quaker is being very naughty

[Magic]

ok i own 2 but my kiwi is being very very bad we are talking going over and grabbin hand fulls of feathers off another bird then ripping them out and even clipping hair off your head in hunks i dont have this problem with blue bear he isnt into all that nor does he try but im starting to wonder if theres more to kiwi then being told so i am haven kiwi dna tested to see if its to many boys in a cage or the only girl in the cage i dont know if this is something female quakers do but kiwi when he/she clips hunks of hair from some one and runs like a mad fool across the couch cause kiwi knows there in trouble but will run with it and then roll the hair up in a ball and sit and chew on it now this bird gets alot of chew toys and lots of activetys to keep from being board even gets paper to chew up but seems nothing i do is stoppin this and poor romeo well he now is missing a few tail feathers and a patch on his rump from kiwi taken foot full of feathers off him ive put kiwi in time out for this bad behaver so maybe if anyone has any ideas i would be greatful becouse im stumped on this one

 

[prettyinpink]

Hm I'm not sure what the problem is, hopefully someone will be along.

Is he/she plucking his own feathers? Sounds like a behavior issue/ trying to get attention maybe?

 

[Magic]

nope doesnt pluck feathers out off self is only doing it to romeo my lil conure male doesnt do it to the other conure but im not sure if its ben done to the other quaker yet or not ive only seen kiwi go after romeo and do it or human hair

 

[JLcribber]

When he does this he gets a reaction. The reaction is a reward. The reward causes him to continue and even escalate the behavior.

 

[Magic]

well today i caught skittles going after blue bear and doing to him what kiwi does to romeo and i am just going to seperate them im tired of hearing screams becouse some one just got there feathers plucked out im at my end of the rope trying to fix this problem and when they do this then they get in trouble and put in the time out cage witch only works for about a few hours and then it all starts up again if romeo gets to close to kiwi

 

[Magic]

well today i fixed the problem with everyone the quakers are now in there own cage and the conures are in another cage and so far everyones now happy an now fighting or pulling feathers out as for kiwi he/she still wants to take hunk of your hair if given the chance but i dont let kiwi on my shoulder so that problem is fixed and now kiwi cant rip poor romeos feathers out kiwi doesnt do it all all to blue bear and after doing some reading and talking with a few bird specialist they seem to think kiwi is trying to build a net and after watching kiwi i have seen kiwi take alot of things into her bed like paper and napkins and fluffing them around so i think i might just have a girl trying to build a nest