I have had large parrots for over 45 yrs I have never used a clicker..so I am still learning but is it really needed?

I was going to get one of these birds but after reading this don’t think, I have an african gray that is way older but have never been able to hold her, can you recommend a bird for me please.

Hi we are welcoming a 7 year old eclectic parrot in a few weeks. He’s a boy name rocky. The lady said she feed him table food but I had bread and was told that is not good. Can you suggest what I should put him on and how to transform him over to that? I wanna make sure he has the best when it comes to foods. Thank you Melissa from IL

I would like recommendations for. my Neekid Ekkie

Hi, first of all I love your vids so much!! I’m 15 so I still live with my parents and they said I can’t get an eclectus parrot and I understand y. I have to travel from r house to house every other day so I won’t be able to give it the attention that it needs. But my aunt and uncle have one that I have literally fell in love with so after that I have been doing my research so that I’m the future I can get one. But I don’t know whether I should get a male or a female. So plz email me!! Thankyou !!!!

We have a 20 yr. old female SI Eclectus. Where do I start? We’ve had her since she was 5 months old. She only says 2 or 3 words, but always likes talking with us. She is in a cage most of the day because we have 1 dog that I don’t trust at all. They both go at each other through her cage. After the dogs are in bed, I open her cage up and she comes out but doesn’t really fly much. Her diet is from a local bird store that mixes their own feed for each breed of bird. We do give her fruit daily with her food. She loves eating whatever we have with any kind of pasta being her fav. She does love music and tv, so I always have something on for her. She is pretty good with us handling her except when she’s hormonal and has laid her eggs. Then she’ll nail me in a heartbeat. She does lay eggs usually 1 then a day or 2 later a second one. I do cover her every night for bed. She wants me to pet her head and neck, and we do have a routine of when I feed her she’ll take a piece of food then lift her wing for me to pet under both of them before she will walk over to her bowl of food. She won’t do that at all if she has eggs. They are just on the bottom of the cage on the grate and she’ll sit on them all day. When she started years ago laying eggs I would take them right away, they weren’t fertilized. I spoke with the people at my bird store and they said to leave them or she’ll keep laying as chickens do. They also told me to stop petting her on her body except for her head. When Blossom is out with either of us she does like to cuddle, hide in your shirt, etc. When she starts sticking her butt up to me I know it’s time to leave her alone, but she still lays eggs. She also runs to the back corner of her cage and buries her head down into the corner. My daughter will take her up to her room for alone time. Blossom walks around on the floor. She does fly up and down from the bed and she loves sitting with my daughter on her bed and Blossom watches tv with her. She jabbers during that time also. She also, in the last few years, has started regurgitating her food and tries to feed my daughter who then gets grossed out, tells Blossom “No”. She tries to distract her with a toy or whatever. So what are we doing wrong? I feel bad for her laying eggs, like every 2 or 3 months. She sounds horrible when she’s laying the eggs, always at night. We know when she has eggs before looking in her cage. I feel so bad for her. I was told to leave the eggs with her for 30 or so days, then take them. She tends to get tired of them by then. Oh yeah, when she has her eggs she’s always covering them with regurgitated food so they look gross. So who has the problem Blossom or us? Haha Kathy

I have a plucking 19 year old male Eclectus. He’s on Harrison’s high potency course but he still plucks. Only on his right side. Is it like nail biting? All labs were perfect.

Hi there Birdtricks family and feathered friends. We are welcoming a 13 year old abandoned eclectus into our home. He is currently eating pretty bird gold. I have done extensive research on the best pellets to offer an eclectus other then there daily fresh veggies. (Just made a fresh batch of chop for good arrival today) We would like to have his switch to TOPS pellets as we are in canada and due to the restrictions we cannot purchase your awesome pellets. Any suggestions would be great. I’ve learned through your great videos and posts that the eclectus diet is very special and needs attention and care. Any advice would be great in welcoming our new flock member, Harley the eclectus. Thank you! Sara

I have a yearling male Eclectus. He’s an absolute joy but he does exhibit toe tapping & wing flipping. Most of his food is fresh and free fed through the day. He gets bored with individual items so it’s difficult to keep him eating what I would deem a healthier diet. He also has Zupreem natural pellets but isn’t overly happy with them and they’re so hard most of the pellet goes flying. To be so food oriented he’s quite difficult to keep healthy! I’m VERY excited to try your freeze dried food. It could make life so much easier for both of us! Hoping to catch it in stock. Any chance I could buy a sample of your pellets when the freeze dried ships? I stocked up on pellets in case of the forecasted shipping apocalypse, so I could kick myself now that you have pellets. Hmmm… maybe use them in birdie bread? Thanks for all you do! Verde sends his love!

