hi! ive got a new baby

ginabean

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Lesaer Sulfur Crested Cockatoo
well she is not new she is 10. ive had her since yesterday. she will not step up to me but will to my husband, the wierd thing is, when she steps up to my husband she gets really aggressive with him biting him and bobbing her head, she does not try to bite me and is very gentle with me,. she lets me pet her and squawks when i stop petting her. can some one tell me why she stepd up to my hubs and not me?:yellow1: she is a lesser sulfer crested
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Aw, She looks beautiful. I'm not sure why she would step up to your husband and not you... maybe he has a more commanding tone, But saying that I think you got the lucky straw, I would rather her let me touch Her and be gentle with me than step up and be aggressive. I am sure with a little time for her to trust you she will be stepping up and being gentle. She just needs to get used to you. Especially because she is an older bird I think a day for her to be allowing you to touch her is amazing.
I fell head over heels in love with one of these guys, in a local Zoo's walk in aviary, over the weekend. If only the zoo would let me bring him home. He was so cuddly and loving.
 
We LOVE our LSC too Dixie!!!! Yours is adorable as well!!!!

When you say she bites your husband, is it a hard bite? They tend to like to nip, mine nips all the time, but she doesn't do it hard nor draw blood. During the beginning when Dixie came to live with us. I had her crawling all over me during the drive home as I went to pick her up myself. When I came home and my partner just got home. She flew directly to my partner and that was the end of it for me as she wants nothing to do with me. My partner can get her to do all kinds of stuffs, not me! But over the years she learned to trust both of us and allows me to handle her but she still prefers my partner and that's never going to change. I let my birds choose who they want to be with as we NEVER force them to be with someone they don't want. We each have our own birds that comes to just one or the other. So neither one of us is left out. Cockatoos have a tendency to bond with one person. As long as I am alone, Dixie stays with me and acting cute as always. Just remember you need to give her time alone to play by themselves as they can get overly dependent on you IF you have her out with you constantly. Then when you need to leave or want a night out, you'll have a issue down the road. They can develop feather plucking issues or sometimes something worse....
 
when shes on my husband she bites and draws blood, last night she latched on to his ear and wouldnt let go! shes such a diva too.lol
 

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