How To Help Your Hormonal Parrot | Hormone Solutions | TheParrotTeacher

[@rotemspivak8291]

showing my sun conure this

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Hopefully they find it useful too!

[@angelmonstera]

Do u think they will take it to heart and help remind you? I should have my green cheeks watch too. I could use their help with the reminders too 😜

[@GuyBelievesInWorldPeace]

@rotemspivak8291 I am assuming you’re also from Israel! It is really satisfying to find other proper parrot owners from my area! I hope your sun conure is enjoying the warm sun just as much as my African Grey does! If you’re interested in sharing some tips on dealing creatively with the lack of safe/healthy resource for birds here (toy, diet, etc) let me know!

[@CuddlestheCutestConure]

I'm showing my gcc. I'm hoping she takes notes.

[@kmhoshik]

We have a puking monster at home right now. He's an 3 years old Indian ringneck and he learned to fold covers to twist his bütt inappropriately. I've watched a couple of your videos related to regurgitation and I'm going to start with increasing his sleepy time to get him out of the hormonal cycle. He is already sleeping 12-ish hours a day, I hope increasing an hour or two will help. We're really careful where we pet him and I cover nearly all the areas that make a reflection. He started to regurgitate on non-reflective surfaces too so I think the right time to stop this behavior has come. Thanks for all the knowledge you're giving! Appreciate you♥

[@TheParrotTeacher]

No problems and hopefully it helps! Sleep, diet and preventing him doing the naughty are all good places to start with stopping hormone related naughtiness!

[@jennyhumphries1162]

I took my conure (he's three) to the vet two days ago because his regurgitation was getting out of hand. I also have 2 cockatiels. One of the cockatiels is his best friend. Me and the vet talked about Everything and thought it'd be best for him to be a little cage bound since he's so wired up. Whenever he's with me or the cockatiel. He throws up in my chair or will come to me and try to get into my shirts or blankets. And for a little bit I was letting him because I didn't know it was a bad thing. They have their own room with all separate cages and a bigger cage coming Monday for him since he has to be locked up a little bit more for the time being! But he's been extremely loud, all of my birds have 😭 and when he's quiet I'll go in there and give him a treat. Could my cockatiel possibly be a problem? They did try to mate once, and after that I've been watching them. I'm just not sure what to do.

[@KevinPatrick-z1r]

tell me , did it work?

[@jrosehansen]

I'm glad I found your videos. I have a rescue that's been developing a biting habit of my feet over the last year as well as liking to go into dark spaces. I'm trying to figure out how to stop it. I didn't realize even in closing them in your hand could trigger hormones. I'm guessing that could be contributing to the biting as well? I am more of a night owl, but is it not good for him and my little green cheeked to be going to bed later and then waking up later? I didn't even realize covering them was problematic. I'll start opening up the coverings like you mentioned

[@TheParrotTeacher]

It definitely sounds like hormonal behaviour and foot biting is generally a sign of it (in some cases) I’d look at diet, increasing sleep and general routine along side other things mentioned in these videos (this is part of a series)

[@erikaarango1738]

I got a little parrotlet from a reacue. She’s a chronic plucker…she’s gotten more feathers and she goes through a time where she’s starts to get a feather a here and there and goes back to plucking. She hates paper, a lot of things make her so upset. She cannot see me or she goes crazy and it’s a whole domino effect with my other birds to start screaming. I feel so bad but I’ve been putting her in the balcony to get sun but she cannot see me. She lets me hold her and pet her but boy, she’s cage aggressive so I gotta get her with a cloth. I got her a hut bc I felt so bad, she looks so cold but maybe it’s not a good idea being that she’s also a female 😭 I’ve been working with her for a year ( she’s 4 years old) but it’s so hard. She jumps sometimes off me and Hurts her self. It’s like she’s trying to end it all 😭😭😭 I need help!

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Plucking is a tough issue and birds with difficult histories can be even more challenging! Honestly first thing Is eliminating medical causes, then carefully working out why and what’s going on! Sadly that is beyond the scope of a comment reply and would need a formal consultation!

[@louisewinter2861]

Another great & informative set of videos on hormones.Can you recommend a good black out blind.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Thank you! The one we got from Amazon is pretty good, it should be in my store!

[@yesidtac7863]

Muy buenos tip

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Thank you!

[@tarad3322]

I'm a new cockatiel owner. My bird is a year old. Apparently he is hormonal right now. He's being so vicious & aggressive. I've done all the things that you & other pages have recommended 😬 He keeps taking chunks out of our skin. How long does this harmonal stage last? It's to the point that I can't even let him out of his cage now because he can not be trusted 😢 If he sees his reflection in literally anything he gets even madder. Don't know what else I can do.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

It’s worth looking at if anything else is going on. It could be hormones or it could be something else related to diet, environment or history!

[@PandaEyes47]

Thank you for this video! I have a q about my rescue. He's almost 6 years old and we've only had him abkut a year The last month I've noticed a huge change in him and I think it's down to hormonal season. He has bonded to our 9yo female conure so we supervise their time out and discourage mating between the two. However, the male has become super territorial over her and their cages. Basically attacks when you're too near the cages or the female. I know it's most likely due to the season and it'll probably end, but just wondered if there's anything else I should be doing other than the above you specified. (2 things we're doing wrong from that, we let them explore our couch and hide in dark places behind cushions & our fresh chop we give them becomes warm and mushy when out for too long so I'll manage how long they have that to mitigate that. Also I'll stop letting them have free reign of the couch cushions.)

