Hello all!!!
So I have had Hotrod about seven months now. When we first brought him home, he could fly, so after a couple days of research, I decided to clip his wings. He was in a new home and we were new parrot owners, so it just seemed like the best choice for us. He was still a happy bird and seemed not too bothered that he couldn't fly. We started bonding. I would take him outside to see all the nature, and he was always out of his cage when I was home. He also would love it when my (soon -to-be) mother in law would come to visit. He loved her so much he didn't want to step up on my finger when she had to go! That brings me to my point....
For about a month or so now, Hotrod feathers have grown back where he can fly. So I decided to see how this went. Everything was fine at first...but now he is getting bossy. He flys all around the house, usually wherever I go, which was fine. But now he flies to places I don't want him to, chewing the door trimming, leaving me poop surprises on curtains, etc. Plus even more recently, he is getting bossy sometimes in the morning when I try to put him up, flying away and sassing me. He has started biting at me more, plus the biggest change..... he went from loving my mother in law more than anything to hating her.... if she comes over, even if he is on/in his cage, he starts bowing up, fluffing his feathers, opening his break, and swaying back and forth cautiously. The last time she came over he was on my finger and I was standing next to her. She started to talk to him and he bit the CRAP out of me three times. I don't understand how he could go from loving her to hating her when she has done nothing to him.
Can parrots behavior change drastically like this from being able to fly after months of not being able to? He will be two in December and I understand birds can be on bad behavior like this because of the hormonal changes. But Hotrod personality slowly started changing when he could fly. I'm considered because my fiance and I will be going on our honeymoon for seven days in a month and my mother in law was going to take care of Hotrod.
Do y'all think if I clip his wings he will be less bossy, or do you think it's his hormonal changes?
So I have had Hotrod about seven months now. When we first brought him home, he could fly, so after a couple days of research, I decided to clip his wings. He was in a new home and we were new parrot owners, so it just seemed like the best choice for us. He was still a happy bird and seemed not too bothered that he couldn't fly. We started bonding. I would take him outside to see all the nature, and he was always out of his cage when I was home. He also would love it when my (soon -to-be) mother in law would come to visit. He loved her so much he didn't want to step up on my finger when she had to go! That brings me to my point....
For about a month or so now, Hotrod feathers have grown back where he can fly. So I decided to see how this went. Everything was fine at first...but now he is getting bossy. He flys all around the house, usually wherever I go, which was fine. But now he flies to places I don't want him to, chewing the door trimming, leaving me poop surprises on curtains, etc. Plus even more recently, he is getting bossy sometimes in the morning when I try to put him up, flying away and sassing me. He has started biting at me more, plus the biggest change..... he went from loving my mother in law more than anything to hating her.... if she comes over, even if he is on/in his cage, he starts bowing up, fluffing his feathers, opening his break, and swaying back and forth cautiously. The last time she came over he was on my finger and I was standing next to her. She started to talk to him and he bit the CRAP out of me three times. I don't understand how he could go from loving her to hating her when she has done nothing to him.
Can parrots behavior change drastically like this from being able to fly after months of not being able to? He will be two in December and I understand birds can be on bad behavior like this because of the hormonal changes. But Hotrod personality slowly started changing when he could fly. I'm considered because my fiance and I will be going on our honeymoon for seven days in a month and my mother in law was going to take care of Hotrod.
Do y'all think if I clip his wings he will be less bossy, or do you think it's his hormonal changes?