Hormonal or what?

Casey

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Not sure what is going on with my CAG...
She is a little over a year old now. (496 days)
She has always been great with me, over the last couple/few weeks she is fearful of me, but it only seems to be later in the day. In the morning when I feed her she will talk to me and let me tickle (Scratch) her. We call it tickling and she asks for a tickle)

Now as the day goes on, she does not want anything to do with me. She'll growl at me and pitch a fit. If she is on the cage she'll fly away. When I pick her up she will come to me, growling a pitching a fit. She'll not let me tickle her, if I try she growls but will not bite me.

Please any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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weco

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Sounds to me like a spoiled little kid that needs to be introduced to a posterior warming treatment.....in the case of temperamental birds, you might want to consider wing trimming.....it does give them a quick attitude change and you the opportunity to have their attention for training sessions & it's only temporary until their next molt.....

What training has been done with this grey...if none, I would read up on touch training & clicker training...choose one & begin.....there are several video clips on youtube about both.....
 
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Casey

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She is ending a molting, so I don't want to trim her wings just yet in case of a blood feather.

You maybe onto something with the flying. She never fledged, she was cut young so I figured I would let her fledge and then clip her.

Prior to her attitude she was a sweetheart to me, not so with the rest of the family. If she flew down anybody could fetch her using the command "come" and she would walk over and hop on your hand.

She would let me touch 80% of her without issue. She does not like being touch under the wing. She's fine on my shoulder, never nipping or biting (even now she does not bite, but growls horribly at me)

Says: hello, give me tickle, tickle tickle tickle, I love you, give me a kiss; she responds with a kissy sound, hey honey, good morning.

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Casey

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Also, as a follow up, how can I socialize her so my wife can handle her. When my wife talks to her she'll bob and dance for her. She tries to tickle her, she drops her head down then snaps her beak at her. She has always done this so its not new behavior. She bit my wife so she is afraid of being bitten again. So it might just be my wife's fear that MJ is responding to as a game knowing she'll pull away.
 

weco

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Since she never fledged, her new found freedom is allowing her to test her boundaries & push her limits.....while you are waiting for her to finish molting, ignoring her pleadings & giving her more time-out time when she acts up will help, but may garner more screaming.....
 

weco

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Also, as a follow up, how can I socialize her so my wife can handle her. When my wife talks to her she'll bob and dance for her. She tries to tickle her, she drops her head down then snaps her beak at her. She has always done this so its not new behavior. She bit my wife so she is afraid of being bitten again. So it might just be my wife's fear that MJ is responding to as a game knowing she'll pull away.

They are excellent at reading fear & playing on it against their target.....let your wife become the primary caregiver & especially treat giver.....

Once you've started training, let it become a double pronged effort, you train one time & your wife the next.....beginning training in a room the bird is not used to often helps as does doing the training away from other birds, humans & pets.....
 

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