Hi All,
Max is just over a year old and is so friendly and usually never wants to be in the cage. However, he has a serious addiction to mirrors and reflections. We think he "bonded" to his reflection and since turning 1, it has triggered some very aggressive behavior. He even found a reflection in the black plastic at the bottom of his cage and if we are out for a few hours, will come home to him in the corner of the bottom of his cage, looking at his reflection in the black plastic, and then become insanely aggressive towards us and not come out of the cage. My husband sanded the shiny plastic to remove any reflective properties but he is still doing it. My sweet bird is unrecognizable when he's like this. He will lunge and hiss at me and even at my husband who Max is obsessed with.
Any advice for how to break this trance he seems to go into? We work hard to not let him see reflections about the house but he's super smart and always knows where to look. Its the cage issue that upsets me the most bc its completely out of character for him. Like a curse or spell that needs lifting.
Thanks you!
Max is just over a year old and is so friendly and usually never wants to be in the cage. However, he has a serious addiction to mirrors and reflections. We think he "bonded" to his reflection and since turning 1, it has triggered some very aggressive behavior. He even found a reflection in the black plastic at the bottom of his cage and if we are out for a few hours, will come home to him in the corner of the bottom of his cage, looking at his reflection in the black plastic, and then become insanely aggressive towards us and not come out of the cage. My husband sanded the shiny plastic to remove any reflective properties but he is still doing it. My sweet bird is unrecognizable when he's like this. He will lunge and hiss at me and even at my husband who Max is obsessed with.
Any advice for how to break this trance he seems to go into? We work hard to not let him see reflections about the house but he's super smart and always knows where to look. Its the cage issue that upsets me the most bc its completely out of character for him. Like a curse or spell that needs lifting.
Thanks you!