Angel; understanding new behaviour (roughly 5mth)

[Angel2025]

We've had Angel about 3 weeks now. I've hand reared before and also had net caught IRN so I know a bit but im far from expert. Weirdly I don't know what in-between is like. I've had feral, and cuddly. Never not-made-my-mind-up.

I've mentioned her gammy eye before, thankfully this seems to be fading out on its own.

She's just post hand rearing, about 4 weeks earlier. As previous post, I think someone hurt her pretty badly. I suspect thats why she was where she was...a broken hand reared.

Behaviour....

With me...male...experienced and assertive ...step up and interaction is pretty easy, she does what I say, we arent far off finger click to hand...but.....she doesn't seem to like me. Every now and then we have a fistful of dollars standoff.

With wife.....zero experienced, a bit scared but trying....the bird seems to love her...fly to her repeatedly, chasing across sofa, wants to get close, brings her stuff, but bite bite bite. Not chomps...they look like a combo of misjudged preening and playful. Even so those nips are too much.

I know birds have favourites but I want to make sure im not mistaken wife as a friend to wife as a adversary.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

She's very beautuful. What mutation is she? I've never seen one that color.

 

[rheashard2]

She's beautiful. Birds do pick out favorite people. I am experienced and her human pet. Yes, my CAG likes me a lot. But my scared of, never to touch a bird sister it's love. My CAG loves her to the point of video chat. Calling my sister's name till I call her. On visits, my sister gives me the treat to give to Nameliss. I am concerned because I know that Nameliss can be aggressive. The usual reasons of hormones and 'just because'. I don't want her to hurt my bird-dumb sister. Cats have nothing on birds in choosing their humans.

 

[Angel2025]

She's very beautuful. What mutation is she? I've never seen one that color.

Thanks, she was almost white to begin with but there are some pastel colours coming through.

When we got ner the thing said KRAM. IMB. I don't know if that means anything.?

I saw a solid grey one at the weekend. I must admit I spent ages looking at it, it was like it was a black and white photo.

 

[Angel2025]

She's beautiful. Birds do pick out favorite people. I am experienced and her human pet. Yes, my CAG likes me a lot. But my scared of, never to touch a bird sister it's love. My CAG loves her to the point of video chat. Calling my sister's name till I call her. On visits, my sister gives me the treat to give to Nameliss. I am concerned because I know that Nameliss can be aggressive. The usual reasons of hormones and 'just because'. I don't want her to hurt my bird-dumb sister. Cats have nothing on birds in choosing their humans.

Argh I think im the unliked one. 20 years of being third wheel.

I'd love a CAG but I don't think I could ever handle the responsibility.