Strange "clingy" behaviour from my 12 week old alex Frankie.
She has time both locked in her cage, and free time out to play on the floor and fly around the room (she's really good at not crashing into stuff!). She has lots of toys that she plays with, and has a (supervised) friendship with the cat and they get along well. Plenty to do and she's not territorial at all. I have short training sessions with her too and she knows how to do at least 3 tricks.
But she gets super weird almost every arvo, where no matter what i do with her she just gets soo clingy and grumpy at the same time. It's weird. right now she's on my shoulder, but wont stop with the baby cries (you know the ones... KREE-AWW) and as much as i love her there's only so much my poor ears can take before i have to put her back in the cage.
I don't mind her nibbling my hair and gently nibbling my ear, but she gets a bit hard sometimes and i have to say "gentle" which stops her, but she still does a loud cry.
Right now she's got this weird thing where she's alternating between nibbles, and then a cry, then she'll nuzzle hard into my hair and rub her head around... cry...Then she'll wander to the front and look in my face and try to nibble my cheek - thats not on! and saying "uh uh!" makes her give a super angry growl and she'll fly off and do a lap around the room. And then come back and it's rinse and repeat.
if i look at her and talk to her or whistle, she gives an angry growl.
oh, she also is fixated with trying to get onto my head. But she doesnt try that much anymore.
It's like she's trying to tell me something and is annoyed im not listening. And she still has no concept of being quiet, i know thats because she's just a baby though.
I'm really stumped on this one. Any ideas?
She has time both locked in her cage, and free time out to play on the floor and fly around the room (she's really good at not crashing into stuff!). She has lots of toys that she plays with, and has a (supervised) friendship with the cat and they get along well. Plenty to do and she's not territorial at all. I have short training sessions with her too and she knows how to do at least 3 tricks.
But she gets super weird almost every arvo, where no matter what i do with her she just gets soo clingy and grumpy at the same time. It's weird. right now she's on my shoulder, but wont stop with the baby cries (you know the ones... KREE-AWW) and as much as i love her there's only so much my poor ears can take before i have to put her back in the cage.
I don't mind her nibbling my hair and gently nibbling my ear, but she gets a bit hard sometimes and i have to say "gentle" which stops her, but she still does a loud cry.
Right now she's got this weird thing where she's alternating between nibbles, and then a cry, then she'll nuzzle hard into my hair and rub her head around... cry...Then she'll wander to the front and look in my face and try to nibble my cheek - thats not on! and saying "uh uh!" makes her give a super angry growl and she'll fly off and do a lap around the room. And then come back and it's rinse and repeat.
if i look at her and talk to her or whistle, she gives an angry growl.
oh, she also is fixated with trying to get onto my head. But she doesnt try that much anymore.
It's like she's trying to tell me something and is annoyed im not listening. And she still has no concept of being quiet, i know thats because she's just a baby though.
I'm really stumped on this one. Any ideas?