so im on my 3rd day with my parrot. his cage is right next to my bed. whenever i put him back in he seems to get an attitude and start hitting his beak hard against the side of the cage. is this normal what is he doing.? will he be able to hurt himself doing this. also he never touches the floor ofhis cage which is where his water bowl is should i start putting him on the floor of the cage instead of the the perches. also hes getting more of an attitude and biting harder and harder. today he actually broke the skin twice today and it seems tobe getting worse or is he still pushinghis limits. thanks i really need help with these things. Thanks a lot have a good dya

If I were you, I would leave my parrot alone for a few days. It sounds as if your bird might be trying to adapt to it's new surroundings. Quiet him down - cover his cage for a few hours. Take a step back so you wont keep getting bit "harder and harder." That's a sign they want to be left alone, in my humble opinion. I could talk to you more in depth about that if you wish, just ask.

Water dish: I keep mine towards the bottom of the cage but not on the actual cage floor. He has a pirch in front of both his ss water & food dishes.

The beak banging: My parrot cleans his beak on the cage wires sometimes. Again, if my parrot were acting in a seemingly flustered way, I would let him be alone for a while. Maybe move his cage. Mostly, give him a permanant space in your home which you are both comfortable with.

Hope some of this helps :>

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Both of mine bang on their bars sometimes, usually when they want out and I've been busy and haven't let them out. But Clyde also has a favorite spot on his bars that he just chews on, even sometimes when his door is open, so I think that's kind of like a baby with his pacifier. He just likes to chew on it.

It would help if you could tell us what is going on right before your bird bites you. Are you trying to teach him to step up? Petting him? Moving his stuff around? When you've been gone and are just getting home?

It's true that they bite when they want to be let alone, but also sometimes when you've left them alone too long. They nip if they're mad at you -- and make no mistake, Quakers get mad at us! -- and if you're wearing something they don't like, and if you pet them in the wrong place, and if you aren't petting them and they want you to. He could be afraid of hands for some reason you don't know -- do you know what his life was like before he came to live with you? Could someone have teased him or poked at him? Is he cage aggressive? Many of them are.

You have to win a Quaker's heart and trust and it's not the job of a day. It takes a while. Dogs love you just because you're there, but birds have to be convinced. Woo him. Back off when he wants you to back off, and don't crowd him or expect an immediate bond. Hang around near his cage and talk to him and give him treats and give him a few days to approach you. He'll sidle over to sit closer and he'll chirp or make noises when he wants your attention, and you can offer him a hand when he's doing that to see what he does. If he's afraid of hands, you might have to start teaching step up with your arm instead.

I am just learning she's right about when your not doing what they want I was trying to take a nap racal had other ideas like waking up and keeping him company i made the mistake of letting him be with me while i layed down he let me for 30 minutes as for banging i had to let racal stay a whole dayin his cage because i rushed into trying to get him to be with me he was so frustrated by this he was actually nervous i think i was making him a basket case

Every thing said so far is just what I think.

There are sometimes when Max won't stop screaming. I will put him in his cage and shut the door and he stops.
So I guess they need some down time, like us.

Yours being such a new member to your family, he's probably not so sure of things.

It's only been a few days since you brought him home, so I really encourage you to just leave him be. His biting is him trying to tell you that he doesn't want to be touched, I'd bet. If you want to be near him, sit next to his cage and feed him through the bars.

A game that some birds like is called "blink back" (I read about it in Mattie Sue Athan's book "Guide to the Well Behaved Parrot", which I highly recommend). "An animal experiencing fear will not blink while maintaining eye contact with an assumed aggressor. Initiate communication by seeking eye contact then closing your eyes. An interested, interactive parrot will close its eyes, or "blink back" with a new friend if it, too, is growing trustful. If the bird is very fearful, it will not blink while you are maintaining eye contact."

As for the beak tapping, my Cockatiel does it when he's in his cage and wants my attention and my Quaker does it when he's in his cage and wants out. Your baby could be playing a game with you, when he taps on the bars, try tapping your finger on something hard...see if he'll play with you.

I agree with everything said here. You might try putting his water and food up higher near the top.(beside a perch for him to stand on) Some Quakers are scared of the bottom and like to be up higher. Pico won't go down to the bottom at all . He likes everything near the top of his cage. He's scared of the bottom for some reason.

Patience patience patience. He is NEW to your home. Birds are NOT like dogs who can adapt quickly to changes (usually) and become your best friend in a matter of minutes. birds take time to get used to things. Remember, everything is new to him, new sights, new sounds, new smells, new home, new people, new food, new routine.

Just imagine if you were plucked from everything familiar, put into a new space with a GIANT looking at you, trying to pick you up, moving around and you not knowing WHAT is going on, you not knowing what kind of food you have, where it is, (it's not where it USED to be), not knowing if that GIANT is going to hurt you, the GIANT seeming to SHOUT at you. YIKES! It would scare ME!

Give him time .. open his cage and let him come out on his own, he needs time to explore some on his own, sit next to his cage and talk quietly to him, let him get used to you and your voice. Offer him some treats thru the bars at first if he won't come out, move slowly around him at first. talk quietly, tell him everything you are doing (I'm going to open the door and change your food and water, I'm going to put in a new perch, I'm going to close the door now, etc) I know, sounds silly, but they are so darn smart it won't take long before he knows what you mean and that you mean him no harm.

Was your fid hand reared? If he is used to human touch, it shouldn't take too long to get used to you, but he WILL NEED TIME.

Three days is way too soon to expect your parrot to take right up with you. He has been ripped out of a familiar place and put in a place where he's not sure who to trust. he doesn't know if he has been sent to Colonel Sanders to be put on the menu or if a big fat hawk is lurking in a corner waiting to devour him. He can't possibly trust anyone he doesn't even know yet, so give him more time to learn to trust you. Can you imagine being put in a strange place with giants and wondering what will happen to you.
He's not pushing you, he's just defending himself.
A scared animal or bird of any kind will bite you even quicker than a mean one. The poor boy is still scared. Give him lots of time to come around to you instead of you going to him

Having said that, just so you'll expect almost anything in the future ....anything a Quaker Parrot can possibly think of doing is considered normal for a Quaker Parrot. (if your parrot is a Quaker)