amazon started to bite

he was very shy of me at first maybe had problems with men in the past so can understand him more happy with my wife,he has come around lots he will let me tickle his neck he puts his head down so you can rub the top of his head he will hold onto the bar of his cage as your ticking his neck and he will let me even touch the side of his beak while he does it he wouldn't let me do any of that about 8 weeks ago

not knowing his past doesn't help things i was told he was in a small cage as there was limited room to where he could be placed
 
You are definitely making progress with him. Just keep it up, and do let him out so he can choose to come to you when he wants.

He may always prefer your wife...but he can enjoy spending time with both of you. Fred also prefers women, but they have to be petite and dark haired...like me.
 
since we cant handle him not sure best way to let him out his cage opens up at the top so you can place a perch there but he wont have anything to play with so thats no good
 
I just opened the cage door, and Fred used to sit on top of the door or on top of the cage. I sometimes had difficulty getting him off the top of the cage. I used a stick perch in the beginning to step him up if I needed to move him back inside the cage. I did clip Fred during that difficult time, and he was easier to manage......
 
Bosley our DYH amazon has also chosen me and does not want to be touched by my hubby. We have only had him 3 months now and I can handle him and touch him for the most part. At the beginning he wouldn't step up at all and even now its not consistent, but much better.

We placed his cage beside our couch so he could crawl down to us and we also placed a play stand right outside his cage door so he could get to it when we had the cage open. We left the door open at every opportunity. We encouraged him to go on the play stand with treats, popcorn and cashews are well received. He also loves potato and tortilla chips, but being as these aren't healthy we only used them a little.

Our cage top also opens, but we choose not to use that for better or worse.
It took him a bit to get comfortable, but now he is never in his cage unless we need to go out or night time.

Give him some freedom to come out and let him choose to come to you, that trust will strengthen the bond. I also taught Bosley the words NO and Gentle as he loves to use his beak for everything, he always grabs my finger or skin to explore, to climb, he loves to preen me.

Good Luck
 
Hey greenflag and welcome to the forum. Thanks for giving an older zon a new home. The members have been giving you great advice, i really don't have much to add. I would open up his cage and let him out. He has become used to his new cage now and is protecting it. he feels more comfortable in it which is why your seeing a change. Let him out but only feed him in his cage , you can give treats ,but don't move his food bowl out. Use his going in to eat to close him back in. It will take time to get him used to his new flock. Don't be intimidated by the bites, be confident,outgoing and dole out small doses of affection. Good luck and let us know how things go. Loads of good tips in some of the older threads in this section, you should read though some. Ask questions and post us some pic/vids , we love pics.
 
will try to upload some pics soon as for food as he seems to only go for the sunflower seads or the peanuts and the problem that fruit he will only eat grapes
he also wont eat peppers
what would you try him with??? i think he has been only given seed up until we got him
he must have been given stuff from plates as when we sit down with a plate at the table he says hello all the time....so i hate to think what he has had in the past
 
Bosley isn't the best fresh food eater either. He refuses all fruit.
He will eat corn, squash, sometimes brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes if I cut them small and hide them. He likes some meat and fish. Pasta is always eaten.
Bosley likes to eat with us, so I always make something he can have so he can eat at the same time. It was a huge part of our bonding at first.
Try and get some high quality pellets for him to eat and we use seed mixes that have no sunflower seeds or peanuts.
 
Ours love pasta, rice, chicken, homemade nut & fruit muffins, they go nuts when I cook breakfast (scrambled eggs). Oh....and pizza :rolleyes:

Go easy on stuff like chicken and pizza though, I usually give them more crust than anything else.
 
I like making little birdie burritos with whole wheat tortillas, you can crush up pellets or something into it and disguise it really well.

It takes some time for an amazon to warm up to you, they can be standoffish and independent sometimes. My BFA bit me pretty hard the other day, but that was my fault that I didn't read his body language right. I also believe he's hormonal right now as he gets mad when I'm interacting with my other birds. The worst part about him biting me? I dropped him to the ground and he LAUGHED at me. As if he knew what he did!
 
some very interesting ideas to try
i did get him to eat some apple today every time before he drops it so that's a start

i have noticed reading lots of info on here that all lot of the birds seem to say words a lot and do sounds like the phone etc.....our guy doesn't and spends most of the time very very quiet..... in 5 months we have only had one day where he was making sounds we did

he only says one word which is hello and only says it when we are eating
have talked to him lots today and only touched him for a few seconds when he has climbed over to me
he has been fine today no aggression also ok with my wife he let her touch him but it took a while for him to come to her

i have noticed that he doesnt like shouting ( one of my kids came in the house shouting and he got very noisy)
 
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Birds will reflect the noise level in the house. Loud TV or loud music=loud Fred here.
He's probably saying Hello when you eat, to get your attention. He may want some of whatever you're having. Try saying "Want some?" before you offer him any...he may start saying that, instead of Hello.

A quiet bird is not a bad thing.LOL! There are days when I wish that Fred would just stop talking. He starts the day with " Freddie wants some"...meaning breakfast. Some days, whenever I leave the room, he yells, "Come here", over and over and over...Then we move on to "Freddie wants a shower"...and then "Freddie wants supper"..and "Want to go outside for tea"...with some intermittent singing and barking dog thrown in for good measure! There are days that I look forward to birdie bedtime!!! :eek:
 
i guess im lucky then having a quiet zon lol even if the tv is on loud or music playing he still is very quiet if he stays that way it wont be a bad thing lol
 
omg!!! my wife who he bit she just opened the front door and he came straight out and walked to the top of his cage and was no problem he even let her touch his head while out!! and he walked back in all on his own
 
That's great, i think your going to be amazed with your new zon .Just remember baby steps.
 
greenflag said:
omg!!! my wife who he bit she just opened the front door and he came straight out and walked to the top of his cage and was no problem he even let her touch his head while out!! and he walked back in all on his own
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That's AWESOME!!!! :D

All 3 of my birds (2 Amazons and 1 Mac) love to party. ;) I turn on my favorite music, sing along and dance along,...and I always have an automatic chorus. :o
 
greenflag said:
omg!!! my wife who he bit she just opened the front door and he came straight out and walked to the top of his cage and was no problem he even let her touch his head while out!! and he walked back in all on his own
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:35::35::35::35::35:I told you that you could do it!!! It's not as hard as it seems....Now, have fun!!!:D

I should probably warn you that he will get noisier as he gets more comfortable!!!
 
Awesome!! And yes he will probably get louder as he learns he can and he can explore more!!
I'm sure you will have a bunch of happy and interesting times!!
 
yes am very pleased looking to get him a play stand soon i think i will let him out tomorrow and see how he is with me.
got him to also eat some cooked carrot have taken his seed away most of the day
he is now fast asleep have noticed he has been muttering noise tonight which he hasn't done before so yes you guys are correct ...am well happy

Happy new year to one and all.
 
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