biting

My sun conure is somewhat new to the family and his past life is a mystery to us. He absolutely hates men. Especially beards. He'll go out of his way to jump off his perch and and attack my dad while he's minding his own business. No eye contact was made. The only people he will allow to get...

So, Quijote is one of the great loves of my life, and he bites. When things are going excellently well between us he bites much less painfully, and a simple 'ah' will get him to stop. Recently, though, he has been biting really hard. Now, he seems to be trying to give me a clear message without...

As most of you know that I adopted Cooper - my 8yo GCC - in December of last year. He was horrid when I first got him, but over time he's gotten better behaved. He's never really liked to be touched and he seems to have some kind of separation anxiety from people he bonds with. He used to bite...

Hello All, This is my first post since bringing "Neela" home yesterday. We adopted Neela (18 month old, male, IRN) from a loving family who could no longer care for him properly. Neela is very comfortable stepping up for anybody in the family...mom, dad, Quin (11), Melina (8). This is...

Hi guys... I have not posted in a while, (a good thing I believe!), but unfortunately, I am having to post tonight. So last August we brought Oliver home, a tiny weeny baby Timneh grey, the sweetest little thing you have ever seen. Now we have gone through some phases no doubt, from begging...

So about two months ago, I got a baby cinnamon conure. His name is Jasper, and he's been developing good. He already knows a few words and he can mimic a kissing sound. He drinks a lot of water (not to the point where it's a problem, though) and he eats a LOT! I'm just worried about his...

Hi everyone! I'm a recent addition to these forums. My flock consists of two rescued house sparrows (Keelo and Pippin) and a pineapple green cheek (Ollie). If you'd like to hear our story and meet them I posted pictures and the story of the sparrows up on Welcome Lane. I came here to this...

My female green cheek conure is generally very well-behaved, except in some very few situations. I'm a student, so I spend a lot of time writing either by hand or with a keyboard, and I have her out with me every second possible. The problem is that she gets very aggressive around pencils...

Hello everyone. I received a baby sun conure about a month ago, and he as been really good so far. No issues with biting, until recently. About two weeks ago, he began crawling on my shoulder only to bit my neck ridiculously hard. Of course I didn't react at first, but doing so has made me more...

I have recently become the owner of an adorable peach-faced lovebird. She's my first lovebird. In the past, I have had budgies and all but one were very sweet. She's a slate pied and she is my pride and joy. She's about 5 months old now and I've had her for around 2 months. She hasn't been DNA...

Hi I have a green cheek conure since July 2015 he always been playful and sweet. Since about 6 month I noticed that he's changing it's at different times of the day and different occasions. Sometimes in the mirning coming out of the cage ir just being with me playing, it's on different...

Hello, my husband bought a 4 year old female eclectus about half a year ago. The shop owner warned us she didn't like females, but I am willing to work with her, or just live comfortably with her. For a couple months, she seemed pretty calm as long as I wouldn't touch her. She adores my husband...

Hello! I've had my Umbrella Cockatoo, Bettencourt, for a few weeks now, and she's been wonderful, Of course there are the occasional attitude problems but she is very loving, cuddly, and is thriving in her now home, The only problem I've come across, is that she is extremely aggressive towards...

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here in a few weeks! I hope this is the right forum for this, otherwise admin feel free to move it somewhere more appropriate. Do all parrot species go through a bluffing stage? I ask because I knew it existed in IRNs, but now I've read about it in Lorikeets and...

Hey Avian Avenue, I'm a new-ish bird owner. I've owned a GCC and a couple of cockatiels before, but it's been awhile. My previous GCC was sweet as pie, loved scritches, cuddling my fingers, etc. Just a really great bird. With that being said, my bird owning drought should end and received a...

Hello! So I recently got a Pineapple Green Cheek Conure and he's (not sure if it's a boy or a girl) about two, almost three months old. Sometimes when I take him out of his cage and put him on the top of the cage, he'll start rapidly bobbing his head and then bite my hand hard. What does this...

I have had a pair of parrotlets in quarantine for nearly a month, and was planning to transition them into a new cage in my bird room sometime in the next few weeks. However, I have been reading about more aggressive hookbills doing serious damage to or killing other birds FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN...

Hello everybody, I am new to this sight. I have a 5 or 6 year old female cockatiel. I got her when she was a year old, from a friend who no longer could keep her. Since the day I got her she has hated everybody, and will attack them except myself and her old owner. She will especially attack...

Question: so your brand new baby Birdy wants to mouth at your fingers and hands. I figure this is probably okay because they don't have hands and this is how they explore their world (but, maybe I'm wrong). But the exploring starts getting harder and harder. So...what to do now? Shake your hand...

So I got a new young cockatiel from a breeder (i don't know the gender since they didn't tell me so i decided to call my cockatiel Pearl for now) a few days ago. Pearl can step up onto my finger but whenever I try to pet Pearl, they hiss and bite at me. Am I rushing in this? And if so, what can...