by Pajarita » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:48 am
If I understood Patti correctly, it seems to me that the bird reacts to the glasses and they become the trigger for aggression to the person wearing them. It could be that a prior bad owner wore them and the bird now associates glasses with something bad happening to him/her but, in my personal experience, parrots react to anything we might put near our faces that doesn't belong there but, usually, when this happens, the bird just wants to get it off -like protecting us from that 'bad thing that shouldn't be there'.
I don't wear glasses, rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, hats or anything with mine but I would assume that if you buy a lot of the cheapy reading glasses they sell in the 99 cent stores and a big doll and start by giving the bird a pair to destroy every day and, as it's beginning to lose interest [which might happen later rather than sooner but will, eventually, happen] start putting them on the doll's face and sitting it first far from the bird so it can get used to seeing it and later closer so the bird can pluck them off the face, it will, in time, lose its appeal. Desensitizing is just another word for 'getting used to it to the point of no reaction' and that means exposure exposure exposure but always in a safe way - thus, first the glasses on their own and then the doll. Until then, I suggest you don't wear glasses when with the bird.