kme3388
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Eclectus Parrot: Nico (male)
Jenday Conure: Kiwi (female)
I joined this forum to try to learn more about my eclectus parrot. I just wanted to see if my eclectus parrot Nico's behaviors are typical to other eclectus parrots. If he differs significantly.
I'll start off by saying my eclectus parrot is a male anywhere from 15-18 years of age. He was adopted, and was rehomed 3 times prior to me adopting him.
Nico at first for 3 months was pretty leery of me. He came out of his cage slowly, he hated getting wet, he became agressive if anything was pointed at him (which made clicker training hard), he stayed on his stand (watched out the window), and I could tell right away that he was very distrusting of people. He was so shy, and completely the opposite of my conure.
Now Nico won't leave humans alone, he wants to be held constantly, he does the ekkie scream if he isn't being held, he runs out of his cage first thing when his cage is opened in the morning, he does the ekkie wine if he doesn't get his shower as the second thing in the morning, he runs down his stand to be with people. He will not stay put if I'm in the room. He has a broken wing so he can't fly but he follows me around my house like a dog would. When he wants to go outside he goes to the back door. I live in a colder climate so this will probably cause behaviors in the winter I'm assuming. He also trys to regurgitate food, and shake his tail feathers quite a bit. He will jump from anyone holding him to get to me. There is nothing shy about Nico any longer. This has came out the last week or so. I've only had Nico for 3 months. I am home full time with him so he is only locked in his cage at night.
I am just asking for a discription of other people's ekkies behaviors to see differences. That way I can get a baseline on Ekkie's then go from there. Thank you everyone for your help. I really appreciate it.
I'll start off by saying my eclectus parrot is a male anywhere from 15-18 years of age. He was adopted, and was rehomed 3 times prior to me adopting him.
Nico at first for 3 months was pretty leery of me. He came out of his cage slowly, he hated getting wet, he became agressive if anything was pointed at him (which made clicker training hard), he stayed on his stand (watched out the window), and I could tell right away that he was very distrusting of people. He was so shy, and completely the opposite of my conure.
Now Nico won't leave humans alone, he wants to be held constantly, he does the ekkie scream if he isn't being held, he runs out of his cage first thing when his cage is opened in the morning, he does the ekkie wine if he doesn't get his shower as the second thing in the morning, he runs down his stand to be with people. He will not stay put if I'm in the room. He has a broken wing so he can't fly but he follows me around my house like a dog would. When he wants to go outside he goes to the back door. I live in a colder climate so this will probably cause behaviors in the winter I'm assuming. He also trys to regurgitate food, and shake his tail feathers quite a bit. He will jump from anyone holding him to get to me. There is nothing shy about Nico any longer. This has came out the last week or so. I've only had Nico for 3 months. I am home full time with him so he is only locked in his cage at night.
I am just asking for a discription of other people's ekkies behaviors to see differences. That way I can get a baseline on Ekkie's then go from there. Thank you everyone for your help. I really appreciate it.