JettIsTheDevil
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I have a pet Galah x Corella named Jett. He flew into our lives 8 years ago. He was obviously someone’s pet, because my mum could hear him mimicking her cough. We tried for days to try and catch him and eventually we enticed him to get into a cage. So we don’t know much about his history, but he can mimic laughter and coughing and he can sing some old-timey tunes. We tried to find his owner but no one came forward, so he’s been with us ever since but he’s got one flaw: he has big behavioural issues.
While inside his cage, he will try and attack our fingers if they’re within reach. If he’s able to grab a hold of us, he does some damage by piercing the skin and making us bleed. He sometimes pretends to want pats but he will turn around while you’re patting him through the cage and then laugh at us.
He does have a soft spot for my mum though, and she’s able to get him out of the cage and have him in her jumper without any worries. He won’t bite her and will even give her a few nibbles on the collar bone or her chin without hurting her. Although he will try and attack he while he is inside his cage, and has bitten her once or twice, piercing her skin but not making her bleed.
He also squawks so loudly throughout the day and in the early morning, or whenever there is a loud commotion happening and it’s started to get on my mums nerves since it’s a constant thing. She doesn’t get him out too often, maybe once every couple of days for about 30 minutes to an hour, because she’s very busy and he hates everyone else in the family (especially males).
He also is very smart and has gotten out of his cage multiple times, through unscrewing screws and pushing open his food and water doors, but hasn’t flown too far away from our house. We have been able to get him back every time since the local birds attack him and he gets scared.
Basically I was just wondering if anyone had any information on Galah x a Corellas or if anyone knows how to work on his behavioural issues. Thank-you!
Here’s a photo of the Devil himself in the attachments:
While inside his cage, he will try and attack our fingers if they’re within reach. If he’s able to grab a hold of us, he does some damage by piercing the skin and making us bleed. He sometimes pretends to want pats but he will turn around while you’re patting him through the cage and then laugh at us.
He does have a soft spot for my mum though, and she’s able to get him out of the cage and have him in her jumper without any worries. He won’t bite her and will even give her a few nibbles on the collar bone or her chin without hurting her. Although he will try and attack he while he is inside his cage, and has bitten her once or twice, piercing her skin but not making her bleed.
He also squawks so loudly throughout the day and in the early morning, or whenever there is a loud commotion happening and it’s started to get on my mums nerves since it’s a constant thing. She doesn’t get him out too often, maybe once every couple of days for about 30 minutes to an hour, because she’s very busy and he hates everyone else in the family (especially males).
He also is very smart and has gotten out of his cage multiple times, through unscrewing screws and pushing open his food and water doors, but hasn’t flown too far away from our house. We have been able to get him back every time since the local birds attack him and he gets scared.
Basically I was just wondering if anyone had any information on Galah x a Corellas or if anyone knows how to work on his behavioural issues. Thank-you!
Here’s a photo of the Devil himself in the attachments: