saganismyhero
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The subject says it all, but also, I’m still so excited and thrilled. It’s funny how when you anticipate and research something long enough it really does make things easier.
I brought Sagan home yesterday, he’s a 3? year old. I got him from someone who really neglected him and had him in a home with people who literally hate animals. The wife said to me when I was picking him up “thank you for taking that thing away!” I event kept my huge mouth shut! So that was good. This poor Grey is the most phobic parrot I’ve ever seen, but is still such a lovely guy. He almost bit the guys hand off when he was moving him from the cage to the crate, so clearly he barely spent time with the bird. I was ready for the challenge and still am.
Even though Sagan is constantly trying to bite my hand off, he is oddly super relaxed and comfortable in his new environment (maybe because I’ve been with him 24/7, but he’s already destroyed 3 toys (he had never had toys before!) and ate an entire bowl of broccoli and bell pepper! he was on a strictly seed diet so the freshness alone must have been overwhelming.
I am letting him adapt but he’s got a few things I need more help with that the research I’ve done doesn’t really cover:
- for some reason he won’t fly, but it’s obvious he can, the owner said he’d never clipped him? I’m thinking he may have been clipped too young and that’s why he has so much aggression?
- he won’t stand on any perches!! What is this !? He won’t even stand on flat surfaces? He’s torturing himself by standing on the wire on the cage? Why would this be? He doesn’t trust me to help him, so I’m sitting here like, dude? You have 4 different perches to choose from!
- The biting was expected, he’s not tamed, and is clearly phobic, everything scares him, but what’s upsetting is even trying to give him treats is impossible? I can’t even sit treats on top of his food because he can’t fly, and is terrified of moving around the perches? How am I supposed to bond with him and help with the biting if I can’t even give him treats?
Anyway, despite the challenges, I couldn’t ask for a better first day with an obvious traumatized bird, he’s a sweet guy and I hope we can figure these things out sooner than later! Maybe, just maybe, a lot of it is hormones (I’m hoping)
I brought Sagan home yesterday, he’s a 3? year old. I got him from someone who really neglected him and had him in a home with people who literally hate animals. The wife said to me when I was picking him up “thank you for taking that thing away!” I event kept my huge mouth shut! So that was good. This poor Grey is the most phobic parrot I’ve ever seen, but is still such a lovely guy. He almost bit the guys hand off when he was moving him from the cage to the crate, so clearly he barely spent time with the bird. I was ready for the challenge and still am.
Even though Sagan is constantly trying to bite my hand off, he is oddly super relaxed and comfortable in his new environment (maybe because I’ve been with him 24/7, but he’s already destroyed 3 toys (he had never had toys before!) and ate an entire bowl of broccoli and bell pepper! he was on a strictly seed diet so the freshness alone must have been overwhelming.
I am letting him adapt but he’s got a few things I need more help with that the research I’ve done doesn’t really cover:
- for some reason he won’t fly, but it’s obvious he can, the owner said he’d never clipped him? I’m thinking he may have been clipped too young and that’s why he has so much aggression?
- he won’t stand on any perches!! What is this !? He won’t even stand on flat surfaces? He’s torturing himself by standing on the wire on the cage? Why would this be? He doesn’t trust me to help him, so I’m sitting here like, dude? You have 4 different perches to choose from!
- The biting was expected, he’s not tamed, and is clearly phobic, everything scares him, but what’s upsetting is even trying to give him treats is impossible? I can’t even sit treats on top of his food because he can’t fly, and is terrified of moving around the perches? How am I supposed to bond with him and help with the biting if I can’t even give him treats?
Anyway, despite the challenges, I couldn’t ask for a better first day with an obvious traumatized bird, he’s a sweet guy and I hope we can figure these things out sooner than later! Maybe, just maybe, a lot of it is hormones (I’m hoping)