or my bf's head, flew around and loves to land on our shoulders. I could easily pick him up by my fingers to move him somewhere else. He also enjoyed playing with my earring, getting inside my shirt from my neck hole...
Day 3: We noticed he started to bite hard on our hands, specifically pulling our skin, but could eventually be on our fingers. Loves to be on our heads.
Day 4/5: Started biting incredibly hard on our hands. When on my shoulder, bites my ear hard and would not let go. Even when he was climbing around my shirt by my neck, grabs hold of a piece of skin on my neck and bites hard and pulls. Still likes to be on our heads.
Day 6/7: Incredibly aggressive now. When he gets on our heads, he walks to the front, and tries to poke my eyes, bite my eyebrows... Has intense force in his bite. Whenever I go to his cage to get him out, the moment my hands are pulling the door open, he is trying to bite hard on my fingers. As soon as the door is open, he walks on my fingers and then flies to my head or my boyfriends. Not more than 2 minutes pass before he goes for the eyes.
Please help! I am not sure what to do. I used to have an Alexandrine parrot, he is back home, no longer with me. I got him from a pet store where he was in the smallest cage, and the amount of patience I had to have with him was immense, but nothing like this. If this bird continues with this attitude I will sadly need to sell him or give him away, it is becoming a danger, and I do not like leaving him in his cage all day.
The picture is from the first day.
About him/her (Sterling): 3 months old, hand raised by another person. Previous owner mentioned he was probably going through pavaporni, or the rebellious teenager face of lovebirds. He was used to being out of his cage all day.
About a week ago, I got a lovebird from a previous owner that could no longer take care of him. When I met the Sterling, he flew around a lot, but easily climbed on your fingers. He would bite a bit, not hard in any way, nothing someone couldn't handle. He has toys, rope perches in his cage, everything.
Day 1 and 2 with him: He was so sweet, liked to be on top of my head or my bf's head, flew around and loves to land on our shoulders. I could easily pick him up by my fingers to move him somewhere else. He also enjoyed playing with my earring, getting inside my shirt from my neck hole...
Day 3: We noticed he started to bite hard on our hands, specifically pulling our skin, but could eventually be on our fingers. Loves to be on our heads.
Day 4/5: Started biting incredibly hard on our hands. When on my shoulder, bites my ear hard and would not let go. Even when he was climbing around my shirt by my neck, grabs hold of a piece of skin on my neck and bites hard and pulls. Still likes to be on our heads.
Day 6/7: Incredibly aggressive now. When he gets on our heads, he walks to the front, and tries to poke my eyes, bite my eyebrows... Has intense force in his bite. Whenever I go to his cage to get him out, the moment my hands are pulling the door open, he is trying to bite hard on my fingers. As soon as the door is open, he walks on my fingers and then flies to my head or my boyfriends. Not more than 2 minutes pass before he goes for the eyes.
Please help! I am not sure what to do. I used to have an Alexandrine parrot, he is back home, no longer with me. I got him from a pet store where he was in the smallest cage, and the amount of patience I had to have with him was immense, but nothing like this. If this bird continues with this attitude I will sadly need to sell him or give him away, it is becoming a danger, and I do not like leaving him in his cage all day.
The picture is from the first day.
