Post: Amazon Aggresive Behavior

Posted by Ken on 12/10/07

We got an "Yellow Fronted" Amazon Parrot from a deceased
relative, and we believe the bird, Scooter, is about 20
years of age. We are unaware of the sex, and we dont want
to pay for a costly and painful surgery to find out what
sex it is. Anyway, I'm 16 years old, and I seem to have
bonded with the parrot so far. We've had Scooter for about
2 weeks, and he still doesnt like to be touched. When I
went to put his newly changed food back, I was shocked, he
lunged and bit me without giving any warning, sunk his
beak into my knuckle and would not let go. I pulled, just
trying to get my hand free, staying calm because I know
that can freak out a bird, and got my knuckle back. I
washed it out and bandaged it, and put on this glove we
have. It's a chainmail glove that my dad brought from
work, Scooter can't bite through it. When I went to put
the food back this time, Scooter would growl, tense up,
pick up her foot, and lean on the other. The downside is
that the spot for his food is in the back of his cage,
leaving open my uncovered arm, full of nice veins he can
bite. I put the food on his door and called it quits for
now, I'll try later, I guess the purpose of this is,
should I take a different approach? This may help in the
future, because we just bought a new cage with play area
on top, so I want to know how should I go about "bonding"
with Scooter again and gain his trust back? Please post
hear or email me at Gmekng007@aol.com, Thanks in advance

Posts on this thread, including this one

Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 12/10/07, by Ken.

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 12/10/07, by Bird Mom.

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 12/11/07, by AJS.

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 12/11/07, by lena.

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 12/16/07, by rose.

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 9/30/08, by dolores .

Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior, 10/01/08, by dolores .