Mean parakeet?

Question

I have a parakeet who is really mean. When-ever someone touches her she bites you really really hard. I had never grabbed her, and the other birds are really nice to her... any suggestions?

Answer 1

asuming you want to tame her, i would use this routine. it works for mine.

you have to be extremely gentle.

1 try to put your hand in the cage, but don't touch him. if he flies away, try again in about 15 min. repeat until he doesn't fly away.

2 the next day,or week, when he is comfy with you hand in the cage, start stretching it around and opening and closing it.

3 after he is comfortable with 2, probably about a day, and doesn't fly away, hold a small perch in your hand and move it towards him. if he flies away, try again in a few min.

4 after he is comfortable with that, move the perch rite above his feet, and say step up, wile gently pushing up on his abdomen. he should step up hold him there a few min. then put him back on his solid perch and leave him alone.this shows him that this thing really isn't so bad, and that it is safe to sit on.

5 next, after doing step 4 for about a day, every 15 min or so, get a short perch, about as long as your finger, and hold it with your finger on top, do step 4.

6 then do it w/o the perch. gradually move out of the cage, out of the room, to a different floor, until he is OK with it all. i wouldn't keep i longer than 5 min. out of his cage. the next day, add a min. to get it up to 6 min. next day, 7. animals need this gradual adjustment. it may seem to be taking forever, but he needs that. best of luck to you!

Answer 2

How long have you had this bird? Was she hand fed as baby? Where did you get her/him? There are other birds? In her cage? In the room? How long have you had them? this is a much more complex problem...Birds are amazing creatures...Parakeets were a staple in my youth...they only live 6-7 years at the most...arghhh. What a heartbreak....Cockatiels live 20 and I bred them and had a wonderful time with them...When they were a community I couldn't touch them, they would bite (survival instinct) but I knew that when I let them become a community. I now have one Amazon Grey female that I was GIVEN because the couple who owned her from a baby (12 years) adopted a human baby and this bird became an assassin towards this baby. I was asked (they knew I was an animal person) and I gratefully became her new world...they thought it was a he (Bilbo) but I have found very clearly that it is indeed a she (Betty Boop).

Every now and then I get bit, it's bloody and painful, but it is because I was not tuned in to her or who knows...We are so dumb if we attribute human responses to animals...Otherwise we have a very close and cuddly relationship for a bird with incredible intelligence...sometimes scary. Keeps me respectful for sure. You have to really put some time and energy into building trust...they just aren't cuddly if you are a now and then friend. Forget it. Fed, watered, on time with fun snacks and toys, let out to fly or play with you....can't believe how cool a pet they are...but you have to commit...period. And they will learn you mean to be their partner in this life and what you get from them is unconditional love.

Seriously you need to learn whatever you can about them from experts if you decide to enter their life and be a proper steward, versus a pet shop owner...get books, use the internet. Doesn't matter whether the time period is 6 years or 20 or 100...Just know that commitment is for life not just when it is convenient for you. I can't stand that topic so I'll side step talking about humans that do that and hope you are not one of them.

...when they die and you are part of their life it is very difficult but very much part of the fabric of life into which we'are all woven. I give them a little ceremony, mourn, take a day off work even...but loving them and getting loved by them was worth the investment, risk of a few bites (horses, pigs, turkeys, chickens, African Grey Geese, dogs, cats, iguanas...OUCH), the pain of having them leave our world and good practice to learn how to love and receive love from our human friends...and family and how to accept death as part of life. (Parents who hide the deaths of pets from their children are doing a horrible injustice to thier kids!...I feel anyhow...)

Answer 3

I had a parakeet and a cockatiel that were in the same cage together. They were together for over a year, when one night I heard incredible screams coming from there cage, when I went to check, there was blood everywhere! My cockatiel was huddled at the bottom of the cage and the parakeet was dive bombing him! There were feathers everywhere, it was a horrible sight! I guess what I am trying to say is......parakeets are bullies!!

Answer 4

Your bird has no trust in you. you should start small. Give it some of its favorite foods on your hands open the cage on a daily basis but slowly introduce your self ,But do not rush other wise it will worsen things.

Answer 5

dont know her age....I have a 7 yr old bird who can get fussy and I scold her and say to relax.....also one who is 18 mos and I pet their tummies every day and give them millet as a reward....no petting No millet....they get the drift....link good behaviour to the reward.. Only the primary caregiver should touch them...

Answer 6

Let her gently get near you and then whistle and talk low and reach for her slowly and pet her thoroughly.

Answer 7

sounds like she is soon going to expire,may be.