mh434
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- Oct 28, 2014
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- Parrots
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Yellow-naped Amazon "Sammy"
Love birds (4)
Green-cheeked Conure "Skittles" - now, sadly gone from my life
Blue-Crowned Conure "Tequila"
African Grey "Reno" - sadly, now gone from my life
We just adopted another rescue ("Takila", a blue-fronted Conure), but while Takila is a wonderful bird, our CAG and Sammy (in my avatar) have reacted extremely badly. Our CAG now hides in the back of his cage 24/7 & won't make a sound or interact with us in any way (which is strange, as Takila and our CAG have been best friends & flock-mates for the past 15 years, except for the past few months since we adopted our CAG), and Sammy has gone, well, insane.
This morning, I opened his cage as usual and, when I moved away, he flew at my face, attacking full force. Now, Sammy ONLY flies when it's a life-or-death emergency, so this was a complete shock. He got tangled up in some furniture legs on the floor and, when I went to rescue him, he attacked my forearm, biting deep, shaking hard, and not letting go. Drew blood through my denim sleeve & light jacket. I was eventually able to wrap him in a towel, but by the time I'd got him to the door of his cage, he'd bitten through several layers of bath towel. I had to toss the whole bundle into his cage & slam the door.
Now, if he so much as hears my voice, he flies into a rage, hurling himself at the cage walls to get at me. I've covered his cage completely, as I'm afraid he'll hurt himself.
We've moved the new bird out of the room, to where Sammy can't see or hear him, but Sammy hasn't calmed down one iota. The last time Sammy got angry at me (for going away for a week) it took 3 weeks before I could approach his cage to feed him (during that time we had to throw food into the cage, and poured water into a bowl from above), but that was NOTHING compared to this.
Has anyone else had this problem?!?
This morning, I opened his cage as usual and, when I moved away, he flew at my face, attacking full force. Now, Sammy ONLY flies when it's a life-or-death emergency, so this was a complete shock. He got tangled up in some furniture legs on the floor and, when I went to rescue him, he attacked my forearm, biting deep, shaking hard, and not letting go. Drew blood through my denim sleeve & light jacket. I was eventually able to wrap him in a towel, but by the time I'd got him to the door of his cage, he'd bitten through several layers of bath towel. I had to toss the whole bundle into his cage & slam the door.
Now, if he so much as hears my voice, he flies into a rage, hurling himself at the cage walls to get at me. I've covered his cage completely, as I'm afraid he'll hurt himself.
We've moved the new bird out of the room, to where Sammy can't see or hear him, but Sammy hasn't calmed down one iota. The last time Sammy got angry at me (for going away for a week) it took 3 weeks before I could approach his cage to feed him (during that time we had to throw food into the cage, and poured water into a bowl from above), but that was NOTHING compared to this.
Has anyone else had this problem?!?