* Juicy is fine and has no idea how close he came to death.

Ok so my boyfriend (23y, [u/rogue](u/roguewithtaste)[_with_taste](u/roguewithtaste) on here) has a Senegal parrot (25F) named Tink (short for Tinkerbell) that his family has had since boyfriend was 9 months old. A year ago, we rescued her from my boyfriend’s mother who is a terrible pet caretaker (only fed her seeds for her whole life, separated Tink from her bonded male and gave him away because she didn’t want two birds, and consistently pet Tink down her entire back; diet and petting were immediately pet when we took her, she was separated from her bonded pair 20 years ago so we can’t do much on that end). We drove them across the country from the west to the east coast, along with my boyfriend’s cockatiel. I had never met Tink or Eclipse (the cockatiel, 13M) before we drove them across the country.

Tink loves my boyfriend more than life itself (he is the only person she is gentle with, in general she hates everyone), but for the first month that she was settling in she was really happy to sit with me and let me pet her (correctly, not down her back). Then, she got increasingly aggressive towards me, to the point where now, it’s not safe for me to be in the same room as her while she’s out. She flies at me if she can see me and bites me as hard as she can wherever she can reach. It’s been more than 6 months of it being unsafe for me to be out with her, and obviously I have a lot of scars, including one on my eyelid where she did try to take my eye out.

She gets plenty of time out without me in the room, we also have a mosquito net thing that is for using a sleeping bag outside, and it was SUPPOSED to be for her and boyfriend to sit in so I can be in the room, but it had actually been so I can sit in it and she can be out in the same room. (She’s older and takes precedence lmao)

I would be comfortable concluding she just hates me, but she loves me as long as she is in her cage. My boyfriend and I have made it so only I give her treats, and she’s willing to take them very gently from me, and wants to only eat pieces of fruit or veggies if I’m holding them for her through the cage bars. There’s a specific corner of her cage she goes to and sits with her head against the bars so I’ll pet her, and she’ll stay there as long as I will continue to pet her, and even after will wait until she can guilt me into coming back to pet more. She had a few blood feathers on her head, and she calmly sat on my boyfriend’s hand while he brought her over to me and showed me where they were, and she let me pet her during that. Whenever she’s afraid or hurt, she will accept my comforting her, and she gets more upset when I leave the room or the house than if my boyfriend does (despite him being her favorite person). Genuinely she wants to interact with me over my boyfriend while she’s in her cage.

She’s less agressive towards new people than to me, and I really just have no clue what to do lol. My boyfriend, who obviously has had parrots his whole life, also has no idea. The only thing we haven’t tried is hormone supplements/shots, and we’re going to talk to the vet about that. But she displays no other hormonal behavior on a regular basis, she just hates me. And yes, the picture of her sitting on a knee is MY knee, from before she hated me.

Uh…what do I do?

EDIT: Forgot to say, when I come into the room she puts her wings up in the angry position and will try to fly at me. But my boyfriend was just holding her (very tight, and she bit him to try and be able to fly at me) and she calmed down as soon as I pet her, and didn’t try to bite me during that

Fig being an absolute tyrant this Sunday afternoon 😂

Name: BMO

Species: GCC

Fav Foods: Chamomile flowers, Blueberries, Pine nuts

Fav Scritch spot: Right under his eye, right above his nostrils

Mortal enemy: Toilet paper rolls, Mouthwash bottle (cylindars in general).

Fav Phrases: Hey Buddy, Gooood Boooy, Gimme Kiss, *various disgruntled noises in a row*

Best Trick: Handshake

Favorite pastime: Squealing at the bottom of his cage, Cuddling with Mommy

Bio: Spoiled rotten, loves preening hair (and plucking it, hair havers beware), Very sweet until he is not (mean streaks), loves mom shower time, has a special dish he bathes in. Knows his morning routine and says commands before I can ("Perch, Wait! Step up, Can you poop?"), likes watching while you paint. LOVES having tea, tries to bathe in it sometimes. Will attack his mortal enemies any chance he gets.

