So I have a 9 year old GCC. I have had him since he was a year old. For the first year, he was a super cuddly little love. Then, hormones hit and he turned into a raging monster who hated my guts. I knew he was hormonal, so I "backed off" per say. He constantly wanted to bite and didn't want to be picked up, so I took that as he was just wanted to be left alone while he raged. I expected after a year or two the hormones would mellow out.
But now he's 9, and nothing has changed.
Everyone but me can touch him. Sometimes he gets grumpy with other people, but not all the time. I get anywhere near him and it's just the worst thing in the world for him. He spends all day angrily puffed up in his cage. He's been to the vet several times and nothing is wrong with him. I have never done anything to harm him or scare him.
I have tried restarting with him. I have tried using a perch to take him out, but all it does it makes him even angrier and causes him to want to attack me.
I have tried using positive reinforcement with his favorite treats, but he refuses to take food from me. Even if I don't offer it with my fingers and put it down for him to pick up on his own, he won't do it.
I tried clicker training, he ignores me completely.
He never wants out of his cage. Even if I keep the door open he just broods in the corner and glares at anyone in the room. He has lots of toys, and he does play with them.
There are very random and not often moments where he is totally fine. He will step up and come out, but only for brief moments before he gets nasty again and attacks me.
I have tried hemp seeds and chamomile and Avian Calm to see if that helps...nope.
Took his happy hut out of his cage. Nope.
I make sure he gets enough sleep at night, even tried giving him more sleep time, but no improvement either.
The very last thing I tried was showing him whose boss. When he tried biting I would grab him and put him down against a surface and hold him there and tell him NO BITING. That didn't work either.
I have tried other things as well, things I have read on here, but nothing seems to get through with him. I don't want to re-home him, but I'm thinking maybe I just need to accept that he hates me and just wants to be left alone.
But now he's 9, and nothing has changed.
Everyone but me can touch him. Sometimes he gets grumpy with other people, but not all the time. I get anywhere near him and it's just the worst thing in the world for him. He spends all day angrily puffed up in his cage. He's been to the vet several times and nothing is wrong with him. I have never done anything to harm him or scare him.
I have tried restarting with him. I have tried using a perch to take him out, but all it does it makes him even angrier and causes him to want to attack me.
I have tried using positive reinforcement with his favorite treats, but he refuses to take food from me. Even if I don't offer it with my fingers and put it down for him to pick up on his own, he won't do it.
I tried clicker training, he ignores me completely.
He never wants out of his cage. Even if I keep the door open he just broods in the corner and glares at anyone in the room. He has lots of toys, and he does play with them.
There are very random and not often moments where he is totally fine. He will step up and come out, but only for brief moments before he gets nasty again and attacks me.
I have tried hemp seeds and chamomile and Avian Calm to see if that helps...nope.
Took his happy hut out of his cage. Nope.
I make sure he gets enough sleep at night, even tried giving him more sleep time, but no improvement either.
The very last thing I tried was showing him whose boss. When he tried biting I would grab him and put him down against a surface and hold him there and tell him NO BITING. That didn't work either.
I have tried other things as well, things I have read on here, but nothing seems to get through with him. I don't want to re-home him, but I'm thinking maybe I just need to accept that he hates me and just wants to be left alone.