I have a 2yo WB caique named Zazu whom I have had from 4 months of age. Recently he has been becoming more and more aggressive towards particular males, and some females.
He is a mostly very sociable bird who has always been very eager to play with anyone who came around. He went through a short fear phase at 8 months (pretty normal really) which we got through really well. He adores ladies of all ages, my mother and I in particular, and rarely shows any aggression or reticence to meet a female friend.
Until the last month he lived with me and my male flatmate, whom he got along with well; we had a weekly game night where a largely male crowd would come to the house and he always enjoyed playing with them, never biting anyone.
However as he has gotten older, the new males he meets he tends to act aggressively towards. Also, if it is a smaller group, or a group with more girls than men he seems to get territorial.
The main problem is that he seems to have taken a dislike to my father. They got along well when Zazu was a bub, but now every time he sees dad, he wants to bite him before he will again be friends. Afterwards he will often calm down and seek dad out, but othertimes he will (seemingly) randomly attack later. Some of the time his body language allows us to mediate until he calms down, but there are times when there are little to no signs towards my father. And then Zazu will fly at his face. I think some of the territoriality may come from the fact my father is the only male zazu sees me and my mother hugging.
I am wanting to know if anyone else has had a similar problem/ if this is common; and what people might suggest to change his behaviour.
Otherwise he does not display problem behaviours- no food aggression (though he will protest loudly should you take something he likes), no cage aggression, very little screaming, no rough beaking, no feather plucking.
Thanks for the help!
He is a mostly very sociable bird who has always been very eager to play with anyone who came around. He went through a short fear phase at 8 months (pretty normal really) which we got through really well. He adores ladies of all ages, my mother and I in particular, and rarely shows any aggression or reticence to meet a female friend.
Until the last month he lived with me and my male flatmate, whom he got along with well; we had a weekly game night where a largely male crowd would come to the house and he always enjoyed playing with them, never biting anyone.
However as he has gotten older, the new males he meets he tends to act aggressively towards. Also, if it is a smaller group, or a group with more girls than men he seems to get territorial.
The main problem is that he seems to have taken a dislike to my father. They got along well when Zazu was a bub, but now every time he sees dad, he wants to bite him before he will again be friends. Afterwards he will often calm down and seek dad out, but othertimes he will (seemingly) randomly attack later. Some of the time his body language allows us to mediate until he calms down, but there are times when there are little to no signs towards my father. And then Zazu will fly at his face. I think some of the territoriality may come from the fact my father is the only male zazu sees me and my mother hugging.
I am wanting to know if anyone else has had a similar problem/ if this is common; and what people might suggest to change his behaviour.
Otherwise he does not display problem behaviours- no food aggression (though he will protest loudly should you take something he likes), no cage aggression, very little screaming, no rough beaking, no feather plucking.
Thanks for the help!