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gazzington

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Hi. I have only recently brought a blue fronted amazon in to my home who is very friendly and only 6 months old. The place I got her from think she is female but isn't DNA tested. We decided to call her luna.

My partner has become very concerned because she has read about the terrible aggression these birds can have during their mating season. She is now not sure if we should keep her as my partner would like to have kids over the next few years and is frightened of the amazon attacking a)us b)kids c)pet cockatiel. This is upsetting me as I already love Luna and have recently suffered the death of my cockatiel. Does anybody have advice for me to pass to my partner? I must stress that my partner does also really like Luna but is just scared of her becoming agressive. Luna has only been with us a week and already feels like part of the family :(

I must stress we did read up on amazons before going out and getting one but unfortunatly none of the books said that blue fronted amazons act like this.
 

oled

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If Luna is socialyced in a correct way and you only have one Amazon then normaly it is not a problem. But you should newer leve Luna alone with your child
 

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Hey gazzington and welcome to the forum.This is the start of the amazon breeding season here in the states and i've addressed these harmonal issues more and more lately (T'is the season).Read some of the post here under amazons and ask if you have any questions, i'm sure there will be much more about this in the coming months. Look under "worried"."biting my partner", Sad..." etc. You have many years before harmones are an issue.The secret is having a well socialized bird, If you become the favorite person then your wife needs to spend alot of time with the zon when your not around, or vice-versa.Amazon tend to mate for life and will pick a favorite person,others can befriend the bird and become trusted pals but usually one is their favorite.My wife and I have many amazons some are very long time pets but most can be handled by either one of us especially if the favorite person is not around, that being said we both have hen YNAs that are closely bonded but aren't ashamed to ask the not favorite person for sex. These birds are very "well socialized" and even when harmonal don't bite. (just the opposite, they're real hussies). Include your young pet in as many activities as possible and exspose her to as many people as possible,this will help in the years ahead. My mother and father and myself have raised kids with amazons as pets,i can only remember a handful of bites and most of those where due to a bird being scared of something or infighting between amazons.Once again, a well socialized bird is the key to handling harmonal issues in the future.Cage bound, one person bird ,harmones will make the problems worse. Good luck and feel free to ask more questions.As for kids and amazons,,,that's me in my avatar at age three.I have older amazon photos but i wasn't properly dressed, LOL
 
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awdee

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hi gazzington I'm by no means an expert if anything it's the opposite. But I've been reading lots and 1 thing I have learned is that parrots and kids don't mix too well IMHO. Parrots aren't dogs, and kids have no idea. You never know when a kid but just go and grab a seemingly tame parrot where they dont like and I can tell you how much a bit hurts. If you monitor the interaction I'm sure it'll be fine...but, I would NEVER leave a child alone with a parrot. Just my 2c...
 

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