Hi All,
I am Sef and live i Malta, i am an animal lover and i always had a pet in my life, being dog, cat, giunie pigs, birds u name it. I moved out of my mums house with my partner and 5 year old kid and decided to bring a bit of joy to the fam by getting a parrot. I wanted a blue macaw, my partner wanted an african grey and my daughter wanted a green parrot like peppa pig and that's how we decided to get our Kiwi a small green baby quaker.
Bringing home such a small aged parrot was not an easy job, but we wanted to tame it from the very start. I use to take him to work with me so i can feed him, put it in my cloths to keep it warm, kiwi was pampered alot. Everyone takes care of him not just me my kid use to copy what i do and my partner cleans its cage and gives him food constantly.
Its been 6 months since we got Kiwi and i love it very much, however it worries me a bit it's constant biting. Kiwi never bit me just my nails. With me its just kisses and cuddles ( and poop on my cloths) sometimes he also does a strange movement with his head as he comes on me like when mamma bird gives the baby food and then turns and kisses me (hope its a good sign). With my partner there is occational hard biting but when it comes to my kid oooo its horrible he really hates her i tell u. He attacks her and bites her very hard. I always was in the same room when she played with him and i know she never hurt it.
Its bites are getting worse last saturday he was in the cage and i was cuddling it with my fingure, my daughter came and told it goodmorning as he saw her face he attacked my fingure, it was a hard bite. I left him in the cage and did not talk to him for a whole day the next day i took it out and it was kissing and cuddling more then usual as if it is saying sorry, but still i am worried now.
The cheeky part is that when its time to go to his cage he uses my daughter as a way to stay a bit more outside by cuddling on her grrr he is a wise ass and i love him.
Anyone has any suggestions on why he is doing so and what i can do to make them friends? Also the head thing he makes on me as if its vomitting is it normal
I am Sef and live i Malta, i am an animal lover and i always had a pet in my life, being dog, cat, giunie pigs, birds u name it. I moved out of my mums house with my partner and 5 year old kid and decided to bring a bit of joy to the fam by getting a parrot. I wanted a blue macaw, my partner wanted an african grey and my daughter wanted a green parrot like peppa pig and that's how we decided to get our Kiwi a small green baby quaker.
Bringing home such a small aged parrot was not an easy job, but we wanted to tame it from the very start. I use to take him to work with me so i can feed him, put it in my cloths to keep it warm, kiwi was pampered alot. Everyone takes care of him not just me my kid use to copy what i do and my partner cleans its cage and gives him food constantly.
Its been 6 months since we got Kiwi and i love it very much, however it worries me a bit it's constant biting. Kiwi never bit me just my nails. With me its just kisses and cuddles ( and poop on my cloths) sometimes he also does a strange movement with his head as he comes on me like when mamma bird gives the baby food and then turns and kisses me (hope its a good sign). With my partner there is occational hard biting but when it comes to my kid oooo its horrible he really hates her i tell u. He attacks her and bites her very hard. I always was in the same room when she played with him and i know she never hurt it.
Its bites are getting worse last saturday he was in the cage and i was cuddling it with my fingure, my daughter came and told it goodmorning as he saw her face he attacked my fingure, it was a hard bite. I left him in the cage and did not talk to him for a whole day the next day i took it out and it was kissing and cuddling more then usual as if it is saying sorry, but still i am worried now.
The cheeky part is that when its time to go to his cage he uses my daughter as a way to stay a bit more outside by cuddling on her grrr he is a wise ass and i love him.
Anyone has any suggestions on why he is doing so and what i can do to make them friends? Also the head thing he makes on me as if its vomitting is it normal
