girl macaw vs girl human

[brycehill]

i was just wondering if there is anything i can do about my macaw not liking my wife. she still lets her hold her but she will often strike at my wife. just wondering if it can be helped or if its a lost cause.

 

[goalerjones]

How long ave you had both your wife and the bird?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

You should check out this video, it's about the power pause. It's a great technique. The video features a tiel and blue and gold

[ame="http://youtu.be/nuERdlr2BZg"]Parrot Training Video THE 'Power Pause' Technique - YouTube[/ame]

 

[WharfRat]

Yea, it'd be real helpful to know more details on the bird and wife to give any decent input.

 

[brycehill]

my wife and i have been married for about 4 months, and we have had our macaw for about a week.

 

[goalerjones]

My Hahns prefers me, but will spend time with my wife also. If I am in the room however mostly he will use her to get to me. If he is on my shoulder and she comes near he will attack her, so we prep accordingly.

 

[triordan]

my wife and i have been married for about 4 months, and we have had our macaw for about a week.

Give the bird more time to get used to its new surroundings, one week isn't long enough to settle in...also let your wife do the feeding and have her just sit by the cage, read, sing, talk to the bird give treats etc....

 

[Doves1]

Get your wife to interact with your Macaw in a safe environment, I have the same issues with my Scarlet and boyfriend. Macaw's are a one person bird so I doubt your wife and bird will have the same relationship as you and your bird but she should be able to handle and feed your bird.

Hold the bird yourself and have her come up to pet him, hold his head still if you have too. Your bird needs to know that it won't hurt him to have your wife pet him.