Very sad situation with my parrotlets

So I have notice that my parrotlets have turned violent again towards one another. It has happened in the past but nothing like now. The male parrotlets has viciously attacked his female partner on the legs making her bleed a lot I separated them now but she seems very hurt and now has her hurt leg up 😢😢😢😭😭😭 what can I do? I tried putting them back together 3 times today but he continues to attack her!

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Keep them apart and get your female to the vet. I'm so sorry but it does happen :-(

Omg but why? They use to be like lovebirds 😢😢😢 I cant believe its happening

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

It's part and parcel of birds. One may kill the other. Maybe territorial or hormonal. You could house them in cages next to one another and see how it goes. They perhaps could be out together occasionally under your supervision.

Wow I had never had this happened to me. Its frustrating I want them to breed. I have breed parakeets and Lovebirds before and I really would love to breed these. They have actually bred before

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

I'm sorry, there's no real science to it. Sometimes they are wonderful and others, they turn on each other. If they bred now I wonder if one wouldn't kill the chicks.

I really do not know whats going in with my male parrotlet he attacked my Quaker from inside his cage the other day. My quaker just flew on top of the cage and I herd him scream out of pain, he seriously injured my quakers toe making him bleed a lot. The bite was horrible he bit a chunk out of my quakers toe.

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Seriously parrotlets bites are the worst I have felt they have needle sharp beaks unlike others. Honestly not even the quaker bites that bad I have been bit my quaker and its not that bad. My parrotlet needs to stop biting. I put him alone in a cage until he calms down

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

LeaKP said:

I'm sorry, there's no real science to it. Sometimes they are wonderful and others, they turn on each other. If they bred now I wonder if one wouldn't kill the chicks.

Click to expand...

I know I dont think they are ready I can see the male killing the chicks ugh I wouldnt take chances. Can the female lay eggs and once they hatch could I take the father away ? Have any breeders done that?

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

Sorry to hear your parrotlets are fighting. I'm not familiar with this species, but such behavior can be fairly common.

I have a pair of Goffins cockatoos who were paired together for a bit over 25 years, had three babies who are now adults, and lived happily after the nest box was removed. About 10 years ago the male became aggressive with the female and caused 2 trips to the vet. Unfortunately we chose to separate them permanently, as once the relationship becomes violent if often escalates. They are each doing very well, but I cannot place her in danger by trying to salvage a bad relationship.

Hopefully other members with parrotlet experience will help, but for now I'd separate them for safety.

Scott said:

Sorry to hear your parrotlets are fighting. I'm not familiar with this species, but such behavior can be fairly common.

I have a pair of Goffins cockatoos who were paired together for a bit over 25 years, had three babies who are now adults, and lived happily after the nest box was removed. About 10 years ago the male became aggressive with the female and caused 2 trips to the vet. Unfortunately we chose to separate them permanently, as once the relationship becomes violent if often escalates. They are each doing very well, but I cannot place her in danger by trying to salvage a bad relationship.

Hopefully other members with parrotlet experience will help, but for now I'd separate them for safety.

Click to expand...

Of course, safety comes first. With cockatoos I bet ia worst because of the damage those powerful beaks could make. I've herd stories of cockatoos ripping another cockatoos beak entirely. It seems like it is very common for parrots to hurt each other out of the blue

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

I'm so sorry to hear of you dealing with this

My first thought is that both birds need to see a vet right away. The female obviously for treatment of her injuries and prevention of infection, but also the male. It might just be a behavioral issue, but often when a bird experiences a sudden change of behavior (aggression, screaming, plucking, etc) the cause is actually medical. It can be as simple of a fix as a $12 bottle of antibiotics, but you can't know that without proper testing (cheaper than is sounds) at your AVIAN vet.

Also as a side note, please put your injured female in a cage alone, as in her injured state she really needs to rest and nothing is LESS relaxing than sharing a cage with a budgie

Please give some thought to what I said about the vet. I mean in all honesty even I can turn nasty on my mate when I feel sick; just ask him!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Normally this sort of behavior stems from the female pestering the male to breed with her. In the end the male gets fed up and can attack the female. Sometimes it can also be the female not wanting to breed with the male. I have heard parrotlets can be very vicious towards other species, although I am not a parrotlet expert either. The only thing to try is a new larger cage where they both have space to get away from one another, one that is a new neutral space to both of them.

To be clear in this discussion, the original poster mentions parrotlets, but in the picture posted shows a parakeet (budgie) and another bird, which might be a parrotlet, might be another parakeet, but the beak looks wrong for that. Parrotlets, true ones, are known to be aggressive (and fearless) to other species of parrots, despite their small size. I have seen one try to bully a African Grey, successfully I might add, so it's unclear which species the OP is referring to. In either case, the injured bird should be seen by an Avian Vet, and kept separate from the other one.

And I'll be the first to say that I know virtually nothing about parrotlets specifically. In fact, I've never even seen one in person. In my experience in OTHER species I would expect to see the female attacking the male, not the other way around.

People may have noticed that I recommend a vet visit A LOT lol. That's because in my experience it is OFTEN the solution or at least part of the solution. But again, parrotlets specifically are completely outside my knowledge area. That said, the injured female (which is what I was assuming the non budgie pictured to be) needs to be treated for her injuries.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"I mean in all honesty even I can turn nasty on my mate when I feel sick; just ask him! "
True that, just ask my wife. She knows to steer clear when I am sick or not feeling good.

It's not that I don't love him, it's just SO HARD to be nice when you are miserable! I have actually been known to say things like "I hurt and if you don't get out of my face YOU WILL TOO!!!" And that's coming from a rational, non violent human being to the man I love lol.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll admit I also know very little about parrotlets as a species of bird, but I've have seen several instances of parrotlets being very aggressive and causing injury to other birds, whether other parrotlets or other species.

I believe the OP put the injured female parrotlet (hence the bloody perch and bird leg/foot) in another cage with a smaller budgie, which is absolutely not advised at all! The female parrotlet that is injured does not need that kind of stress, and in addition, you don't know if she might hurt the budgie. I agree that the female parrotlet who was "severely injured" as well as the Quaker parrot that was "severely injured and lost a chunk of his toe" should both go to an avian vet ASAP for their injuries, and that the two parrotlets need to be separated, not put into a bigger cage, and should not keep being forced together to breed. That should be the least of the OP's worries right now.

There is no rhyme or reason why a breeding pair of birds may start attacking one another, it may be something that can be worked out (they both should see an avian vet) and it may not be worked out. But breeding the pair isn't a priority, or at least shouldn't be a priority at this moment, getting medical care for the two "severely injured" birds should be.

Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk

wrench13 said:

To be clear in this discussion, the original poster mentions parrotlets, but in the picture posted shows a parakeet (budgie) and another bird, which might be a parrotlet, might be another parakeet, but the beak looks wrong for that. Parrotlets, true ones, are known to be aggressive (and fearless) to other species of parrots, despite their small size. I have seen one try to bully a African Grey, successfully I might add, so it's unclear which species the OP is referring to. In either case, the injured bird should be seen by an Avian Vet, and kept separate from the other one.

Click to expand...

Yes. The parrotlet is the one with the leg up in the pic. And yes her mate or ex mate i'd say now viciously attacked my quaker as well from inside his cage. Took a chunk out of my quakers toe. A horrible bite.

Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk