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?
Thanks.
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?
Thanks.