Hi....I'm new here on the forum and also the proud new owner of a beautiful female Eclectus named Miss Scarlett:red:. My boyfriend Mark and I adopted her about 2 1/2 months ago from a gentleman whose wife had passed away. Scarlett was bonded with the wife and after she passed the husband cared for her for a year until we adopted her through a parrot society in our area. Scarlett is 13 years old and was extremely gentle and friendly when we first got her. The man who had her said he wasn't able to handle her that much as she was so bonded with his wife.
Scarlett immediately bonded with me as well and although Mark can hand feed her and pet her occasionally she didn't warm up to him as much.
I brought Scarlett to our vet for a checkup and she told us to put Scarlett in a sleep cage in a different room so that she would get enough sleep since we are night people. We did that and within a week she laid two eggs in the night. The previous owner said that it's the first time she's ever laid.
We did everything we were supposed to do.....got two dummy eggs and were leaving them in the cage. We were going to leave them in for the 28 days. She was doing well and her hormones seemed to dwindle after a while. We didn't even reach the 28 days and on Dec. 31st she laid another egg.
We were told to remove one of the eggs so that there are only two again in her clutch.
Since then she has been so aggressive to me, she doesn't want me near her cage but yet Mark can go up to her, feed her through the cage with no problem. She used to try and attack him and now it's me she's going after. I can pick her up and get her out of the cage if she wants to go somewhere but she freaks out when realizing she's on me and tries to bite. She will fly off of her window perch, run across the floor and look under the couch like she wants to nest there. I have to pick her right back up and deter her from doing this.
I've had conures, parakeets, a cockatiel and Mexican Red-Headed parrot but never an Eclectus. This hormonal behavior is all new to me.
We've moved everything around in her cage, don't pet her down her back, don't let her go in any dark places and have even stopped putting her in the small sleep cage thinking that she might have thought that was her nest. We've ordered a larger sleep cage which will arrive tomorrow. She will sleep in that uncovered.
After losing our beloved dogs we were hoping to have a sweet, loving pet bird but this is turning into a nightmare.
My question is, how long will this last and do you think she will rebond with me after her hormonal time is done?
Thank you for any information! Stevie
Scarlett immediately bonded with me as well and although Mark can hand feed her and pet her occasionally she didn't warm up to him as much.
I brought Scarlett to our vet for a checkup and she told us to put Scarlett in a sleep cage in a different room so that she would get enough sleep since we are night people. We did that and within a week she laid two eggs in the night. The previous owner said that it's the first time she's ever laid.
We did everything we were supposed to do.....got two dummy eggs and were leaving them in the cage. We were going to leave them in for the 28 days. She was doing well and her hormones seemed to dwindle after a while. We didn't even reach the 28 days and on Dec. 31st she laid another egg.
We were told to remove one of the eggs so that there are only two again in her clutch.
Since then she has been so aggressive to me, she doesn't want me near her cage but yet Mark can go up to her, feed her through the cage with no problem. She used to try and attack him and now it's me she's going after. I can pick her up and get her out of the cage if she wants to go somewhere but she freaks out when realizing she's on me and tries to bite. She will fly off of her window perch, run across the floor and look under the couch like she wants to nest there. I have to pick her right back up and deter her from doing this.
I've had conures, parakeets, a cockatiel and Mexican Red-Headed parrot but never an Eclectus. This hormonal behavior is all new to me.
We've moved everything around in her cage, don't pet her down her back, don't let her go in any dark places and have even stopped putting her in the small sleep cage thinking that she might have thought that was her nest. We've ordered a larger sleep cage which will arrive tomorrow. She will sleep in that uncovered.
After losing our beloved dogs we were hoping to have a sweet, loving pet bird but this is turning into a nightmare.
My question is, how long will this last and do you think she will rebond with me after her hormonal time is done?
Thank you for any information! Stevie
