Amazon become aggressive.

I suggest you change back to the old black cage cover. It could very well be the change that's upsetting your parrot. It's been documented that a change in window curtain colour cause a parrot to turn aggressive.

I any case a dark colour as opposed to a light colour cover shuts out the light better for bedtime Most birds hobbyist uses black cover.

Frankie

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Thank Frankie will do it tonight. Actually my wife deliberately change the color to white so that my zon can see and not fall down while moving in total darkness. At time my zon does move around and have snack after we cover the cage.

Once again thank you for your advise.

Regards.

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You're welcome. It may or may not be the cause but just let us know what's the behaviour like after the change back to the old cover.

Cheers
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My experience with the 80+ species/ subspecies of parrots I have is that Amazons and big cockatoos are the two types that can go beserk and attack people! The Amazons will throw themselves at you when they are in breeding condition when you approach them. Often the male will attack the female to get her to move away from the front of the cage when people approach.

There is a double-yellow headed amazon at Jurong Bird Park that hates one of the bird-handlers because he looks like a previous owner and attacks him! Saw the chap beat a hasty retreat when he noticed another handler bringing that "only wacko to him" bird out! hee hee! I previuosly owned one Alba cockatoo that was a bit like that - perfectly cuddly and a love-sponge with visitors but he attacks the toes of familiar people when he goes berserk and draws blood! - ever seen people standing on chairs because of mice?? - now birds too!!

Anyway, for your BFA, I suspect that its hormones are just raging at this time. Just leave it in its cage for a few days and it should settle down.

You can call me for a chat if you need more advice.

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Hi mR rupert,So alba cockatoo is a umbrella cockatoo?Whats the temperamant of the alba cockatoos and their behaviour like?Thnks.

Yes! Umbrella cockatoos are also called Alba Cockatoos. Generally, they are quite affectionate but tend to be loud when they want attention. Below is a description of them from the Aves International Website.

"The Umbrella is the most popular of the cockatoo species due to its loving personality and moderate price. Umbrellas can become very attached to their owners. This intelligent species should have a large cage but also have a play area where it can get lots of exercise and stimulation. A bored cockatoo is an unhappy cockatoo and the Umbrella needs a lot of attention. The Umbrella had a loud voice and can be quite vocal at times."

You may be lucky but generally alba cockatoos are not for those living in HDB flats.

Regards

Rupert

Yes its sweet and very tame,but the vocal is very loud.Thnks Rupert.

I write to express my sincere thank to Rupert and Frankie for their advices during my difficult times with my zon.

It is all over on saturday. It manage to escape through the small gaps I left on the sliding windows at the balcony for ventilation.

On saturday afternoon, it turn aggressive again and try to attack me. It was playing on the play stand but as soon as i take it cage away to clean, it dive down and charge to bite my feet. My wife was quick to drive it back into the balcony and close the sliding door to confine it to the balcony.

I was hoping that it will clam down so we left it in the balcony (we did this many times) while we go out for dinner.

We discover that it was done when we were back at about 7.30 pm.

We scout around the neighbourhood for two days, calling and whistling (it will fly to me upon one long blast) out for it but got no response. We also try hanging it cage and toys at the window but it did not return.

I got it when it just wean and fed mostly vegetable since then, with only 6 flight feathers (3 on each side), can it survive on it own in the wild.

We just hope that it flew into someone house and found a new care giver.

Once again I wish to thank Rupert and Frankie for their advices.

Regards.