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Post by animalover24 on Dec 21, 2015 9:53:06 GMT -5
Thank you and when we got home from work yesterday he started to interact with her and when he tried to pet her she opened her beak at him to try and bite. But as he messed with her she started to come around and she let him pet her .
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Post by animalover24 on Dec 22, 2015 19:41:10 GMT -5
I worked with polly quit a bit and I would like some tips on how other people should act with her. Cause at my house I live with my sister and her bf and then there's me and my bf.
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Post by biteybird on Dec 22, 2015 23:01:41 GMT -5
I'm thinking you could start a new appropriately-named thread under Quaker Parrot Behavior - that way people will be more likely to see it and respond than if you keep this query in your introduction thread. I do have some advice, but I just have to get it in some semblance of order in my head before I type it for you!  |
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Post by animalover24 on Dec 22, 2015 23:26:49 GMT -5
Ok lol thank you
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Post by biteybird on Dec 23, 2015 19:21:14 GMT -5
I was also meaning to say that all 4 of you humans could sit down and have a 'pow-wow' about Polly and how to positively reinforce her appropriate behavior - that way all your responses will be consistent and less confusing for her...although you'd be surprised at how adaptable QPs are in regard to different humans and their individual quirks! e.g., Person A uncovers the cage, Person B does the food & water dishes, Person C lets her out of the cage, Person D gives her a treat - all whilst lavishing praise upon her, of course! You could be 'bad cop' when it's time for her to go back in the cage, at least until she isn't biting the others.
Perhaps you could work out a flexible 'roster' designed to distribute one-on-one time/care amongst the humans - with the aim of Polly bonding to each person (and therefore being less aggressive to some). I know she is your bird, but if your boyfriend, sister and her boyfriend are willing to put in a little bit of consistent effort it will pay off for everybody and they will, no doubt, enjoy her company a lot more.
It's important that, when Polly is behaving inappropriately, everyone understands that they shouldn't yell/scream at her - as has been said on other threads, quakers love drama and this will reinforce the inappropriate behavior. The moment she does the right thing (e.g., one minute near another human flock member without biting them) have that person give her a treat.
Our blue QP Bonnie is a 'Jekyll & Hyde' quaker - she has sudden mood swings and sometimes still bites my husband, but we are continuing to work on this and there's been some improvement (it's sometimes a case of 1 step forward, 2 steps back).
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Post by animalover24 on Dec 24, 2015 0:19:21 GMT -5
That makes alot of since now and I will talk with my sis and her bf tomorrow bit she works during the day and me and my bf also work during the day and my sister's bf work nights so he's home all day. But he mostly sleeps and Polly does not like him when he uncovers the cage she tries to bite him. But I will try the approach you mentioned and I really appreciate all the information everyone has given me and I'm always learning better ways to do things with polly
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Post by aaron on Dec 24, 2015 13:15:48 GMT -5
Biteybird's approach is a great one... teamwork is really important in these situations. The more consistent and persistent you are as a group, the faster you will accomplish change in the bird's behavior.
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Post by animalover24 on Dec 26, 2015 12:00:03 GMT -5
I'll keep that in mind when Polly is out of her cage. We also clipped her wings yesterday I made sure to look up how and made sure I didn't clip them to short she can still fly just not as well so I'm hoping that helps also
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Post by animalover24 on Jan 1, 2016 14:35:42 GMT -5
Polly is slowly getting to were my bf can pet her. So far its only on her cage or when I'm not in the room. But that's better than her trying to bite everyone
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Post by animalover24 on Jan 2, 2016 14:33:57 GMT -5
Polly wasn't in a good mood this morning she attacked my my sister's bf and she flew off her cage to do it and she also bit me today. But she likes my bf just fine today
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Post by animalover24 on Jan 2, 2016 16:08:11 GMT -5
When we got home she took a bird bath and she's in a better mood now lol
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Post by julianna on Jan 2, 2016 16:19:33 GMT -5
Sounds like you are doing fine. Like Bitebird mentioned earlier.... I'm thinking you could start a new appropriately-named thread under Quaker Parrot Behavior - that way people will be more likely to see it and respond than if you keep this query in your introduction thread.
This will help instead of having 4 pages under one thread... you can make different ones under different subjects and all people on the thread would benefit from reading them.
We are very happy that you love your little one... as much as we love ours.
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