Plum Headed Parakeet

[oneoftwo]

Hello,

We just purchased a one year old plum head parakeet three days ago. When she was in the store she was very well behaved and listened to the owner, stepped up and never bite anyone. Over the past few days we have been trying to get her out of her cage more than she is used to and now she seems to be becomeing cage terriortial. She trys to lung at us when she is on top of the cage. I need some advise on how to get her back to her sweetness she was when she was living with her breeder and how long do you thing it will take to get to adjust to us. Should we have seperate place for her to sleep and a seperate play area as well for her? Please any help I want her to be a good bird and I know she has the potential to be because she was with her breeder, im just afraid that she is going to change for the worst. Thanks for the help

[Emmilyy]

I dont know anything about Plum headed Parakeets, but three days is a short time to get used to a new home for any bird. She's probably still scared and needs more time to settle in and get used to her new home.

[LovelySydney]

She needs to have time to settle into a new place & get used to you. Until she is settled in and comfortable with her new home she's not going to let you try & tame/train her. My parrotlet had to hang out for about 2 weeks before he would come out of his cage and interact with my bf and I. We had the cage near us and would talk to him and do things in the room he was in so he knew we were around. This got him used to us being there. We never forced him to come out or grabbed him from the cage, this will only slow down the trust process.


Give your new baby some time - he needs to get used to everything and if you force him to come out of his cage when he's not ready he will definitely do things to show you he's not ready. i.e. bite and try to remain in the cage. Keep us posted, he will come around - he just needs time.

[hollyhawkz]

Hi there, I have moved this to get help with your bird. A plum headed parrot and a parrotlet are different, and there appeared to be a double post as well.

[Chicklette]

Give her time, it’s only been three days, she is in a new home, new people, new food, new habits, this is all traumatic for a little bird. But you have to realize some birds are biters. That comes with the package of getting one, you never know. Boomer (conure) was a MASSIVE biter. I would bleed like crazy. Now he is a sweet as can be.

Give him some time to adjust, don’t force him to do anything he doesn’t want right now. I would try to get him to take a treat out of your hand. Place your hand in the cage and leave it there, he may take it. No fast movements around the cage, let him sleep when he’s tired. Learn his behavior. I now know when my parrots are in a bad mood just by their behavior so I leave them alone if there cranky.

It usually takes a couple of weeks for them to adjust. I have a trick to get them back to their cage. Every time they go home put a peace of fruits or a treat in their cage. They know when they will get a treat when they go home.

Also they can be an aggressive bird. Most are cage territorial. I had one that was extremely cage territorial when ever I walked by his cage he would smack the bars so hard for me to get out of his space. Mine is a very independent strong willed bird. They do not like to be cuddled however, you EVERY parrot is different so you can never say never.

[RLKBLK]

is she doing any better yet? give her a little time she will come around, she probably just wants to be on her new perch

[Chicklette]

Any updates?

[RLKBLK]

anything new to report? how did she do yesterday? keep us informed