Two weeks ago I obtained a female eclectus parrot (a year or younger) that I was told was tame and did not bite. However on the second day of having her she did bite me when I was fixing a perch. It wasn't super hard, but it did hurt a lot as I have fibromyalgia (more intense pain). Needless to say this made me a bit wary of her, and as such I haven't tried adjusting her cage anymore (though I have a lot of stuff for it). I have been giving her treats (peanuts and an occasional banana chip) in order to win her over, but it doesn't seem to be going very well. Where she was before, she had a massive bowl in her cage filled with peanuts. Also, when I give them to her she tends to snatch them rather quickly.
Currently she wakes at 8:00am and sleeps at 8:00pm. I have been giving her chop in the morning mixed with sprouts or something else. She likes the stuff I add to the chop, but wont eat the chop itself yet, so there is a lot of wastage. I remove her chop usually 2-4 hours after and replace with her seed mix (not what I want to feed her, but that's what she's used to), then remove it before bed. For a few days she was going to her top perch so I could change her food, however she did start to run down a lot as I was taking it (I thought she was eager to eat, but I may have been wrong). Today however, after giving her her chop at 8:00am I have been unable to remove it or feed her anything else and it's already past her bed time (I ended up just putting her to bed with the chop still there). She has been rushing down to her bowl and either holding or sitting in it, pinning her eyes, fluffing up a bit, screaming/yelling and trying to bite me. I am trying to do the right thing, but I don't have very much experience with birds or making them like me (I also have an untamed love bird who I don't know how to tame). If anyone could recommend any advice I would appreciate it. My goal is to have her outside the cage for the majority and to teach her some tricks, but it doesn't seem like this will be happening anytime soon.
Currently she wakes at 8:00am and sleeps at 8:00pm. I have been giving her chop in the morning mixed with sprouts or something else. She likes the stuff I add to the chop, but wont eat the chop itself yet, so there is a lot of wastage. I remove her chop usually 2-4 hours after and replace with her seed mix (not what I want to feed her, but that's what she's used to), then remove it before bed. For a few days she was going to her top perch so I could change her food, however she did start to run down a lot as I was taking it (I thought she was eager to eat, but I may have been wrong). Today however, after giving her her chop at 8:00am I have been unable to remove it or feed her anything else and it's already past her bed time (I ended up just putting her to bed with the chop still there). She has been rushing down to her bowl and either holding or sitting in it, pinning her eyes, fluffing up a bit, screaming/yelling and trying to bite me. I am trying to do the right thing, but I don't have very much experience with birds or making them like me (I also have an untamed love bird who I don't know how to tame). If anyone could recommend any advice I would appreciate it. My goal is to have her outside the cage for the majority and to teach her some tricks, but it doesn't seem like this will be happening anytime soon.