Some issues with my Canary Winged Bee Bee

Markpojo

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I have a white winged parakeet and I love him to death. I got him in Sept 2015 and he will be turning 1 year old this month. The issue I am having is that I think my bird considers me as his mate! He will constantly try to get to my mouth to bite on my teeth. I know human salavia is bad for birds, but he will get angry and aggressive when I block him from getting to my mouth, he usually will make growls of anger and will chop down on my ear. He also ruffles up all of his feathers in aggression if another person in my household tries to take him away from me and he usually will bite that person.

I made the mistake of initially letting him bite on my teeth when he first went for them a few months ago, and I allowed him to do so for at least a few weeks until I found out that human saliva is dangerous for him.

I am not sure what to do now to remedy this problem. Another issue is that he wants so much attention. I will take him out of his cage and play with him alot, sometimes for 2-3 hours straight. I then want a break from him and from playing but when I put him back in his cage, he will be content for maybe 5 mins and then he will start growling noises as if he is mad that I put him back even though I played with him for a while.

I am thinking maybe I should get another white winged parakeet so that they can bond and hopefully my current bird will not consider me a mate anymore, but hopefully he will still stay bonded as a friend to me. Does anyone have any ideas?
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You may want to consider teaching him some new behaviors. Things like "turn around", "fetch", "big eagle", etc!

Also, socialize him. Teach him to accept being handled by other people. If he wont step up for other people, then see if he'll step up for you to other people. If not, well, you can have other people trying to give him treats, get him comfortable with others, teach him target training, then teach him to step up to others.
 

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LOL, they are head strong little parrots aren't they. My little Max was a yellow wing beebee. Does your have temper tantrums? Max did, running back and forth in his cage, all the while making a high pitch cha cha cha cha screech for a minute or 2, then move on. Here is a pic of him
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When he does undesirable stuff, say NO take him off you and he gets 5 min of time out. On a t stand or chair back or his cage if you must. Don't look at him or acknowledge him. Then he is allowed back with you. Be firm and CONSISTENT.

Socialize him with other people, play pass the birdy with your family.
These guys are capable of so much love, so very much, but it's hard to remember that when they are misbehaving.

RIP Maxie, help these guys out, would ya?
 
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Thanks for the replies and suggestions. I started doing as you said, giving him time outs for bad behaviour. He hates being put back in his cage so much so hopefully the action of me putting him in his cage for a time out will fix his behavior.

YES, these little guys are crazy but I love Charlie to death! Does anyone think it would be better for my bird if I got him another Canary Winged Bee Bee to play with? I know they are flock birds so maybe it would benefit him? I attached a picture of Charlie!
 

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Bee bee pArakeets are independent little things.

Porter has that same issue just in a different way. They tend to get territorial of thier favorite spots. I trained Porter to respond to words in this situation. I couldn't get rid of the territorial aspect so instead when he hears step up alone he just gets ready to move.

His name in combination with it means... You are moving.
If MrJ says it that way it means...

I am moving you.

And he responds in kind.

Watch his body language... If his hackles are up talk to him for a few moments calmly

Tell him What you are doing.

He will understand the tone if nothing else.

These birds HATE change.

It took Porter four years to get used to a huge cage xD

Time outs in his cage might teach him to hate it even more. Take away shoulder privileges for a while. Use a stand or your hands.. That is just as much a punishment.
 
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Thanks for the advice, I will try that out. Another issue that I forgot to mention is that ever since I started giving Charlie nuts and fruit to eat, he no longer wants to eat his seed food. I bought the recommended food that I saw online which is Dr. Harvey's Parakeet food. I fill Charlies food bowl with fresh seeds every so often but it does not seem that he is eating it and I have not seen him eat any seeds for a while. Any ideas?:green2:
 

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Beebee's are fruit eaters in the wild.

When given the choice of fresh over seed they will go for the fresh stuff every time xD

A good friend of mine used to breed these guys and that is where Porter came from. He was one of her last clutches.
 

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So you are using his cage as a time-out. I can see this potentially back-firing in one of two ways.... one, bird learns that if he ever wants to return to his cage, all he has to do is misbehave. Two, bird learns to hate his cage and never wants to go in it.


Have you tried feeding sprouted seeds?
 

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LOL, they are head strong little parrots aren't they. My little Max was a yellow wing beebee. Does your have temper tantrums? Max did, running back and forth in his cage, all the while making a high pitch cha cha cha cha screech for a minute or 2, then move on. Here is a pic of him
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RIP Maxie, help these guys out, would ya?

Even with anger issues, you allowed him to carry?
I assume Max had a proper carry permit!
 

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