lahnnerose
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I recently bought a female Eclectus parrot and she is beautiful!
She was really placid at first, but now bites often, and hard!
I am excusing it on the grounds that two days after i brought her home my sister passed away (23rd December 2011).
As her cage is situated in the living room, there were many people coming and going and even kids trying to touch her at one point. (When that happened i took her out of the cage and into my room, which she liked)
When she does bite, she bites reeeeally hard. Normally when people try to touch her. But she bites me too but not as much as others.
She hasn't quite learned to step up yet but I feel the biting has made me more reluctant to touch her and train her. When i DO pick her up with no problem she loves to hold onto the top of my shirt or my necklace and nestle into my neck/under my chin. So she seems to love that sort of physical contact. She also squawks in response to us talking to her.
I also bought her some foot toys which she is terrified of, if i put one near her she holds her mouth open and will strike at it like a snake if she's really feelings threatened.
I guess i should just give her months to settle in right?
Just wanted some opinions![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I just signed up to this website for discussion purposes
I recently bought a female Eclectus parrot and she is beautiful!
She was really placid at first, but now bites often, and hard!
I am excusing it on the grounds that two days after i brought her home my sister passed away (23rd December 2011).
As her cage is situated in the living room, there were many people coming and going and even kids trying to touch her at one point. (When that happened i took her out of the cage and into my room, which she liked)
When she does bite, she bites reeeeally hard. Normally when people try to touch her. But she bites me too but not as much as others.
She hasn't quite learned to step up yet but I feel the biting has made me more reluctant to touch her and train her. When i DO pick her up with no problem she loves to hold onto the top of my shirt or my necklace and nestle into my neck/under my chin. So she seems to love that sort of physical contact. She also squawks in response to us talking to her.
I also bought her some foot toys which she is terrified of, if i put one near her she holds her mouth open and will strike at it like a snake if she's really feelings threatened.
I guess i should just give her months to settle in right?
Just wanted some opinions