Help with my female eclectus bitting and aggression

[Mandymoo17]

I'm new to this site. So I hope I'm doing this right. My female is 15 months old. She is bonded to my husband but she has developed a very bad attitude towards me I'n the past couple of months she has really started to turn from nice and loving to mean and hate full.She is starting to exhibit nesting behavior or so I'm told. She lunges and bites the cage when are feeding her. I'm the morning. We tell her no and if I have time I do use time outs. She is trying to dominate me to a point. My husband can do things I can't .simple things like pick her up and put her in her cage at night. She tries to bite and take flesh off me. I didnt do anuthing to her mean wise. She's aggressive to him to but dont try and draw blood on him . I dont know what to do. Along with nesting behavior she is starting to guard things. Like under the table and under neath her cage. I try and block her or remover her from that spot and I got a bruise the size of a half dollar last time. .. can someone explain what the difference between hormonal issues and just plain aggression cause she's not mean all the time just morning night and when she's guarding shes starting to chase me to when I'm close to that spot. She is also in the middle of her molting state.. We are going to try different bonding things more time out maybe try stick training for when she's in a bitting mood. But I'm at a loss

 

[GaleriaGila]

I'm so sorry!

Well, sometimes parrots pick a mate and don't want anybody else's touch.
My bird hates my ol' man, and we've just given in to that.
Some here will have great tips for you.
While you're waiting, maybe use the SEARCH tab to look at old threads on these subject.
Good for you for reaching out...
And good luck.

 

[WilliamKenyon]

So it would seem that your baby is just beginning to go through a hormonal bluffing stage. This is a natural part of any parrots life cycle. She's probably feeling just as confused as you. As far as I know there isn't much you can do apart from keeping her away from dark, enclosed and warm spaces where she will try to best. You could also give her some more new toys to keep her mind otherwise occupied. Another thing you could try is teaching her some new behaviors like flying from perch to perch (there are threads that show you how to do this). This helps by tiring her out so she will be less likely to be interested in biting. One last thing you could try is artificial lighting I.e you put her to bed at the same time each night. And wake her up at the same time each morning. All in all the basics is that this is natural parrot behavior and it will generally improve with correct handling and time (your parrot is a teenager).

 

[Mandymoo17]

We have a routine each night and every morning my son or me is the ones that feed her mostly. We have done a couple of things differently since I posted things. I blocked off the bottom of her cage so she can't get under it any more.but she still tries to chase me if I get to close to the table and she don't like it. Removed the pole on the top of her cage she liked to climb and sit on she was so tall on there she could touch the ceiling .she also had a rope my husband made that allowed her to go from her play stand to her cage at will. She was spending all her time on her cage and not the play stand. So I took that away hoping for a different change.. Tried a different step up hand gestureshe can't tear my thumb off as bad now. And tried to handle her more in the morning. Since she bites and lunges at us through the bars each and every morning. But night is still the hardest. I'm still at a loss I need to make a video so you all can see it . I tried to put her up but bleed almost everynight. My husband has to end up coming to the rescue. I would just give up but sometimes hes not home and she needs to get use to me. When she was younger it was my husband she hated. She flipped on us.