Male VS Female

[Sulphiria]

Is there a preference? Personality differences?

 

[Sadie]

i wanted a girl at first, and females are what made me fall in love with eclectus parrots. From the research and advice i got from others girls are more dominant so they tent to be more moody and nippy, while males are more laid back and typically up for anything.
hope that helps

 

[_Temptations_]

I think males are more outgoing and curious. They tend not to learn from their mistakes. females are more laid back, like to cuddle (though I've seen some very cuddly males) and learn from their mistakes. I personally like males because I like the challenge

 

[_Temptations_]

i wanted a girl at first, and females are what made me fall in love with eclectus parrots. From the research and advice i got from others girls are more dominant so they tent to be more moody and nippy, while males are more laid back and typically up for anything.
hope that helps

I got exactly the opposite from research! Maybe it depends on the bird?

 

[c3honey84]

From everything I have heard and read, and from experience, males are the ones that are extremely cuddly and tend to bond very closely with their owners. They are also known for trying to mate with and regurgitate on the person that they bond with. I feel like I have heard this story more with male eclectus than any other male bird. Females do not like to be touched. There are always exceptions, but most of the females that I know of only let certain people handle them and would rather just sit and hang out with you than actually "play." My female sits around a lot and watches her surroundings. She will sit on my arm for long periods of time, but does not like to be pet and definitely hates to cuddle. She tolerates touching because I have conditioned her to associate it with a treat. However, that took time. Males ARE more outgoing and can be chatterboxes. My female is a closet talker, and waits for no one to be around or when she thinks no one is paying attention to her. I know someone who has a male and a female and says they are both closet talkers. Also, females can be a bit moody. Sometimes she will just not come out of her cage because she doesn't feel like it. If I try to take her out she will bite me for not leaving her alone. I would say that males are more playful and females are more independent.

 

[tlouiselle]

Whenever I am talking about my eclectus at the bird stores people ALWAYS say "I take it you have a male". My breeder said that she has met both males and females who were both wonderful and stinkers. TYPICALLY the male is more docile and easy going while the females are a little more sassy. Everyone who has them (males and females) loves them both. In the wild the female is the dominant of the two so she will be a little more set in their ways.

I have a male and I can do anything to this bird. I hug him, kiss him, lay him on his back, flip him around, hold him like a baby, stick him in a purse on a plane, and he loves it all. He is so easy going. I downright smother him with hugs and kisses and he just lays his head on me taking it all in or he coos and smothers me right back LOL. I have never met a female before though

 

[MikeyTN]

Male parrots can be just as sweet as the females. We have both. But with the ekkies, males are the sweetheart!!!! BUT the female can be just as sweet IF trained properly. They tend to be very sassy!!! At the bird fair I held breeder ekkies from my breeder friend. It was the female that came to me first over the male. I did coax him to come to me eventually. I really think its really up to the individual bird and how they were trained.

 

[emmyc]

Males are generally more affectionate, but also tend to be sensitive and so can find it hard to adapt to noisy family homes. The females have more attitude and like to dominate, as they would in the wild.
Of the subspecies, the smaller solomon island eclectus is thought to be more docile and easy-going.

 

[mtdoramike]

Males are generally more affectionate, but also tend to be sensitive and so can find it hard to adapt to noisy family homes. The females have more attitude and like to dominate, as they would in the wild.
Of the subspecies, the smaller solomon island eclectus is thought to be more docile and easy-going.

Mac is just as described and from the research that I did, males are more laid back and prefer a quiet household versus the female.

 

[Pedro]

I agree with Mikey. Personally they are both a joy, it comes down to the temprement of the bird & more important how the bird is trained & how much your bird trusts you. You really have to have trust like tlouiselle to really appreicate an eclectus. I have that trust with both my males & female chicks. Sometimes I have to work a little harder with some. Some can be very cautious.

IMO males certainly are not sensitive at all. They absolutely love a busy household. And females are beautiful just misunderstood.

It also has a lot to do with how we present our body language to our parrots as well.

 

[ann]

my opinion isnt much different, from what i heard, males bond better to female humans and females bond better to male humans, but there are exceptions. i dont think its the same with finches because they prefer other finches to human contact, but my female gouldian is closer to me than the rest of my finches but i love them all the same

 

[Pedro]

my opinion isnt much different, from what i heard, males bond better to female humans and females bond better to male humans, but there are exceptions.

I am sorry Ann but that statement is so not true & one i totally disagree with. Birds will go to the person they feel most comfortable with. I see it over & over again when clients come to view my babies.

 

[caliopi]

i wanted a girl at first, and females are what made me fall in love with eclectus parrots. From the research and advice i got from others girls are more dominant so they tent to be more moody and nippy, while males are more laid back and typically up for anything.
hope that helps

I got exactly the opposite from research! Maybe it depends on the bird?

I too was all for the girls and it was not until the night before pick up when the guy at the pet shop spooked me about the girls saying hey were moodier and nippier. I asked the breeder who said yes they can be and if I wanted a boy she had one. I was still undecided until I put my hand in the cage and the female nipped me and puffin just jumped right on my hand....he chose me

 

[MikeyTN]

When I went to pick up my pair, Gracie came right to me while JoJo was freaking out. So it's the exact opposite here, same with my friend's breeder pair. Female came out to me right away. But now JoJo loves me more then Gracie as she prefers my partner more. I've said it time after time, you let the bird choose you not the other way around! The moment my partner came home, Gracie flew right over, right then I knew Gracie made her choice, she's sweeter with my partner as JoJo is sweeter with me. Our LSC too Dixie is the sweetest girl in the world, she flew to my partner then moment we got home but she's still sweet with me. Our meaniest birds are actually boys! In the past was girls....so it really depends. We have 7 girls and 11 boys.

 

[Julieanne4792]

So, if I have a noisy two boys, 3 & 4 year old, and they are very active, should I bring an eclectus into my home as a baby to get used to (hand feeding it)? What's your opinion on this scenario. Thanks in advance!