Amna
Member
- Feb 8, 2025
- 51
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- Parrots
- Female eclectus
Hi everyone,
It’s honestly very difficult for me to say this, but I’m mentally and physically exhausted because of Rudi’s behavior.
I feel like I don’t understand her at all anymore. She bites me constantly, anytime and anywhere. I don’t know why she does it and I don’t know how to stop it. She has wooden toys in her cage, and I’ve talked before about her diet and routine, so I don’t think those are the issue.
The problem is that I simply don’t understand her anymore. Every time I try to improve things, it feels like she becomes even more aggressive. She shows many bad behaviors and I don’t even know where to start fixing them.
She’s now 1 year and 3 months old. Is it still too early to give up, or would it actually be better for her if I rehomed her to someone else?
I’ll give you some examples of when she bites me.
Sometimes she’ll be playing next to me and suddenly she comes over and bites my hand very hard for no clear reason.
She also loves standing on my head or on anyone’s head if they pass by her. This makes me uncomfortable and also bothers other people. When I try to move her away she attacks and bites very hard, sometimes hard enough to make me bleed.
Other times she’ll be sitting on my shoulder and we’re having a really nice moment together, and suddenly she attacks my ear or my cheek. A few times I was honestly scared for my eye.
Even when I give her food she loves from my hand, she’ll eat happily for a moment and then suddenly get angry and bite me.
And there are many, many situations like this happening every day.
I’m exhausted and I truly don’t know what to do anymore. I’m actually crying while writing this because I really do love her and I don’t want to give her up, but she hurts me a lot.
I also have another Eclectus parrot who is very gentle and rarely bites, which makes the situation even more confusing for me. I don’t understand why Rudi behaves this way.
I’m so tired. Her bites hurt my heart even more than they hurt my body.
What should I do? Please, I really need advice that actually works.
It’s honestly very difficult for me to say this, but I’m mentally and physically exhausted because of Rudi’s behavior.
I feel like I don’t understand her at all anymore. She bites me constantly, anytime and anywhere. I don’t know why she does it and I don’t know how to stop it. She has wooden toys in her cage, and I’ve talked before about her diet and routine, so I don’t think those are the issue.
The problem is that I simply don’t understand her anymore. Every time I try to improve things, it feels like she becomes even more aggressive. She shows many bad behaviors and I don’t even know where to start fixing them.
She’s now 1 year and 3 months old. Is it still too early to give up, or would it actually be better for her if I rehomed her to someone else?
I’ll give you some examples of when she bites me.
Sometimes she’ll be playing next to me and suddenly she comes over and bites my hand very hard for no clear reason.
She also loves standing on my head or on anyone’s head if they pass by her. This makes me uncomfortable and also bothers other people. When I try to move her away she attacks and bites very hard, sometimes hard enough to make me bleed.
Other times she’ll be sitting on my shoulder and we’re having a really nice moment together, and suddenly she attacks my ear or my cheek. A few times I was honestly scared for my eye.
Even when I give her food she loves from my hand, she’ll eat happily for a moment and then suddenly get angry and bite me.
And there are many, many situations like this happening every day.
I’m exhausted and I truly don’t know what to do anymore. I’m actually crying while writing this because I really do love her and I don’t want to give her up, but she hurts me a lot.
I also have another Eclectus parrot who is very gentle and rarely bites, which makes the situation even more confusing for me. I don’t understand why Rudi behaves this way.
I’m so tired. Her bites hurt my heart even more than they hurt my body.
What should I do? Please, I really need advice that actually works.
