Hi, our quaker's name is Willow. Shes about 2 years old now. She's wonderful but full of suprises. We read as much as we can on quakers, they are quite different from other species. We have had blue crown conures, and a couple of cockiitals so birds are not forgein in our family. The human bonding part is new to us, she seems to have a "special" bond to my husband. A very close special bond, alittle more than the sexual dance at mating season. She get very upset with us in the morning if him and I have relations the night before. She acts like a jealous lover. She is close to both of us and will tolerate the others. She will even give loves to acouple of friends of ours. Lately she has taken to bitting me as soon as she steps up, up the arm to the shoulder, sometime right away, other times after afew moments, bites my earlobe, hard, very painful. We understand about on the shoulder dominate, over-bonding, lack of attention etc. We spend lots of time with her, all times, lengths of time, differents times of the day. We haven't a strong schedule anytime of the day, not even a set nite-nite time, she tells us she wants to go to bed(except, at nite-nite we have a "give loves" session between me and him with her.) Yes, she is spoiled somewhat, but has done good with it, except for the biting of me. We haven't notice anyting that should entice this behavior and have been paying attention to her surroundings etc. Please we need some advise on what to do, or what could be the problem.
Thank you very much, dedicated quaker parents,
Mr. & Mrs. "Willow"

Hi Mr & Mrs Willow, I would try some of the techniques in the following two articles to see if that helps with the biting: How to Prevent Biting and Parrot Taming that Works.

With that said, I feel that a bird earns the right to be allowed on a shoulder with its good behavior. If a bird bites when on the shoulder, I don't feel the bird should be allowed there. Good luck with Willow. :)

We have a 2 year old quaker and got her when she was 5 weeks old. We tried to have her around as many people as possible in her early years,so she won`t bond with just one person. She has her moments,now and then,and sometimes favors my husband.Try to spend equal time together with your bird. I have found that keeping your bird in the living room and covering it`s cage at bedtime(or if they are being bad)is a good thing.The living room because your bird can meet company.My bird will say "Hi" and say her name and give visitors kisses.If I could just break her of chewing on my slippers!!!!

Hi my name is Pam i recently got a quaker parrot but not as a baby im not sure how old it is or if it is a male or female. It doesnt like to be handled and it tries to bite. It also will not talk. I dont know much about quaker parrots and was wondering with it being older….do you think it will ever talk and bond with me?

my name is molly i have two quakers one i handfed but the other i did not it will take time and it will talk will it gets really.

Bonding with my new friend has been a great experience. My quaker is about 7 months old and I have had (him??) for about a month. He is very intellegent and has a loving personality. He has learned to dance, step up, laugh and fly to me a short distance. He loves a shower and has been very good to other people who handle him. He is not afraid of my dog and tolorates most of his behavior. He has yet to bite anyone. I try to handle him so that he is used to being handled, such as his wings and feet tail and belly.

I would encourage anyone who would like to experience bird companionship to start with a quaker. I must also tell you that I did some research to study behavior (body language) and needs. This has helped me, however, I would like to know what time of year they breed and at what age they will start to show that they are ready. I do not plan to breed at this time but woud like to understand the behavior and to know what to look for.

At this point I do not know if Nibbles is a male or female so I am sure this will make the answer more difficult but if someone could please give me a little infor I would appreciate it.

The extreme bond that I share with all 3 of my quakers is like no other and you can't put it into words no man could ever break up the bond between me and my 3 little wonder (quakers) Kiwi now 3 years, Quakey now 1 1/2 years and Tiki now 1 year old I did in fact hand-raise Kiwi and Quakey and in september of 2007 we adopted Tiki who was hand-rasied also by former owner but you would never know becuase of the bond that we share the 3 of them are all so cute and intelligent and have their own personalities the same yet different I take my 3 with me every chance I get and more so to the flea market on the weekends and the 3 of them cease to amaze everyone that they meet,people can't get over how cute they are, how intelligent they are, how well behaved they are and all stuff like that I share a very very special bond with all 3 of my quakers, a bond that no man can ever break, it's a life time special uncondtional bond indeed

I have a hand fed five month old quaker that I have had for one week. I do not feel like we are bonding at all. He has a cage the is open all day that he can come in and out of but stays outside tell I put him in at night. He will do the ladder, sit on your finger, don't bite, sometimes sits on your shoulder but wants to sit on your head and really does not want to eat much. Has toys but does not play with anything. He seems to be happy just sitting on top of the cage all day. Sometimes he jumps off and walk around the floor and allow me to pick him up but wants back on the cage. He seems healthy but no personality. Anything I can do to bond with him?

My husband and I just adopted a 4yr old female quaker parrot named "Lexi." She seems to have bonded quickly to me but bites my husband. He's not being very patient or persistent in attempting to handle her since he's been bit, though. I showed him the link to the article about taming parrots by holding in a towel and I'm hoping he tries that to get her to trust him more. She doesn't talk though. I had a quaker years ago that was a talking maniac, so this is very strange to me. She'll make funny little noises but that's about it. Will she ever talk? Do some just never talk?

I just posted a comment on my quaker not talking as well. Just adopted her and she's 4yrs old. The people in the store said she's never talked and so far she hasn't here either. She'll make funny little noises but that's about it. She lets me handle her, gives little birdie kisses and lets me scratch and rub her little head and under her beak but she doesn't care for my husband at all.

I am in the same boat 5mnths old and seems 2 enjoy his cage the most.. Very cute but no talkin, I hav been informed 2 b patient and all is well so with plenty of love and positive camunication I feel it will work out just fine.. Keep readin all info u can and good luck