Jekyll and Hyde

[Siobhan]

Last night Rocky was grouchy and squawky. Lunged a couple of times. Chomped a couple of times hard enough to leave bruises. I finally decided he'd better go to bed before he really got unruly, but too late. I stood up to put him to bed and he chomped me so badly that I bled all over the house by the time I got him stuffed in his cage and got to the bathroom to try to staunch the gore. Today my hand is swollen and so sore I'm having trouble using it. I don't even know what set him off.

 

[ParrotGenie]

Last night Rocky was grouchy and squawky. Lunged a couple of times. Chomped a couple of times hard enough to leave bruises. I finally decided he'd better go to bed before he really got unruly, but too late. I stood up to put him to bed and he chomped me so badly that I bled all over the house by the time I got him stuffed in his cage and got to the bathroom to try to staunch the gore. Today my hand is swollen and so sore I'm having trouble using it. I don't even know what set him off.

Did you show anger, or fear? Cockatoo are very good at picking that up and will get temperamental and angry very quickly and react?

 

[Scott]

Sorry to hear, hope your bruises heal well. Possibly a hormonal outburst?

 

[Siobhan]

He already had his hormone stuff in April. Almost the entire MONTH. That was not fun. He's fine now. Maybe he was just in a really bad mood. My hand is better every day and I might even be able to play drums by band practice on Wednesday. I can already play the guitar and even the mandolin, but those don't require banging on things, which still hurts. I was keeping time on the back of a pew at church yesterday morning and discovered that banging on things is not a good idea just yet.

 

[wrench13]

Mandolin? What are you , some kinda bluegrass picker?

 

[Siobhan]

I play eight instruments. Not all at once. And not all competently. I can play four competently enough to perform on. We have a country/rock band and I also play in the band at church.