Post by pcv on Nov 24, 2019 21:20:18 GMT -5
We just adopted a beautiful 4 year old QP boy and he’s absolutely wonderful...with me and our daughter, but not so much my wife. In the parrot sanctuary he was good with all of us, although I noticed my wife was always far more cautious and apprehensive with him, but he still would sit on her without biting or acting aggressive. Now that we’ve had him home for a week, he won’t let my wife touch him at all. He has also ruffled his neck feathers at the two other adult women that have met him so far, and bitten one on the neck, not too hard, but it’s clear that it wasn’t a love nibble.
The backstory on his surrender to the sanctuary was that he was with the family since hatching, but after the wife became pregnant, he didn’t like her anymore and became aggressive towards her, so he had to go. Obviously this may be the reason why he has so far acted out at women, although he loves our 1st grade daughter and is very gentle with her, and vice versa.
Anyhow, since we’re going to have this little boy for the next 20-25 years or so, is there anything we can do to help him become more comfortable with my wife and with women in general? She gives him his food almost every day, which I feel is a good start to build trust. Just want to know what else we can do and if any of you out there have had similar issues and been able to turn it around or not. Thanks!
The backstory on his surrender to the sanctuary was that he was with the family since hatching, but after the wife became pregnant, he didn’t like her anymore and became aggressive towards her, so he had to go. Obviously this may be the reason why he has so far acted out at women, although he loves our 1st grade daughter and is very gentle with her, and vice versa.
Anyhow, since we’re going to have this little boy for the next 20-25 years or so, is there anything we can do to help him become more comfortable with my wife and with women in general? She gives him his food almost every day, which I feel is a good start to build trust. Just want to know what else we can do and if any of you out there have had similar issues and been able to turn it around or not. Thanks!
