gracefullystained
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- Jun 6, 2011
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Hi, all.
I have experience with larger birds - Macaw, Eclectus, African Grey. I have also had experience with Cockatiels, Parakeets and Love Birds. I have a problem now that I have never encountered. This may be kind of long, so please bear with me.
My GCC (unsexed) is a second-hand bird. I got him from a bird shop that didn't know anything about him, so I brought him home not knowing anything about him. At first, he loved me and would do anything I asked him to. But, the object of his affection was my husband, whom he bit the
out of. After a couple of weeks, he really bit my husband (who has no bird exprience) hard and my husband stared him down until he let go. Now, any time my husband comes near him, he waves his foot in the air to be picked up. They're good, unless my husband tries to keep him from something/take away something he wants - then it's back to biting.
Now, since they are good, Cricket bites me any time I get close to my husband or try to take him away from him or anything else he wants.
The biting I can deal with. It hurts, but we're making strides.
The screaming, however! Cricket basically thinks that he should spend every waking second on my husband. He is by no means ignored. He's out of his cage almost all day - on top of it (where he screams), on his playstand (where he screams) or on my husband (where he doesn't scream).
We've tried different places for his cage and his playstand, we've tried having him stay on me or my desk, we have tried covering him up until he's quiet. (Which we hate having to do - but we do have neighbors in the apartments who might complain about constant screaming.) We've tried to compromise with him - out for this long, back on your cage for this, etc.
Is there ANYTHING else we can try to turn him back into the sweet, quiet bird I brought home a month ago?
Thanks!
~r
I have experience with larger birds - Macaw, Eclectus, African Grey. I have also had experience with Cockatiels, Parakeets and Love Birds. I have a problem now that I have never encountered. This may be kind of long, so please bear with me.
My GCC (unsexed) is a second-hand bird. I got him from a bird shop that didn't know anything about him, so I brought him home not knowing anything about him. At first, he loved me and would do anything I asked him to. But, the object of his affection was my husband, whom he bit the
out of. After a couple of weeks, he really bit my husband (who has no bird exprience) hard and my husband stared him down until he let go. Now, any time my husband comes near him, he waves his foot in the air to be picked up. They're good, unless my husband tries to keep him from something/take away something he wants - then it's back to biting.Now, since they are good, Cricket bites me any time I get close to my husband or try to take him away from him or anything else he wants.
The biting I can deal with. It hurts, but we're making strides.
The screaming, however! Cricket basically thinks that he should spend every waking second on my husband. He is by no means ignored. He's out of his cage almost all day - on top of it (where he screams), on his playstand (where he screams) or on my husband (where he doesn't scream).
We've tried different places for his cage and his playstand, we've tried having him stay on me or my desk, we have tried covering him up until he's quiet. (Which we hate having to do - but we do have neighbors in the apartments who might complain about constant screaming.) We've tried to compromise with him - out for this long, back on your cage for this, etc.
Is there ANYTHING else we can try to turn him back into the sweet, quiet bird I brought home a month ago?
Thanks!
~r
