Why is my Caique randomly attacking my boyfriend

[meowpilled]

My 5 year old female White Bellied Caique is bonded to me, and most of the time she is fine with everyone else, including my boyfriend. However, randomly she gets very aggressive towards him. She’ll be perched on my hand and he’ll just be standing near me / touches my shoulder, and she starts actively trying to bite him. She reaches out to grab his hand / fingers and starts biting him, and not in the exploratory way, definitely with the intention of leaving a mark lol. Just trying to figure out why she’s acting like this towards him, and if there’s something we can do to stop it / prevent it?

 

[Mizzely]

Sounds like she is protecting her mate (you).


I would read through this

Site Name - Articles - Behavioral - Sex And The Psittacine

 

[April]

@Irishj9

 

[meowpilled]

Sounds like she is protecting her mate (you).


I would read through this

Site Name - Articles - Behavioral - Sex And The Psittacine

thank you,, that’s what i thought was happening but was rly hoping it was something else lol

 

[Irishj9]

What you can do to stop/prevent it is get your boyfriend to bribe the parrot

Nuts, treats, whatever

Bribe shamelessly and often

 

[meowpilled]

What you can do to stop/prevent it is get your boyfriend to bribe the parrot

Nuts, treats, whatever

Bribe shamelessly and often

Thank you!!! we’ll try that :3