hi and help

[rubyamealia]

hi, i have a pair of beautiful and energetic hahns macaws; male ruby and female amealia. ruby flew to me from a tree in my garden a few month ago, he had a ring on his leg and was very friendly, had obviously gotten lost and wanted somebody to take care of him. i built a cage 120cm x120cm x 60cm and i bought the female, amealia, from a guy who'd had her for half a year and said he bought her in a petshop. they bonded and are now inseparable i'd like to think they have a pretty good life; clean roomy cage, nesting box that they love, a wide variety of fresh foods & seeds & quality pellets, showers... their cage is in the living room so they get lots of company and attention and most days i take their cage out to the garden for a few hours so they get some sun and stimulation.
the only problem is, now that they're a pair ruby, the male, who used to love to be petted and kissed, is now very aggressive toward me and my husband. he still wants to talk to us or sit on our shoulders but he often bites our necks really hard, and when he is inside the cage and we change the food or something he'll try to attack us. i understand that this behavior is territorial and hormonal and to be expected, but if anyone has any tips on how to improve the situation i'd really appreciate it.

 

[triordan]

how long have they been caged together? have you thought about separating them? it may help. sorry not much help here~ im still learning

 

[Cowtown]

Welcome to the forum. We would love to see pictures of Ruby and Amealia.

I can not help with your issue much other than they have bonded and he is now being the protector.

You might post in the behavior section also.

Good Luck

 

[mellykyitus]

i have a male hahns sharing a cage with a female conure, they are best mates and do everything together, but they are both tame and like a tickle. they're not sexually mature so this might change! i give them time apart so they're not together 24/7. mossy (hahns) likes to bite peoples ears, i'm the only one who he'll let me handle him and he is very cuddly.
i would definately try giving them time apart and give ruby some hands on attention without amelia in the room and visa versa.
some birds get very terratorial about their cage, my love bird bites sooo hard if put my hand in but once she's out she's ok.
personally i wouldn't put them in seperate cages now they're bonded, they'll be desperate to get to each other and scream blue murder (been there)! x

 

[rubyamealia]

thanks for the advice, maybe i'll try giving them separate shoulder time.