Well in my home I was the only one who handled my male Yellow Nape, he was great with me except when guests came over, then he would be too excited to handle. I learned to leave him in his cage at that time. An Amazon is not a parrot that young children can or should handle. I lived with my husband & 2 young children at the time. My YN Amazon was pretty much my bird, not the families pet. I now have a female Yellow Nape & I have heard to get a female Amazon to avoid the aggression during the breeding cycle. My Female YNA just went through her breeding cycle & she spent a lot of time on the bottom of her cage tearing up the newspaper & making a sound that signified to me that she was "ready to mate". She lets others scratch her head, but no one else except the vet has tried to hold her since I have had her. She was great with the vet, she let the vet hold her with no problem. My female Yelllow Nape acts aggressive toward my grandaughter while she is in her cage, my grandaughter & I have a very close relationship, I helped raise her from birth, so I never let out the YNA while she (or other young children) is (are) at my house. I love Amazons...I love my YNA's comical, humorous, "out there" personality. I would plan on the Amazon being your pet, 'tho not a family pet if you have young children. I am looking at another Amazon tomorrow that needs a new home.
