Strange behaviour

[Lello]

2 weeks ago I took on a 14 year old presumed male B&G Mac. I do not know much about his background besides that he was rescued from a abused situation. He does this thing where he makes a clicking sound then mock bites his leg and scream. There does not seem to be any trigger for this but it...

 

[PrimorandMoxi]

Wow that is crazy. Silly as heck.

I think Blue and Golds are so smart and need to keep themselves occupied will come up with games with whatever is on hand. I think he is just playing.

Max loves to mock bite us and sometimes really bite and give a scream similar to yours, but maybe a little more "i'm a big scary monster and I just scared you" kind of sound.
You can see in his eyes how excited Max gets by it.

Man they are a handful.
Thanks for rescuing him!!!

 

[wrench13]

I agree, this looks more like some kind of play (crazy as it might seem) rather then a medical or pain related action. Macaws are known to do the Big Scary Bird thing to get a rise out of people - yeah they are that smart. Kind of like "BOO!" - I gotcha!

 

[sunbeam]

My macaw does the same thing. He argues with his leg! Actually both of them!
And yes! He loves the reaction he gets when he does it! Always unexpected and loud!
Funny!!!

 

[sunbeam]

Also, forgot to mention.
If it helps he does this more when we are playing and spending time together.

 

[Lello]

Also, forgot to mention.
If it helps he does this more when we are playing and spending time together.

I think Jake does this out of frustration over excitement and the unknown. After 4 weeks with me he is doing it less and less 😁 at least now when he does this I know sort of why

 

[Lello]

Wow that is crazy. Silly as heck.

I think Blue and Golds are so smart and need to keep themselves occupied will come up with games with whatever is on hand. I think he is just playing.

Max loves to mock bite us and sometimes really bite and give a scream similar to yours, but maybe a little more "i'm a big scary monster and I just scared you" kind of sound.
You can see in his eyes how excited Max gets by it.

Man they are a handful.
Thanks for rescuing him!!!

Hi yes I think it's a combination of frustration, the unknown
and look at me I'm going to scare you just because i can. As he is settling in, after 4 weeks this is happening less and less.

 

[Lello]

I agree, this looks more like some kind of play (crazy as it might seem) rather then a medical or pain related action. Macaws are known to do the Big Scary Bird thing to get a rise out of people - yeah they are that smart. Kind of like "BOO!" - I gotcha!

Definitely not medical. 4 weeks in and it's happening less and less. He does not do this when he is on his own ( I have a camera on him when I'm not there to monitor his behaviour) it's definitely more an over excited behaviour as well as I am going to scare you off. If my husband gets too close to him or to me he will do it non stop.

 

[Lello]

Wow that is crazy. Silly as heck.

I think Blue and Golds are so smart and need to keep themselves occupied will come up with games with whatever is on hand. I think he is just playing.

Max loves to mock bite us and sometimes really bite and give a scream similar to yours, but maybe a little more "i'm a big scary monster and I just scared you" kind of sound.
You can see in his eyes how excited Max gets by it.

Man they are a handful.
Thanks for rescuing him!!!

I think I have figured it out that this is more of a frustration and I'm going to scare you reaction. After 4 weeks he is hardly doing this around me but if my poor husband is anywhere near me or him he will do this non stop. Husband is walking circles around him ...haha