Birdman666
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Presently have six Greenwing Macaw (17 yo), Red Fronted Macaw (12 yo), Red Lored Amazon (17 y.o.), Lilac Crowned Amazon (about 43 y.o.) and a Congo African Grey (11 y.o.)
Panama Amazon (1 Y.O.)
Sally, as most of you know is my female Red Lored Amazon.
As you probably also know she lives outside her cage on a large manzanita tree that I bolted to a small table and placed in the window. Not that cage doors ever actually close around here, but she literally goes back in her cage for an hour or two on cleaning days (to keep her safe from my mop bucket.)
Other than that, she hardly ever goes in her cage, for anything, ever. Her preferred spot is her swing in the window on the manzanita tree...
She is always the first and last bird to greet me. She's the first bird handled in the mornings and when I come home, and always has been. (Call it flock leader privilege.) But lately, as soon as I put her back on her playstand, she heads back to her cage on her own, and just wants to be left alone... as in NOBODY (NOT BIRD OR HUMAN) INTERACT WITH ME the rest of the night.
She has also suddenly started sleeping in her cage again, which is particularly odd for her...
Her weight hasn't changed in the 14 years I've had her. It's perfect. She was well birdied a month ago, and her labs are perfect. So she isn't sick.
I'm guessing it's a sign of the onset of her hormonal period, and they are running amuck at the moment?! Seems a little early in the season, but maybe...
My fear is that she's got some sort of depression issue going on?! Maybe I need to get her out more?!
Anyone else noticing the onset of hormonal behaviors in their zons right now?
As you probably also know she lives outside her cage on a large manzanita tree that I bolted to a small table and placed in the window. Not that cage doors ever actually close around here, but she literally goes back in her cage for an hour or two on cleaning days (to keep her safe from my mop bucket.)
Other than that, she hardly ever goes in her cage, for anything, ever. Her preferred spot is her swing in the window on the manzanita tree...
She is always the first and last bird to greet me. She's the first bird handled in the mornings and when I come home, and always has been. (Call it flock leader privilege.) But lately, as soon as I put her back on her playstand, she heads back to her cage on her own, and just wants to be left alone... as in NOBODY (NOT BIRD OR HUMAN) INTERACT WITH ME the rest of the night.
She has also suddenly started sleeping in her cage again, which is particularly odd for her...
Her weight hasn't changed in the 14 years I've had her. It's perfect. She was well birdied a month ago, and her labs are perfect. So she isn't sick.
I'm guessing it's a sign of the onset of her hormonal period, and they are running amuck at the moment?! Seems a little early in the season, but maybe...
My fear is that she's got some sort of depression issue going on?! Maybe I need to get her out more?!
Anyone else noticing the onset of hormonal behaviors in their zons right now?
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