Hello from MI

[nikki1975]

Just wanted to stop and introduce myself, my name is Nikki and I have a Goffin Cockatoo and his name is Joey

I am a sahm of 2 kids 1 boy and 1 girl and we also have 3 lap dogs..

[kimbo]

hi there from derby england. im owned by a named chico. are s as noisey as people say they are? they are certainly beautiful birds. welcome to the forum.

[MandyG]

Welcome to the forum!

[nikki1975]

Thank you for the welcome..and yes they are loud and noisy lol at least my joey is..but he is a big joy except for lately in this past wk he has attacked my husband and bit him in the face and today flew after him and bit him on the hand for no reason and we have had him for a yr now and has never done this before and im wondering why he is now all of a sudden any input..Thanks Nikki and

[MandyG]

I'm facing a similar situation, my Amazon has become very aggressive towards my husband.

Pay attention to what's going on around Joey, it will help if you know what was going on when he attacks your husband next. For example, was your husband near something that Joey has claimed? Was Joey playing with something and he thought your husband was going to take it away? Or was he busy doing something and didn't want to be bothered? Identifying a pattern will help, you need to know what the problem is before you can try to fix it! I don't know much about Goffins or when the sexually mature, but Joey's hormones may also be playing a factor as spring is coming up. Something to look into anyway!

Sorry I don't really have any advice. Good luck!

[kimbo]

found this lady who has done articles on goffins maybe you could e mail her kathyp100@yahoo.com she also lives with six parrots. hope she can help you.

[nikki1975]

Thanks I will keep that in mind but nothing that I could see would have triggered him to do it..Here is what I put in a post that I did.. and thanks kimbo I will email that lady...Nikki

Hi my name is Nikki and I just joined today. Joey is my beautiful I got him last March and for the first wk he was really timid but since then he has been very lovable to all of us until recently lol.

About a month ago or so Joey has started giving me kisses and nuzzling my neck and trying to groom me and pluck my moles off lol and I think started to hump my arm when I hold him.. He has always gotten along well with my husband there for awhile it was like he was more attacked to Kevin then me but this past wk for no reason at all Joey lunged at Kevin and bite him on the cheek and then this morning Joey was on top of his cage and all Kevin did was walk past him and joey started shrieking and lunged on him and bite him on the hand and I grab him and put him back on his cage and not even 5 minds later he heard Kevin in the living room and he flew out of the room and tried attacking him again so now he is in his cage and Kevin says that we may have to get rid of him cuz he will not have a pet that does that for no reason. Kevin has never yelled at Joey or anything like that so I am lost to as why he is doing this unless its cuz he is jealous and doesn't want Kevin by me..

Hoping someone can help me out. Oh yeah the guys that I got him from bought him from the breeder at a yr old and had him for 5 yrs and I have had him for almost a yr now so he going on 7yrs old and his 2 previous owners were males..

Thanks, Nikki and