hsb_birds
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- 9 MACS, 2 U2, 2 DHYA, 1 CAG, & 1 SC. (plus 1 chilean flamingo & 5 sulcata tortoises)
So my coworker has posted on here before regarding Rocky, our Blue and Gold macaw, and now I am too. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or bad really. We got Rocky from a couple, who were about eighty years old or so, and were going into an assisted living facility and couldn't care for him any longer. He was severely plucked and would 'honk' at any person who came near him. It was such an awful sight to see. I could only assume that the honking was his attempt to cope when he's mad or scared or something -- It makes sense really.
But we were able to work around that, I got him a comfort item and he's stopped plucking. However, when people get too close sometimes, he's starting to grab at his foot, hit his beak against the bars of the cage or perch and honk. It's a very aggressive attitude that I'm afraid that he'll hurt himself. He's really a sweet boy outside of the cage, but even with that he doesn't want to step up anymore and I have to have a stick for him to step up on before he'll even step up on me.
Changes have happened, but for the better. A new room was provided for everyone, and their diet has improved to fresher things. What could it be that's causing him to act like this?
But we were able to work around that, I got him a comfort item and he's stopped plucking. However, when people get too close sometimes, he's starting to grab at his foot, hit his beak against the bars of the cage or perch and honk. It's a very aggressive attitude that I'm afraid that he'll hurt himself. He's really a sweet boy outside of the cage, but even with that he doesn't want to step up anymore and I have to have a stick for him to step up on before he'll even step up on me.
Changes have happened, but for the better. A new room was provided for everyone, and their diet has improved to fresher things. What could it be that's causing him to act like this?
