Papaleka

My bird, Phoebe, bit, and twisted, and came away with a good chunk finger, the next week, she bit my lip. Ps...she NEVER bites my husband!

Just curious, is that a perch especially for parrots in the shower? where did you get it?

the peanut picture is hilarious!!!

question on toys...does anyone have a bird who is afraid of anything new? we made ours a nesting box and she took about 3 weeks to even get near it.

Judy,,,can you direct me how to find the thread on body language?

thank you so much for replying! I'll let the husband know your advice as well! Her name is Pheobe, I do have pics but will have to post them another time as I dont have my camera with me at the moment. the funny thing is, she is perfectly ok with me kissing her beak. I think one of her problems may be that she's overly territorial, as the man who had her before never let her leave her cage. Now that we have her, we have built her a portable perch so she can be wherever with us, but she soon flies/walks back to her safety zone, the cage. It's not an ideal house for bird training, as I have read that they do better if they can't see thier cage to fly back to it, and we live in sort of a studio apt. Thanks for the advice! Keep it coming! Pictures to follow soon. -Papaleka

hi everyone, my husband and I are new owners. We inherited a 5 year old african grey from a man who did not treat her very well. He would lock her in a small plastic box when she was "bad" (aka bit him or talked too much) and yelled at her. We have now had her in our home for about a month. She ADORES my husband...so much so that several times when he pets her she pants, and holds her wings out a little...does this mean she is sexually aroused? (I read something about that) on the other hand, she hates me and bites me HARD if I get my hand to close to her...except if I go to pick her up..she is ok with that...just not with me scratching her neck as he does. She has drawn blood a couple of times. Am I her rival for my husbands attention? how can I get these behaviors to stop?