stcymcintyre
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- Jan 29, 2015
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- Parrots
- I have two umbrella cockatoos, Duke and Duchess. Duchess is 8 and Duke is 4. That is the ages when I got them.
Hello. I just got two umbrella cockatoos 5 days ago. The family I got them from decided to give them a new home due to them working 12 hour days and the birds being alone and locked in the cage all day. they said they started to get mean because of it. The male is 4 years old and I am his second home. The female is 8 years old and I am her third home. The male came around within the first day. Hes so loving and quite the character. The female adores my 12 year old daughter but hates me. If she is in her cage and I try to pet her, she tries to bite me unless I make her shake hands first. If she does her trick for me then I can love on her all I want. If she is out of the cage, the only way I can pet her is if I am behind her. If I try to pet her from the front, she bites. She tries to bite me when I walk past the cage. This morning she was sitting on the cage door and after I gave her a ton of love, I bent down to get the food dish to clean it and freshen the food and she hopped on my back and bit the back of my head making it bleed. She has never tried to bite my kids, just me. I need advice. What can I do to stop the biting and have a loving relationship with this beautiful girl?