Are your birds cage aggressive?

[Honesty]

I was just wondering how many of your birds are cage aggressive?

Codie is terrible :( His home is his castle and no one is allowed to enter! If you dare to put your hand in there for whatever reason, then you do so entirely at your own risk. :th_LOL:. He will not even step onto me from inside his cage! I have to open the door and let him come out on his own. Once he has flown onto his stand or if he comes and sits with me under my computer chair, then I can do anything with him! Once he is out, I then clean his cage, or rearrange his toys etc. I have to keep watch though to make sure he is not coming over :( I can feel his beady eye on me the whole time I am messing with his cage. If he decides he does not like what I am doing in his home, then he will come over and bite me :th_crycry:

[garden squirrel]

My jack is very cage aggressive. A few weeks back I tripped and grabbed his cage to stop my fall. Hence I got badly bitten. Jack was teased with sticks through his cage by previous owners. When jack is out of his cage he is becoming quite a softy now. Out of all the birds I have jack is the only cage aggressive bird. I get him out before trying to clean his cage.

[Honesty]

Thanks Dawn :) Yes, I have to do this with Codie! There is absolutely no way I could clean his cage while he is in it :(

[Debra]

Frankie is cage aggressive. Doing anything with his cage is likely to end in a bite. Little Amber lets me do anything I want in her cage but let my hubby put his hand (or even just walk by) in her cage and she's after him.

[Honesty]

LOL. Amber just likes you then?

[Debra]

Yes. She's a momma's girl.

[Honesty]

Yes. She's a momma's girl.Aww, Codie is a Mummy's boy too :)

[kendrafitz]

Rosie is not cage aggressive. I could probably sit in her cage and she wouldn't care. She is not a huge fan of it and would probably be happy if we got rid of it. ;)

[Mare]

Sassy is cage aggressive. There is no way I can clean her cage with her even in the same room! She will dive bomb me and bite me if she could catch me, most times, now, I can out maneuver her :). I won't even try to clean it unless she is in another room with my hubby.
Kendra, it was funny you mention you could sit in Rosie's cage, Amigo loves me being in his (it's a walk in), he thinks I've come to nest, he gets very happy!

[kendrafitz]

Amigo sure loves his Mommy!!! :)

[Pinkbirdy]

My Blue and Gold and Green wing [that live together]. Are cage aggressive . I think it may be a little to do with this constant hormonal state. I was trying to get their bowls and Rocky was messing with me . I said 'Knock it off " He said very clearly "shut up ":)

[Honesty]

LOL Terri. Codie very often tells me to shut up :

[Pinkbirdy]

LOL Terri. Codie very often tells me to shut up : Where do they learn that ? I don't tell them "shut up " :)

[Honesty]

Where do they learn that ? I don't tell them "shut up " :)I have often wondered this myself! I don't tell Codie to shut up either! Maybe its a parrot thing? LOL.

[Mare]

My friend that "dumped" (I say that lovingly) Amigo on us, also has an African Grey, named Sunny. I spoke with her a few months ago and she says that Sunny Girl STILL yells "Shut up Amigo"! I think I know where she learned that one!

[Maddy]

Jester is mildly cage aggressive. He will not step up from the inside of his cage, I have to wait for him to come out. However, he will let me put toys in and do stuff like that while he is in his cage.

[BeakFace]

Wow, has he always been like this? Just curious. None of my birds are cage aggressive. :th_omg:

[Honesty]

No he hasn't always been cage aggressive. I would say it has been for about the last year!

[Parrotlover83]

None of mine are cage aggressive, I guess I'm lucky as my birds are really well behaved


Parrot Power...........:-)

[Parrotlover83]

I often wonder if a parrots manners & behavior depends on how they are brought up by the owner, like children & how their parents raise them.


Parrot Power...........:-)

[Honesty]

I often wonder if a parrots manners & behavior depends on how they are brought up by the owner, like children & how their parents raise them.I think it really depends on the bird! Codie has been raised very well and gets a lot of love and attention, but this has not stopped him from being cage aggressive!

[Turquoise]

Cage aggression is a natural behavior for parrots. Most are very protective about their things and home. Abuse from former homes can increase the aggression, but many well cared for birds will be aggressive and possessive of their domain. And there are many who do not care one bit what goes on in their homes. It is as individual as most everything else about our feathered kids. It's what makes them a mystery to us, trying to figure out why one is and one is not raised in the same home and environment.

Roscoe and Angel are cage aggressive about their toys when they are in the cage while I am trying to hang new ones. Both are aggressive if I am cleaning the cage with them inside. I have to take Roscoe out, there is no way I can mess with his toys or clean with him inside. Angel I can out maneuver since he has to climb everywhere to get to me and is slower than Roscoe. Angel will climb all the way down to the bottom of his enclosure when I'm cleaning just so he can grab my hair. He never climbs to the bottom unless I am down there. Since both have walk in enclosures most days they are fine with me taking their bowls out to fill with clean food & water. Roscoe is not aggressive about stepping up from his cage, except when he is in his moods of being an impish brat. He is 2 1/2 yrs old now and is in the terrible twos almost daily. :(

Ruby Jewel is not cage aggressive at all. She is fine with me cleaning, taking bowls out and hanging new toys while she is inside her enclosure which is a walk in like Roscoe & Angel's. She is fine stepping up from her cage. She does prefer to climb on the door before I swing it open, then climb on my arm to head for her play perch. She may think differently once she reaches her terrible twos. We shall see.

The Diva Miss Leyla Belle, my ekkie is super cage aggressive. She will not step up from her cage, instead she will give you a double tap chicken peck bite if you dare try. She best be out on her play perch before I reach in and get her bowls out of I get punished for the intrusion. Her play perch stays in front of her cage so she can go in & out at will. She doesn't bother me when i reach for her bowls as long as she is already out of her cage. Once she goes back in and I put her water bowl back from the outside swing out door she will wait and try to peck me through the wire. LOL If we are eating and she is inside her cage, she will try to grab my finger when I push her morsels through the wire into her bowl. She is a true redhead with a hair trigger temper! :)

Sierra my pionus is not cage aggressive as yet, and she will step up on my hand as long as she is at the door in a certain spot she chose. Since I have not had her for long (2 months) we will see if she develops a more aggressive attitude as she settles in. Peta my green cheek conure is not cage aggressive at all. She loves to be loved and will step up in her cage except when she really doesn't want to. Then she will go inside her snuggle hut and I respect her wish to stay inside. Most times with her I just leave her door open so she can come out when she wants. I do have to remember she is out or she will gladly fly to the macaw enclosures and pick a fight with Roscoe. She does not realize his beak is as large as her whole body. The little pineapple terror!! LOL

[Honesty]

Once Codie is out of his cage and on neutral ground, he is absolutely fine :) He is very protective over his home!