aggresive to the ladies

[bazie]

My black capped caique has over the last few months become more and more aggresive to females (people). He is fine with our immediant family which includes me, my husband and my two girls. But every other woman he bites and draws blood!!! Sometimes hes obvious about it with him leaning towards the person with eyes pinned and feathers fluffed but lately hes been more sneeky. And he waits to step up on thier hands then draws blood. I thought this was hormanal and there was nothing i could do about it. I was just looking for advice . Is this just the way hes going to be?? (which kinda sucks but is fine because we loved sharing him with our friends and they loved it too!) But regardless I will love him or is there a way to change this behaviour????
thanks

[LovelySydney]

I think he's just very possessive of you and your family - he considers you and them his flock, and any person who comes around you or is NOT part of the flock, he feels like he needs to protect you!! As far as fixing the behavior, more socialization with women, more rewards when he is GOOD with women. It could take some time, he isnt going to do this overnight and hes not going to change quickly - behavior changes always require patience!! Keep us posted.

[bazie]

Sorry I forgot to mention that he has no problems whatsoever with men! He has bitten at least 5 different woman and those who were sucker for punishment had repeated bites of becoming his friend. Why would he only be territorial with woman?

[bazie]

Sorry I am really looking for suggestions on if i can attempt to fix this behaviour! What do you mean "acting good around woman"? He only bites if hes within reaching distance. So how could i reward him.
Is this a fixable thing????

[Chicklette]

You have to get some different women to come over and socialize with him. That is the only way you will get him over it. He thinks this is his territory. Some birds hate the colour red, some hate blue, your feels threatened by women for some reason. This is a tough one to get over. Get that bird socialized with women. Other then that I can’t think of anything else to do. Maybe someone else will have better advice.

When my dad came over my Indian ringneck used to attack my dad. He would come over to fix something on my computer and he would get attacked. LOL That was HIS spot because he sat with me on the computer and it was HIS chair. They claim there territory this way. Unfortunately Rascal passed away, now I have Chiquita and Boomer.

Your parrot is only protecting you and his turf. It’s a very hard situation to fix.

[Kiwi08]

Hmm, that does sound like a tough situation. Maybe you could have all the women who come over have a treat in their hand for him? But he only would get it if he stepped up to them without biting.

[bazie]

Its very hard to find volunters!!!

[Chicklette]

I would volunter for sure if I lived close to you. Too bad we live so far away.

[Angelsmum]

Try with any volunteers feeding him through the bars then maybe step up etc. My own situation...I had a tiel a few months who was always covered in blood...mine. I rehomed him with my son and it was a sickening sooky love match overnight by both. In my case the breeders wife did not like them, I don't know that she abused them but he sure did not like females. My bird Angel had the same issues but to a lesser extent from the same breeder and she and I have been happily together 3 years. She will accept holding and finger scritches from hubby but not me. we compromise with nose, cheek and chin ones with her cooing and snuggly with me as long as fingers are far away. Step up is always done on asking...as long as fist is closed.