I recently began living with some friends who have a female and male Eclectus. Both are rescue birds from someone who purchased them for breeding only to discover they hated each other. Long story short, the female has decided that she dislikes her caretaker so when I moved in and she liked me, I was encouraged to spend time with her.
She is a mild feather plucker, most of the purple feathers on her breast are gone. Unlike their other birds I really can't read her at all. She seems interested when I come into her room and climbs onto my hand if I open the door. But she doesn't make any noise that I've ever heard but a cluck from time to time. She's never bitten me but enjoys grabbing my finger and mouthing it, sometimes trying to pull it along with her. Besides that she pretty much just sits there, not interacting much. She has a nestbox on the floor of her cage and will scratch in it furiously.
Her physical needs are well cared for by her caretaker but I'd love to be able to help her socially but I don't even know if she sees me as anything other than a differently located perch. Help?
She is a mild feather plucker, most of the purple feathers on her breast are gone. Unlike their other birds I really can't read her at all. She seems interested when I come into her room and climbs onto my hand if I open the door. But she doesn't make any noise that I've ever heard but a cluck from time to time. She's never bitten me but enjoys grabbing my finger and mouthing it, sometimes trying to pull it along with her. Besides that she pretty much just sits there, not interacting much. She has a nestbox on the floor of her cage and will scratch in it furiously.
Her physical needs are well cared for by her caretaker but I'd love to be able to help her socially but I don't even know if she sees me as anything other than a differently located perch. Help?