Cthebird
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- Sep 19, 2017
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- I now have a young Hahn's macaw. I used to have a Pacific Parrotlet that lived until almost 15. Before that I had a budgie.
I forget exactly how the topic came up, but I was telling hubby how I am trying to teach my Hahns macaw the sign language for "I love you". Of course I will never fully know if my little bird boy understands exactly what I'm saying and signing, but I'm sure he knows it's positive. It then came about that my husband said that he does not love our macaw. That really struck me and made me extremely sad. At first I thought he was kidding, but later realized he wasn't. He later said he "liked" our little bird boy, but didn't love him. He said he did love our old Pacific Parrotlet, though.
Our Hahns macaw is just under 1 year old (end of March is his 1st birthday), but our Pacific Parrotlet lived until he was almost 15. There is clearly a difference in their temperaments. Our Pacific Parrotlet was pretty easy going, calm, and sweet. Our Hahns is sweet often, but a bit of a rough houser. He's still a very young guy and much more playful. It's true that we often get scratched because his nails are sharp and he play bites on occasion. He never play bites me hard at all, but occasionally he does bite my husband hard. I think part of it is my husband's fault at how he approaches him, but my husband thinks I am not training him not to bite, and I should. How do you stop a juvenile Hahns macaw from play biting when he's excited and having fun? And as for biting my husband hard on occasion, I still think that's my husband's fault. I sometimes see my husband approach him in a threatening looking way (and tell him), even though my husband doesn't really mean for it to be. My husband ignores my suggestions/warnings.
I will say that I am with my Hahns macaw almost all day every single day, so I am the constant presence. My husband only sees him occasionally before work, and every day after work and on the weekends. Our Hahns seems to really enjoy being around my husband in general. Actually, when my hubby is home, my Hahns seems to prefer to be around him more than me.
Should I somehow train my Hahns to stop play biting? If so, how? Again, I think the hard biting of my husband is based on something my husband does or possibly maybe a little jealousy.
I do put my bird back in his cage when he really misbehaves. I do scold him.
We pretty much never had this issue with our Pacific Parrotlet.
I love my Hahns macaw.
Our Hahns macaw is just under 1 year old (end of March is his 1st birthday), but our Pacific Parrotlet lived until he was almost 15. There is clearly a difference in their temperaments. Our Pacific Parrotlet was pretty easy going, calm, and sweet. Our Hahns is sweet often, but a bit of a rough houser. He's still a very young guy and much more playful. It's true that we often get scratched because his nails are sharp and he play bites on occasion. He never play bites me hard at all, but occasionally he does bite my husband hard. I think part of it is my husband's fault at how he approaches him, but my husband thinks I am not training him not to bite, and I should. How do you stop a juvenile Hahns macaw from play biting when he's excited and having fun? And as for biting my husband hard on occasion, I still think that's my husband's fault. I sometimes see my husband approach him in a threatening looking way (and tell him), even though my husband doesn't really mean for it to be. My husband ignores my suggestions/warnings.
I will say that I am with my Hahns macaw almost all day every single day, so I am the constant presence. My husband only sees him occasionally before work, and every day after work and on the weekends. Our Hahns seems to really enjoy being around my husband in general. Actually, when my hubby is home, my Hahns seems to prefer to be around him more than me.
Should I somehow train my Hahns to stop play biting? If so, how? Again, I think the hard biting of my husband is based on something my husband does or possibly maybe a little jealousy.
I do put my bird back in his cage when he really misbehaves. I do scold him.
We pretty much never had this issue with our Pacific Parrotlet.
I love my Hahns macaw.
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