I have a 13 year old Eclectus male. He is the total opposite of the description above. He tells me exactly what he likes and dislikes. I can read him much better than my other two (Ringneck and Hahns Macaw). He also changes from fluorescent green to emerald green depending on his mood. I’ve had him for 5 months now and he hated me in the beginning… not a touchy bird but he flies to me now.

We have a four year old female Eclectus, Ella. We’ve had her for a year. She is as you say mostly quiet and sweet. Will go to either my husband or me amd to others as well if we guide the visitor to use soft voice and proper hand position. Things do spook her and she will scream pretty loud. Doesn’t last long…10 seconds. She came from a bird shop that had 4 very loud Amazons so maybe it’s learned behaviour? Her plumage is beautiful and I make chop which she doesn’t always like. I’d like to step up my game in that area!

23 yr old Eclectus .. plucks excessively. Do you have the proper diet for him to help with plucking?

I have a female Eclectus she is almost 12 mths old and I think she hates me. I love her so much but she attacks me. I don’t know what to do Ive had birds before but none have attacked me like ruby does please help me

My Camillo Is the best of Ecletto , he is only 2 years old and I have sincerely lost count of all the words he has learned .. not only that but sentences of complete meaning created and composed by himself and above all he does not say random words they all have a sense .. I recommend it .. .

hi, bird tricks! I am looking into getting either an Eclectus or an African grey which would you recommend? and also is it true that Eclectus parrots need a lot of fruit in their diet and that they also need nectar? and will your seasonal feeding system work on Eclectuses? please help me I can’t find definite answers anywhere!!!

thanks for the videos , best investment so far . i have owned many birds fed from babies , pin feathers and baby bottle . these guys are not like other birds period . having both a male and female i can readly see why many love the male more lol. he is timid but she is crazy , i like crazy more

Thank you so much! This article really helped me because I have been trying to do reserch on Eclectus’s for a long time.

Please I need help better understand my female eclectus bird. She always flys down to the ground, going under the bed or a dark space or sits at the bottom right side of the cage and always stay down there. She runs over there to bottom of the cage when called on or when put back into the cage. She doesn’t play with her toy’s or likes to hang out on top or her cage or stands I have for her and just likes to chew though wood or cardboard. She runs away when called on, sometimes moans for my attention. When doesn’t get attention she flys away stomps her feet and taps on a surface hard with her beak.

I have a eclupus

I have a female Eclectus and she is very hormonal. I found that changing her diet to the seasonal feeding system has made a difference. There are foods that will make your bird more hormonal. I also removed of keep her out of areas that she likes to nest around. I have boughten toys that she loves to shred as she has chewed all of the cupboards in the kitchen. Since changing her diet, it has made a difference in her behaviour.

We have a pair of eclectus named juliet and romeo and i forgot to listed them in my bird list oops

I love Your videos and website. We had an African Grey rescue, Ray. He was with us 10+ years before he passed. May have been with multiple owners Before us. Avian Vet approximated 20 years Old when we first brought him home, he also had a lame talon. He was wonderful with us. Talkative and affectionate. We still miss him and it’s been a few years since. Before him we had Cockatiels. We would love another parrot and an Eclectus is in our sites. Not many of them here in Ontario, Canada. We are on a mission though. This as we are working from home. My husband a musician and Music prof at university, me a nurse of 40 years, now teaching online infection prevention and control. We are both obsessed with birds again thanks to you two! Diane and Chase Toronto💖

I have a 9 month old salaman pair. Hope to bread one day. Have since 8 weeks. Feeding is easy so far , veggies 3 times a day and zupreme pellets at night. I think 3 or 4 feedings is better. Why is mine seem to be curious of new . So I keep various amount of varied veggies n fruit on hand. Soacked beans , germinated ones as well. This site rocks so far showing me new foods To try. Artichokes are way cool they loved it. My pair are terrorists in what they do even eating. So as they attempt to grab each other’s food it’s funny to watch. Variation seems to be a great ideal for them.

Hello all. So we have a female Eclectus. She is from an animal shelter and has been re homed several times before we were lucky enough to have her. She didn’t have a great diet before we got her, so currently getting a good balanced diet for her. My Main question is she is quite aggressive and has been since day 1. She will lunge and bite the cage if you get too close, And she will bit very hard when we try taking her in and out of her cage, for example bed time. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to coax her out of this biting trait, is it a simple case of repetition, IE getting her used to being handled. Thanks, Look forward to any advice people can give.

Hi Just wondering what is the best vegetables to start feeding my baby eccys on? Also how to offer them to them? Cheers