My husband and I have a maroon belly conure named Ivy who is about 2 1/2 years old(3 in April). She has always been a very sweet bird, especially compared to my quaker who hated everyone but me. She has always taken to my husband and I equally, him usually more than me (the whole reason we got her was that she "chose" him. I was actually looking at another bird at the time). A few months ago my husband lost his job, and is now home all day every day with her. I was worried that she would bond strongly with him and start to reject me but it seems that the opposite is happening. She is progressively getting more aggressive to him to the point where if he tries to take her from the cage she will lunge at him. Today she bit him good, drawing blood, and hurting his feelings very badly. She will not even step up to him from my hand without getting at least one bite in. If I put her on his shoulder she is fine and will sit there all day if you let her, but as soon as he tries to step her up, she bites, or flies back to her cage (she is fully flighted, and has been for over a year with no problems). I'm not sure if she is getting hormonal (she just finished a molt), or maybe she sense he is upset with his current unemployed situation? He is very upset about her attitude towards him, and it is upsetting to me too to see our little baby suddenly reject her daddy. Can anyone give me any ideas on why she is having this bad attitude, and maybe some advice on how I can help them rebond? I am the one who feeds her and cleans her cage...if he takes over those "chores" do you think that might help her attitude? Thanks in advance.

I cant be of much help.. sorry
Im sure someone else will come along and give you the advice you are seeking

That's what I did when my Quaker suddenly became aggressive towards my oldest son. I had Chris feed, water, clean Max's cage. Chris was also the only one who let Max out, and was the only one allowed to give her treats. We spent a LOT of time working with Max in another room (away from her cage), playing 'pass the Quaker'. I would hold Max, then Chris would have her step up...give her treat and lots of praise, then I would have Max step up for me (no treats, but lots of praise).

It didn't work overnight, and my son, who at the time was about 11 or 12, took a LOT of bites (many of which were bloody), but after a few months, Max settled back down and Chris can handle her fine. That was about 3 years ago.

We did the same thing with my quaker when we moved in together. He would not even tolerate my husband being in the same room as him and would scream bloody murder, so I let him take over the day to day chores and then my quaker began to tolerate him and even really like him twoards the end (unfortunately we lost him due to a secondary infection from a leg injury). I never dreamed I'd have to do this with Ivy as she's always been so sweet, but maybe now that she is maturing, and seems to be overly favoring me, we might have to try it with her. Thanks for the advice.

I hate to break it to you, but this is Normal Behavior in an unclipped parrot.