Hi everyone,
I've been on a mission to get myself a nice Eclectus that enjoys human companionship, and have fell short twice.
Initially I got a female and thought yer she's doing alright. She ended up going ballistic if you tried to get her out of the cage and bit very hard, then once you had her out she did everything in her power to get back. So she went back and I exchanged her for a male. Now this male is doing a very similar thing, he sits on top of his cage and will puff up to what I call 'attack mode' if I or my partner go near him. He doesn't go as far as destroying your hand as the female did, but still hates any human contact.
So my question is that am I just not a bird person or is this behaviour for Eclectus birds abnormal? It seems strange I get burned twice with the same sort of issue. What I want from an Eclectus is friendly bird that doesn't bite and enjoys human contact. Are my expectations too high?
I've been on a mission to get myself a nice Eclectus that enjoys human companionship, and have fell short twice.
Initially I got a female and thought yer she's doing alright. She ended up going ballistic if you tried to get her out of the cage and bit very hard, then once you had her out she did everything in her power to get back. So she went back and I exchanged her for a male. Now this male is doing a very similar thing, he sits on top of his cage and will puff up to what I call 'attack mode' if I or my partner go near him. He doesn't go as far as destroying your hand as the female did, but still hates any human contact.
So my question is that am I just not a bird person or is this behaviour for Eclectus birds abnormal? It seems strange I get burned twice with the same sort of issue. What I want from an Eclectus is friendly bird that doesn't bite and enjoys human contact. Are my expectations too high?