Re: Amazon Aggresive Behavior
Posted by dolores on 9/30/08

On 12/10/07, Bird Mom wrote:
> Birds are VERY posessive of their homes ( their cage ) &
> will display aggression to anyone or anything they see as a
> threat.
>
> My advise to you ( esp. since this is an older bird & you
> apparently don't have much experience/knowledge of birds in
> general, as yet ) is to get on your computer & locate all of
> the information that you can about this spacific type of
> Amazon Parrot. There are books available ( look on
> amazon.com ) on caring for Amazon Parrots as well as dealing
> with a re-homed bird. You will find that all birds have
> different types of personalities & possibably problems, due
> to being owned/bonded to a human who just up & disappeared
> from their lifes. Birds don't understand the death/loss of
> their owner. All they know is that they have been up-rooted
> from their safe ( human ) home & moved to a new location &
> now have strangers providing their food, water, etc.
>
> So you really need to read, read & read some more & educate
> yourself on how to take proper care of this bird, if you
plan
> on keeping him/her. Because parrots can live for a Very Long
> time ( like 50 - 70 years! ) if taken proper care of. You
> can't rely on any internet chatboard to give you all of the
> information you are going to need to properly care for this
> bird. And I speak from 1st hand knowledge, because I adopted
> a 7 year old Green Cheek Amazon Parrot 5 years ago & had to
> take a crash course ( I was in my late 40's at the time ) in
> caring for a bird! I have since bought several books on bird
> care & printed so much information off the internet that I
> have a notebook full of information. And have tons of links
> to bird related information saved in my favorites list. So I
> know the stress & trials of taking on a grown/mature bird.
> And believe me, it takes a whole lot longer than a few weeks
> to bond with an Amazon Parrot! It can take months ( & even
> years in the case of a bird who has been abused or moved
from
> one home to another. )
>
> There is a company in Florida called Avian Biotec ( do a
> google search ) that does DNA sexing of birds from blood or
> feathers. And by now they may also be doing it via a beck
> swab ( I know they where working on that several years
ago ).
> There is no longer a need to put a bird thru that horriable
> surgery to sex them & frankly if a vet told me that was the
> only sure way to do it, I'd be finding another vet
> posthaste! All of the information you need on that matter
> can be found on their website.
>
> And lastly be sure to locate at least one good Avian Vet in
> your area. We have several vets where I live, but NONE of
> them care for birds ( besides nail & beak trimming ). When
> our bird fell ill 3 years ago I had to drive over 100 miles
> one way, just to get to an Avian Vet. Which was a lot of fun
> during the winter!
>
> Hope this information helps to get you started on your way
> to being a good parrot-parent!
>
> Wishing you well with your new family member!
> Bird Mom
>
>

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 .