Ijistcantsayno
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I think Precious is very angry with me. I normally get about 4 hours of time with him daily. Yesterday I was only able to spend about 20 minutes with him. Twice a summer my cousins and I charter a boat for a family shark or tuna trip. We leave at 5AM and don’t get home until about 7PM. Obviously this was a huge change in routine for Precious. He was still able to have his normal time out of the cage, but I wasn’t home.
This morning...was bad. I expected Precious to be unhappy about yesterday, but boy is he angry with me. He was super sweet for about 3 minutes, then sprouted horns and would not stop biting me. He didn’t break the skin, but the bites were intentional and not a “I was preening and you startled me when you moved to fast” little warning. Those are very few and far between, but today was nothing like that. It started with my hands and arm. Then my neck, my ear and ended with my cheek. When he bit my neck I knew he needed to get back in his cage to calm down, but I could not get him off of me. I tried everything. Everything we have trained him to do, he refused. And normally he will do what’s asked with no problem at all. I ended up having my husband get him off of me, and Precious bit him so hard he drew blood. My husband got him into his cage, and Precious proceeded to scream, and throw his food all over the place. There have been no changes to his daily routine other than me not being home yesterday. His droppings are normal for him, and he’s eating so I don’t think this is a coincidence. I gave him enough time to settle down before going to sit quietly in the room with him for 45 minutes. I hate to leave him in his cage, and I don’t want to disrupt his routine today but I also don’t want to get bitten all day either.
This is the first time he’s ever been this mean. I’m sure he doesn’t see himself as being mean, but he definitely has a bit of a nasty attitude today. He’s had moments here and there since we brought him home in February, but they never last long and he’s never been this aggressive towards me. He used to bite if someone tried to take him off of me, but not like this morning. This was a whole new level of angry cockatiel that I have not seen before, and hope to never see again. He was in attack mode for a few minutes.
What is my next step? Do I take him out, business as usual and hope he doesn’t lose his temper again? Do I leave him in his cage and spend time with him that way? Should I offer him a tasty treat just because as a peace offering? I knew he was going to be upset, but this reaction seems a bit extreme. I expected some type of misbehavior, or attention seeking behavior, but not this level of anger directed at me. I also wasn’t prepared for his response to being put back in his cage. The screaming yes, the tantrum of throwing his food...I wasn’t expecting that.
Sooo...what does everyone think? How should I proceed?
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This morning...was bad. I expected Precious to be unhappy about yesterday, but boy is he angry with me. He was super sweet for about 3 minutes, then sprouted horns and would not stop biting me. He didn’t break the skin, but the bites were intentional and not a “I was preening and you startled me when you moved to fast” little warning. Those are very few and far between, but today was nothing like that. It started with my hands and arm. Then my neck, my ear and ended with my cheek. When he bit my neck I knew he needed to get back in his cage to calm down, but I could not get him off of me. I tried everything. Everything we have trained him to do, he refused. And normally he will do what’s asked with no problem at all. I ended up having my husband get him off of me, and Precious bit him so hard he drew blood. My husband got him into his cage, and Precious proceeded to scream, and throw his food all over the place. There have been no changes to his daily routine other than me not being home yesterday. His droppings are normal for him, and he’s eating so I don’t think this is a coincidence. I gave him enough time to settle down before going to sit quietly in the room with him for 45 minutes. I hate to leave him in his cage, and I don’t want to disrupt his routine today but I also don’t want to get bitten all day either.
This is the first time he’s ever been this mean. I’m sure he doesn’t see himself as being mean, but he definitely has a bit of a nasty attitude today. He’s had moments here and there since we brought him home in February, but they never last long and he’s never been this aggressive towards me. He used to bite if someone tried to take him off of me, but not like this morning. This was a whole new level of angry cockatiel that I have not seen before, and hope to never see again. He was in attack mode for a few minutes.
What is my next step? Do I take him out, business as usual and hope he doesn’t lose his temper again? Do I leave him in his cage and spend time with him that way? Should I offer him a tasty treat just because as a peace offering? I knew he was going to be upset, but this reaction seems a bit extreme. I expected some type of misbehavior, or attention seeking behavior, but not this level of anger directed at me. I also wasn’t prepared for his response to being put back in his cage. The screaming yes, the tantrum of throwing his food...I wasn’t expecting that.
Sooo...what does everyone think? How should I proceed?
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