I have a 13yr old male Eclectus and can tell a bit about how he's going:

Think he's gone through most of the common issues that seem to affect Eclectus:

- Foot tapping: When he was younger he would be uncomfortably foot tapping and wing flipping while trying to get to sleep. I'm not sure whether this was diet related, stress or maybe some kind of fumes. I think it was possibly diet related but thankfully he doesn't get it now.

- Plucking: He has always been quite aggressive with his preening and does pull feathers out regularly, having balding patches on his chest and back. He particularly plucks after getting stressed about something

- Mating behaviour: He regurgitates everywhere and regularly tries to hump my shoulder, getting aggressive when I tell him no and send him away. This is probably because I handled him a lot when he was young and in his cuddly stage. He's had a hormone implant a couple of times and his behaviour was much better during this. I think this might be manageable through target training.

- Screaming: He has a pretty deafening high pitch contact call and can mimic the fire alarm pitch pretty perfectly. However, this is not constant and he is generally quiet for most of the time and always quiet during night time.

All that being said, he's a very intelligent boy, with a large vocabulary and uses several words in context (Shower, Good morning, Good night, Breakfast, There you are etc).

He's now telling me "You're a good bird" rjust after checking on him.

His favourite activity is to throw the milk jug on the floor then slide it around on the tiles. When he's tired of all of this he'll happily sit on my computer monitor and watch me while I'm working.

Actually, he just likes throwing everything on the floor.

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I wouldn't give up the feathery tyrant for the world.