LuLu.F
Member
- Sep 20, 2020
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- Parrots
- None at the moment - I am in the process of trying to decide which breed will be best for me and vice versus
Hi everyone
Firstly, thank you very much to those who replied to my first post with tips and advice.
Iāve begun to discover how to navigate the forum and have subscribed to many helpful threads, which is great.
I do have a few important question to ask regarding Male vs Female Blue Fronted Amazon Parrots ... which have been prompted by a couple of online articles/forum comments I read yesterday.
Unfortunately, the info that Iāve read has put me into a bit of a tail-spin about my belief that a Blue Fronted would be the right bird for me.
I am not going to say where I have taken this segment from because I do not wish to cause any issues to result from my enquiry.
This is the article:
Blue-fronts are vivacious and very beautiful. They are lovely ... But there is a BIG BUT. Adult males are often given up because when they mature they can become very aggressive and bite very hard, even flying at a personās face.
Inexperienced Amazon owners who want a blue fronted in their home should buy only a young DNA-sexed female. Whether you have a male or female, it should have supervised periods outside the cage which should be limited to no more than one or two hours at a time. Longer periods result in Amazons believing they own the place and attacking āintrudersā when they are in breeding condition.
Article ends here.
The specific issues I wish to understand are whether the warnings about aggressiveness and limiting out-of-cage time (to prevent the bird āruling the roostā) should be a major concern for me or not?
Do you, as BFA owners, have any personal experience or insight about the males - whether they are as difficult as this info suggests? Plus the problem of taking over / dominance?
ANOTHER thing I need to understand is how ābad/difficultā is the pre/pubescent Blue Fronted Amazon? Iāve just read that theyāre deemed one of the āhot 3 parrotsā; for being hot-tempered, stubborn, aggressive and capable of causing plenty of blood-drawing, requiring plenty of wound cleaner. Can Blue Fronted Amazon owners please give me their advice and personal experiences?
The problem I face is that I believe the sex of a BFA can only be determined through a DNA test, which would have to be after the purchase of said parrot!
One more thing .... do you ever have any members post a photo of a prospective bird that theyāre interested in buying with the Heading: āWould you buy this bird? Does it look as you would expect it to?ā .... Is this allowed?
Iāll be really grateful for the advice and thoughts of you all as experienced owners.
Thank you.
LuLu F
Firstly, thank you very much to those who replied to my first post with tips and advice.
Iāve begun to discover how to navigate the forum and have subscribed to many helpful threads, which is great.
I do have a few important question to ask regarding Male vs Female Blue Fronted Amazon Parrots ... which have been prompted by a couple of online articles/forum comments I read yesterday.
Unfortunately, the info that Iāve read has put me into a bit of a tail-spin about my belief that a Blue Fronted would be the right bird for me.
I am not going to say where I have taken this segment from because I do not wish to cause any issues to result from my enquiry.
This is the article:
Blue-fronts are vivacious and very beautiful. They are lovely ... But there is a BIG BUT. Adult males are often given up because when they mature they can become very aggressive and bite very hard, even flying at a personās face.
Inexperienced Amazon owners who want a blue fronted in their home should buy only a young DNA-sexed female. Whether you have a male or female, it should have supervised periods outside the cage which should be limited to no more than one or two hours at a time. Longer periods result in Amazons believing they own the place and attacking āintrudersā when they are in breeding condition.
Article ends here.
The specific issues I wish to understand are whether the warnings about aggressiveness and limiting out-of-cage time (to prevent the bird āruling the roostā) should be a major concern for me or not?
Do you, as BFA owners, have any personal experience or insight about the males - whether they are as difficult as this info suggests? Plus the problem of taking over / dominance?
ANOTHER thing I need to understand is how ābad/difficultā is the pre/pubescent Blue Fronted Amazon? Iāve just read that theyāre deemed one of the āhot 3 parrotsā; for being hot-tempered, stubborn, aggressive and capable of causing plenty of blood-drawing, requiring plenty of wound cleaner. Can Blue Fronted Amazon owners please give me their advice and personal experiences?
The problem I face is that I believe the sex of a BFA can only be determined through a DNA test, which would have to be after the purchase of said parrot!
One more thing .... do you ever have any members post a photo of a prospective bird that theyāre interested in buying with the Heading: āWould you buy this bird? Does it look as you would expect it to?ā .... Is this allowed?
Iāll be really grateful for the advice and thoughts of you all as experienced owners.
Thank you.
LuLu F