Princess Parrot trouble

[Doston]

Le sigh - Princess Parrot. He's so unpredictable and he's stressing me out. I've tried ignoring him when he's noisy and rewarding him when he's quiet. Got him a huge parrot mansion. He seems happiest when he's running around the house but then he'll get under the coffee table and act aggressive and territorial. He gets a lot of out of cage time but I just don't really have the type of temperament to cater to him constantly. I give him lots of different kind of organic vegetables. He loves parmaseano reggiano. He takes some kind of attack posture with us randomly. He seems to get very territorial then all of a sudden not. He's gotten more into being inside his cage. Often he stares out the window - possibly yearning to escape me. I don't know how to deal with him. He's constantly screeching. It's literally driving me to drink more. Help!

 

[Laurasea]

A beautiful palace for a beautiful rare parrot!
You've made a fabulous home.

From what I've read theses guys do love the ground and are natural ground foraging parrots.

While conure and quakers are year round cavity dwellers. Other birds only use them during the breeding season. So tge hut, and hiding spaces under tge couch abd such bribg out breeding and territory defense behavior. That plus is your burd is in puberty and thus us the first breeding season in yiur area can make things tense.

Remove the hut, limit or exclude him from being able to get into dark spaces. That will help, and some of it may be having to wait out the breeding season.

Google target and clicker training, and watch some of the you tube video on it, Bird Tricks has some good videos.
I'd love to see a picture of your baby
Hand shy is frustrating to overcome. But I know you can. Some species aren't into touching ( i dibt know on Princes parrots) but yiu can still have fun , train, and interact with tgem

 

[Scott]

Welcome, spectacular mansion and accessories! Unfamiliar with personality of Princess Parrot but Laura's advice above a great start!

Perhaps a refocus on bonding/building trust may help: http://www.parrotforums.com/general-parrot-information/49144-tips-bonding-building-trust.html

Clicker/Target training: http://www.parrotforums.com/training/60435-clicker-target-training.html

 

[noodles123]

He's aggressive under the table because that is a nest like space. You can't allow them to access shadowy spaces- it can turn their personality on a dime. No boxes, low ledges, under furniture etc.
Parmesian is EXTREMELY SALTY and salt is bad for them unless given in extreme moderation.
His cage looks great, but that box on top is producing a semi-shadowy environment. I would remove that.

Like I said, looks good other than the box (beautiful home). Are those plants safe (in and next to the cage) ?

Also, do you pet anywhere other than the head and neck? If so, stop (it's a hormonal trigger).

 

[Flboy]

Welcome to you! Hang in there, as he matures, this will improve!

 

[noodles123]

Also, if that wheat-grass area is a place he is allowed to hang out, I would pull the grass out to discourage him from hanging out in a very very very nesty place under the cage. I know it won't look as cute, but that under-cage area is asking for problems...and you might want to remove some of that bushy greenery in the cage (again, it looks cool and I know it's normal for them to have that, but as pets, their environments are abnormal, so keeping hormones and mating instincts low=important). When I say shadowy, I mean not that shadowy...my bird gets weird just from sitting on my lap when I have on dark clothes...doesn't take much for many.

 

[noodles123]

get rid of that hut too! just saw it

 

[Noahs_Birds]

Princes Parrots are very active birds and need to be able to fly back and forth along a fairly long distance to provide enough exercise for them.
By implementing an outdoor aviary for your bird to go into during nice days, this would allow ample exercise if the aviary is more than 2m long.
In that aviary, only 2 perches are needed, one at each end. This allows ample flight space.

A big problem with Australian native broad-tailed parrots such as King Parrots, red capped parrots and of course Princess parrots, is usually they get hormonal and end up very hard to manage and on many occasions become outdoor aviary birds in breeders aviaries from what I've personally seen. Regular handling and keeping your bird under control, such as putting them into an outdoor aviary during the day and not letting them run around the house usually can solve many of these problems. They are birds with a lot of energy and need some way to burn it off!

Best of luck and if you need any help with aviary construction I'm pretty good in that department!