brandy2103
Sprinting down the street
I would love to hear from Amazon owners who deal with biting birds. I posted a thread in behavior byway, but I believe Amazon's are unique and it would help to hear from others who have them. I have a 10 month old Blue Front Amazon. He came to a pet shop from a breeder in FL, the family who bought him had children and a dog and when they were deployed over seas they brought him back to the pet shop, then I bought him. At first he showed no aggresive or biting behavior. He was nervous and a little standoffish, but for about three weeks no biting. Then one day he was screaming from his gym on top of his cage. I thought he wanted to come where I was so I offered my hand and said step up. I saw the eyes flare and tail fan, but it was too late and BAM he bit me, very hard. There was a lot of blood and tissue from inside my finger was bulging from the wound. I am a nurse so I just steri-stripped it and cleaned it with betadine. Could have used a few stitches, and it was the FIRST bite. That seemed to have "flipped a switch" in him. For a while he just went after me and I tried to accept it and move on. We thought he had "chosen" my husband. I educated Ted and had him spend time with Lunar. Well...today I thought something was in one of his nostrils and Ted told him to step up to look and he bit Ted even worse than what I got. He is also getting on the floor and tries to bite me if I am sitting on the floor. I have read about his body language, etc. But he is getting hard to predict. I will say when Ted got bit, I warned him Lunar was playing with a ball and very excited. In the past Lunar did not bite him even if he was excited, but that changed today. I told Ted it was his fault, but the bites hurt and he would not let go. Ted had to pry his beak off. I have some new ideas from others about books to read. It is just that if he tried to bite at the store I would not have brought him home. I thought since he was so young he would not bite, and of course the store owner assured me he would not bite and that he never had. I asked many times about that and handled Lunar a good bit trying to see if he was a biter.I knew that was the main thing I wanted to avoid. I can accept not petting him,and that he's not a cuddly bird, but the biting out of nowhere is hard to deal with. We have 2 children ages 5 and 9, I shudder to think what he would do to my 5 year old little girls finger. Of course I warn her to stay away. Do any of you Amazon owners deal with similar issues, can you share your ideas? Are they just really moody? I am sure it doesn't help that I am handfeeding a Baby Blue and Gold Macaw. Lunar either really loves the baby or wants to hurt it, I am afraid to let him get close enough to see. He is very interested in Cosmo he tries to get close and talks to him. I know one owner has dealt with this, she messaged me back and I appreciate it. I am gonna rig up my stick that way and wear shoes. THANKS!!! Whew...well that's my very long story. Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for your suggestions. I am trying to avoid rehoming him AGAIN! He is beautiful and so entertaining! I also think he is gonna be one heck of a talker! Please post to this, it is really helpful!