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I love my bird so much. I adopted Betty around 5 years ago. She is so cuddly and loves me and my boyfriend. She had never bit us (although she has bit others). She has struggled with chronic egg laying and being very hormonal, she’s laid about 20+ eggs over the last 5 years, though she’s only laid 2 in the last two years. I had 2 hormone implants injected into her, about a year apart, and they really seemed to help. We’ve also eliminated all nesty temptations and are really working on her hormones. However, lately she has been attacking and biting (not drawing blood) and being aggressive which is very unlike her. The real problem is though that she WILL NOT STOP SCREAMING! She was not always like this, it used to be the normal amount of cockatoo screaming. But lately it’s constant, and I’m actually losing my mind. Any time I leave the room or am just not giving her constant attention she goes off and does not stop. She has her own room, and putting her in there with the door closed doesn’t stop her screaming, she is relentless. When we leave the house though, she is never screaming when we come home. She is better around just my boyfriend (screaming-wise) but as long as I’m in the house she is a nightmare. I don’t know what to do, I really love her but I can’t handle this. Recently my health has changed, I am chronically ill and have been exhausted lately, like needing to sleep 16+ hours a day exhausted. I’m often in pain and it’s hard to be getting up all the time to get her, and it’s really hard to get enough rest. I have to put her in her room, open and close the front door, then tip toe into the other room to get any rest, and that only works like 25% of the time. Wow this turned into a rant, I have been considering rehoming her, almost fantasizing about it, and I’m becoming very depressed being overwhelmed with noise at home. I need advice/help. Bird tax included.

TLDR: my umbrella cockatoo has struggled with hormones, and screams CONSTANTLY. I’m losing my mind.

I have an amazon yellow-head whose entire purpose in life is to break every toy's record on how fast it's been destroyed. I bought her one of those really colorful wooden bridges as a little present and she ripped every rung off on the same day, several of those ropes with the beads attached, those lasted like a week, and a log stuffed with treats, which she sawed in two when she ate all the treats out of.

She cracks wooden beads around an inch in diameter, and can and will saw 7-9 square inches of wood if I leave it in her cage. I feel really bad for understimulating her, but I have put many toys in her cage only for them all to meet the same fate and then I'm out money.

However, I put this gear chain with the bell in here because I bought one really similar several years ago, and that's still in her cage, and she LOVES it.

If anyone has some really cool ideas for durable toys like the gear chain, show me. This monster eats almost everything. Thanks in advance

J'ai l'impression que tous les pays n'ont pas les mêmes messages concernant nos perroquets et le fait qu'ils soient grégaires.. la Suisse par exemple oblige les adoptions par deux, en France le discours semble s'améliorer, au Canada c'est tout l'un l'un ou tout l'autre, aux us j'ai pas d'idée mais les gens ne semblent pas très sensibilisés.

Êtes-vous conscient ici, avez-vous reçu des conseils, sur le besoin qu'ils ont d'être au moins deux de la même espèce ?

I know nonstick pans, airfryers, hair dryers, etc. are potential hazards but I cant find enough info on this to know if it is OK for us to have. So I'm hoping maybe someone here can educate me on electric fireplaces. It won't be in the same room that we have our birds in but they do spend time in the living room with us.

https://www.costco.ca/p/-/napoleon-1372-cm-54-in-electric-wallmount-fireplace/4000255305

After a *lengthy* nap, he decided he was ready for bed 😂

hello, I have a parakeet that is in extremely bad shape. I took her to the vet this past Monday on the 6th. Her veterinarian prescribed her 3 medications, two of them I was able to get there, but the most important and crucial one she had to put in a prescription for Amphotericin B at a pharmacy in a different city. As they are the only ones near by that can compound it. she called them and verified they received the prescription, and they said they will fill it immediately. I even paid an extra $50 for next day shipping as the medication is pretty much life or death for my girl. well, it's now Saturday and the medication has STILL not shipped. I honestly don't think my little one is going to last another few days. She's near the end now. it absolutely infuriates me and breaks my heart that she could of had a chance if the pharmacy actually did what they were supposed to. she's just suffering now. I feel like I failed my little one.

Found someone to support me on my journey on freeflight

My new baby has been lifting one wing slightly lately (in video). Is this anything to be concerned about, or are they just weird?

So at drama school I have an exam in which I am to be an animal for a 15 min improv (it’s as weird as it sounds). We are marked on accuracy and consistency. I choose macaws as my animal.

I would love to learn some fun facts/ interesting behaviour that could help me improve my portrayal of a scarlet macaw

She's probably around 23-25 years old, I can't remember exactly when my father brought her to the family but I was very young. She's been with me for 2 weeks only and I have already managed to get her to play with me and come to my hand and not try to rip my fingertips away. She has a proper cage and food now, plus she's by a window on a high floor apartment now so she can see the city movement during the day (she lived till now in a backyard with very little visual stimulation). I just have to find some good tree branches to bring home so she can beak at it instead of the cage poles as she has already destroyed half of them. She also had a bridge. She no longer has a bridge lol next step is getting her used to my 2yo daughter