Luna the Quaker parrot. Help

[xxarmando]

Luna is a one year old Quaker parrot , we got her from a breeder when she was four months. She spends half of the day in my brothers room as my wife works from home. My brother has 2 cockatiels in their own cage and luna has hers. After 6 pm she is in my room with my wife and I playing flying and singing.

The problem is after anyone enters the room she flies to them to bite them. She loves to shower and talks a lot. She is not aggressive to me nor my wife but to anyone else she is.I have been training her to be less independent as i'm getting a job soon (I'm a college student full time) she will be staying in my brothers room locked until 6pm daily. but with the company of the cockatiels. She know how to lay on my hand , wave, turn around, target and some recall flight.

Today i let her out in my brother's room for literally 30 seconds I turned around for 5 and she flew to the cockatiels cage and bit one of them on the toe. This needs to stop but I don't seem to know how. Every Time she does something bad i spray her with water (lightly) but that works sometimes.

Her diet is roudybush mini pellets and sometimes fruits.

Can someone please help enlighten me what I should do. Because every time someone comes in the room or she has the chance to attack the cockatiels or anyone other than my wife and I she will.

Whats should her punishement be when she does bite or scream really out of hand?

[Eurycerus]

From what I've read and experienced punishment does NOT work. Do not use it. For biting you ignore the bite. Do not scream, shake, yell, or lock the parrot away. Your parrot will likely withdraw from biting shortly thereafter. If you need a minute to gather yourself you can set your parrot down but come back within a minute or so, as they don't understand timeouts. Some parrots bite to be left alone so you don't want to accidentally reinforce that behavior by immediately setting your parrot down or back in the cage.

My parrot does not bite to be left alone. She bites at other times out of jealousy or anger that she's being put back in her cage. If she chooses she pitbull bites, so you have to extricate her from yourself. Really you just figure out what works for your parrot and why your parrot bites and do the necessary thing, but no punishment.

As to screaming, you ignore the screams. Give zero attention, as generally that's what they are after. I tend to reinforce noises I like, like peeping, and talking. Nika has been screaming a lot more lately, so I wait around the corner (if I'm out of the room), until she quiets down or makes a cute noise. Just to cover your bases though make sure there isn't anything threatening to your parrot that is resulting in screaming out of fear. This could be loud noises, a view of nearby hawks outside, etc.

As to the safety of the cockatiels, I would suggest you not have your quaker out of his cage while in the same room. That time it was only a toe, but a larger parrot can maim or kill smaller parrots. Most parrots are territorial. You could have them meet in a neutral area where neither parrot has the upper hand. You have to be very careful though.

[liz]

You say brother's room and your room. What about common areas of your home?

He claims your room as his domain. This is common. I use the deflect method which is an open hand with fingers spread to deflect the bird before it can make contact.

Your bully of a bird needs to learn that your bother's room is cockatiel domain. Keep him caged and let the tiels loose. Otherwise just keep him in your room.