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Managing the hormone side of things will definitely help! But you can also look at the behaviour side and try to give him other activities and discourage the attack/biting behaviours. Sadly this is one of those things that would need a consult to look into in detail and give more advice on!

[@bellamybluee]

thank you for the information! 😊

[@TheParrotTeacher]

No problem!!

[@elenafarlalieva1858]

My male conure has been hormonal for the past few years , I lost count. He thinks of me as his mate, I can't touch him anymore without being bitten. He never behaves the same way with my husband,but when he sees/hears me, the screaming starts. We got him a female companion , but his behaviour towards me hasn't changed. I'm at breaking point, loosing my sanity, please help me out 😢

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Sadly beyond the points in my videos there isn’t much more I can say in a comment! This kind of thing would require a dedicated look into your situation which would be best suited for a consultation with our business!

[@boudicca7181]

My conure difficult hormonal behaviour--when he gets angry and loud should I put him in a quiet room by himself when aggressive? He tends to target my husband too much.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

So sadly punishment won’t help, it can be tough to deal with issues like that though so I’d look at things analytically and see what can be changed.

[@boudicca7181]

@@TheParrotTeacher Thank you so much.❤

[@sophiabrodeur-yy2hk]

My female budgie is just under 3 years old (her birthday is in five days) and noticed that she got very angry all of a sudden. She used to be a happy little bird but all of a sudden she turned around, she bites, she won’t step up, and she does not want to leave her cage. She is eating and drinking fine. It was sort of random because she has always been happy and cheerful. She seems to still like me but just not when I put my hand in her cage. I’m suspecting that it’s this but I’m not sure. I noticed that when she sits on the flat perch she sort of sits down and turns into a puff ball. Do you have any idea what it could be and is it hormones?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

It’s possible for sure! But don’t discount other factors such as sleep, breaks in trust or stress either!

[@sophiabrodeur-yy2hk]

@@TheParrotTeacher how many hours of sleep should I give, normally I give her 9-10 hours of dark time meaning I put a blanket over to help, then I give her a while with the lights on low to maybe help her. Also she still tweets like crazy when I try to leave the room and follows my finger around and the minute she hears my voice she starts to tweet. I think she still likes me around, it’s just the getting out of the cage part

[@TheParrotTeacher]

I’d recommend upping that sleep for certain as that doesn’t sound like enough! At least 12 hours opportunity to sleep! Covering can also make hormonal behaviour worse !

[@sophiabrodeur-yy2hk]

@@TheParrotTeacher ok so I changed my sleep times and now she will get 11 hrs 50 mins of sleep on Mondays and Wednesdays and on Thurs, Tues, and Fridays she get 12 hours and 15 mins (on weekends I can do whenever) that is the best I could do since I have school anything else?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

The videos on hormones cover most of the relevant bits! If you still really struggle I’d suggest a consultation with our business as there’s so much that goes into this kind of thing it’d be a bit much to write in comments!

[@biscuitsleo]

I have a male and female cockatiel and my male was always flying to me and friendly and I could hand feed him Nd pet his head but this week he has been biting me and attacking me he has turned into a little monster I can’t let him out right now cause he will attack me what is going on with him

[@TheParrotTeacher]

It could be hormones, it could be a break in trust! There’s lots of possible reasons! It helps to try and be analytical and work out what’s changed and see what you can do to help it!

[@biscuitsleo]

I haven’t done anything different maybe it’s hormonal hope it doesn’t last long

[@eschwarz1003]

What if the only thing that occupies their interest is burrowing in bureau?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

You'd probably need to find something else for them to enjoy. If that's all they want to do is either extreme hormonal behaviour or they need more!

[@noladowntown]

I ❤️ your channel.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Thank you so much!

[@dawnpelsor3903]

My Reba, female rubs herself on her rope perch, do I remove it?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

You could move it elsewhere or see if other hormone management techniques work!

[@dawnpelsor3903]

Thank enjoy you and your flock

[@jorilu822]

Great series! Question, sorry if I missed the answer, but how often can parrots have the tea? We got some organic chamomile for our conure (we don't have access to avian teas unfortunately) but I'm not sure how often I can give it to her.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Hey there, You can provide chamomile for example pretty often, even as much as every other day. We tend to offer it once or twice a week and include the dry buds in the drymix from time to time too! Off the top of my head there aren't many avian teas you can't provide fairly frequently, there is one from Polly's that recommends providing it once a week, but I believe that's due to the unique combination of ingredients in it.

[@j.spallin1502]

Thank you for this. It's very helpful advice, albeit heartbreaking, because I love cuddling with my Isaac. I will be trying many of these tips. 🍻

[@TheParrotTeacher]

There’s no reason you won’t be able to cuddle him! It’s just reducing it for a while until you eliminate other factors and ensuring you cuddle him towards the side!

[@j.spallin1502]

@@TheParrotTeacher 🥰

[@idahoe7581]

Do you and Sophie really have opposite sex bonded parrots that havent produced eggs?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

We do! We have not had any eggs in any either of our confirmed different sex bonded pairs. We get some hormonal behaviour on occasion but we manage it to prevent egg laying.

[@idahoe7581]

@@TheParrotTeacher Last question, do you cover their cages at night, or just turn off the light in their room?

[@TheParrotTeacher]

We don’t no, we use a black out blind over the window and a night light!