Shantell
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Hello all.
I am currently fostering two green winged macaws that spent their life as a breeding pair before being turned over to the exotic bird rescue following their owners death. While at the rescue they learned to play with toys and to step up. The male on an arm and the female on a stick. They have wonderful personalities and are overall amazing animals. Harley is the male and Tina is the female. Harley has not really been an issue but Tina on the other hand has me baffled.
Tina is very intelligent and in the two weeks I have had her in my home she has learned to dance on command and turn around on command. She seems to understand me and she gets excited about training. She is curious about everything I do and she calls out for attention if she hears me from the other room. It almost seems as though she likes me. So, the issue is..... She has very rigid boundaries and when I do not have food or clicker in hand for training I am the enemy! She is quite vicious. I have no doubt that if I gave her half a chance she would seriously injure me. She even lunges and slams herself into the cage bars when she is inside her cage as well as follows me around from inside the cage biting through the bars. When on her stand outside or the play gym downstairs she will position herself where she can attack me as I walk by. The attacks are not warnings I assure you, she means business and it is clear that it is aggression not fear.
Any ideas as to why she would be so love/hate with me? I have hopes that I can tame this bird or at least make her attractive as a companion so she can find a forever home. I feel she has potential due to her curiosity and willingness to learn tricks. Have any of you ever experienced this kind of behavior? If so, what can I do to get more of the love and less of the hate?
Thank you in advance!
I am currently fostering two green winged macaws that spent their life as a breeding pair before being turned over to the exotic bird rescue following their owners death. While at the rescue they learned to play with toys and to step up. The male on an arm and the female on a stick. They have wonderful personalities and are overall amazing animals. Harley is the male and Tina is the female. Harley has not really been an issue but Tina on the other hand has me baffled.
Tina is very intelligent and in the two weeks I have had her in my home she has learned to dance on command and turn around on command. She seems to understand me and she gets excited about training. She is curious about everything I do and she calls out for attention if she hears me from the other room. It almost seems as though she likes me. So, the issue is..... She has very rigid boundaries and when I do not have food or clicker in hand for training I am the enemy! She is quite vicious. I have no doubt that if I gave her half a chance she would seriously injure me. She even lunges and slams herself into the cage bars when she is inside her cage as well as follows me around from inside the cage biting through the bars. When on her stand outside or the play gym downstairs she will position herself where she can attack me as I walk by. The attacks are not warnings I assure you, she means business and it is clear that it is aggression not fear.
Any ideas as to why she would be so love/hate with me? I have hopes that I can tame this bird or at least make her attractive as a companion so she can find a forever home. I feel she has potential due to her curiosity and willingness to learn tricks. Have any of you ever experienced this kind of behavior? If so, what can I do to get more of the love and less of the hate?
Thank you in advance!