Overly hormonal or depressed?

LoveMyConlan

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Mira, my female YSGCC, is 2. Normally she is with her bff/favorite thing to dominate male Turquoise Gcc, Luca. However sadly Luca passed away a few weeks ago from unknown causes. Everyone has just had their check ups and seemed fine (please note Mira and Luca were rehomed with a friend for about 6 months, hence the vet check when they came back). All was fine. Luca, who seemed to have hated me, went off to birdy boot camp with a member from the local Parrot rescue (all birds there were tested for diseases prior to them arriving long before). She called a week and a half into his boot camp to say he had passed away. A necropsy showed no signs of damage or issues with lungs or liver. He chalked it up to a heart attack. The other birds were fine.

Any way, Being seperated was always hard on Mira(I had tried before in another room) and I knew for certain him being gone permanently would have her upset. Since we had no exact diagnosis as to why he died, I never allowed Mira to see that he was 'gone'.

Now Mira is creeping me out. She's very shy, and always has been, but usually steps up. She's continuing to step up now.... But with a huge difference I don't understand.

She will step 1 foot up onto my finger, clutch hard, and won't let go, but also won't step the other foot up. Most of the time she will pull my finger to her chest, hold it, and rock back and forth whining, her heard nodding. She'll do the same when I ask her to step down. She just won't let go and is acting hormonal.

She's always been over the top with hormonal whining and being touched. But the grabbing on and not letting go is new. I can touch her cheeks and I'm OK... Her neck, throat, and even her feet get her moaning and dancing.

She's yelling more that she ever has, but she's not acting desperate to get my attentions. Mostly she'll yell at night, like she's looking for Luca to snuggle up with.

My other female Gcc, Conlan, I've been dealing with hormones for years, but Mira is 100 times worse. Unlike Connie, she's not aggressive, it's like she's OVER stimulated.

No change in diet or anything but Luca passing away, which since he had been gone at boot camp I doubt she knows he's dead.

I would like to be able to get her out and let her sit with me without my fingers being held prisoner ROFL. She shows no aggression, and no over needy 'needs to be with me' attitude. Just don't wanna let go and whiney/rocking.

She gets a good diet, Avian Prime supplement, has a cuddle bone, lots of toys, I've been making sure they get enough sleep in the dark, no overly sugary foods....

Any ideas? She's been the same for weeks......
 
**She was DNA sexed as a female**
And she will go as far as doing the birdy splits when I try to take my hand away. I usually have to pry her toes off my fingers or the perch to get her on or off because she gives me 1 foot and that's it unless I allow her a moment or 2 to get her whining out of the way lol. She's not regurgitating for me.
 
Hi, this odd behaviour could be attributed to the loss of Luca, our parrots feel loss greatly. If you have invested in a birdie back pack or have harness trained then my advice would be to try and take her out into the big wide world. Going out is good for them. Hope it will help? Swap things round in the cage introduce some new toys etc also.

Diet do you feed veggies etc Green Cheek Conure Diet | PetGreenCheekConure.com if the diet is good then supplements should not be needed.

If it is in fact hormonal behaviour are you aware that some stroking can in fact stimulate our parrots. Stick with head skritches for now.

Be more assertive with the step up side of hand under the belly and very gentle push with the word step up usually work. Plum will sometime mess about and it's more like one foot in and one foot out, (do the hokey cokey and turn around LOL).
 
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I tried pressure... I literally have to shove her up/off the perch or my hand I have video of it but have no idea how to upload it lol
 
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it's unfortunate that Luca was away as you couldn't let Mira see the body. She may think she's abandoned or that Luca is lost but doesn't understand he isn't coming back. Do as plum has said, hopefully you can work her through this. Time will let her understand Luca is gone
 

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