Apr 30, 2012 19:07:26 GMT
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Jan 9, 2015 23:54:39 GMT
Post by Angelgirl on Jan 9, 2015 23:54:39 GMT
So tonight I decided to give Alfie another training session.
After holding out the millet for him, he eventually realised it was food and took it from my hand. I was so pleased until he then jumped on to my hand and started attacking it for all it was worth. It was incredibly painful. I tried to get him off by putting my other hand it, but he simply jumped to that one and attacked it too. I'm not sure if he thought I was a) millet, b) one of his toys or c) the enemy but he has never been like that before. Usually he flaps around and won't come anywhere near me. Tonight he had his two feet on me and was biting wherever he could. I tried saying no as I was crying out in pain, then just let him get on with it and he eventually jumped off. When I put my hand up to him again, he jumped back on and began again.
Any idea where to go from here? He didn't draw blood so I think he was playing but it's not the kind of interaction I want to encourage!
Yours in pain,
Ax
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Apr 30, 2012 19:07:26 GMT
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Jan 10, 2015 0:33:20 GMT
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Post by Angelgirl on Jan 10, 2015 0:33:20 GMT
Just to add...
Before I started the session he was playing with his toy with a bell and I think he was regurgitating seed on to it, something I've never seen him do before. He also had his head feathers raised, almost crest like. When he was attacking my hand he had his wings opened right out.
I tried to put him to bed when I went upstairs and he flatly refused to get on to his swing where he always sleeps. Have I 'broken' him? He was like a completely different bird tonight. Could it be hormones? As well as being in pain, I'm also now really worried as his behaviour was out of character and wonder if something else if going on with him.
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Post by Hezz on Jan 10, 2015 0:46:57 GMT
How old is he?? Sorry, I am laughing, and shouldn't be, but yes, even the boys have periods of being right little so-and-so's. If he is in that first year, put this all down to hormones; if he was getting excited with his bell and then you came along for a training session two things have happened. Firstly, you interrupted a good time, and secondly his hormones are still coursing through his body. Think of it a bit like mum interrupting teen boy having a w@#k. He is not going to be happy about it. Next time try to find a time when he is a little calmer. He may still decide to give you the all over nips and the best thing you can do is ignore him when he does this ....... try not to react to the bites, if possible. Also turn your hand over so he only has access to your palm - the skin is thicker there and the bites don't hurt as much.
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Apr 30, 2012 19:07:26 GMT
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Post by Angelgirl on Jan 10, 2015 15:51:42 GMT
Glad I amused you!
Alfie is three, give or take a couple of months. He has had the company of Billy, albeit in a separate cage, for the last 7 months though so maybe that has awoken his hormones?
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Jan 11, 2015 1:22:24 GMT
Post by Hezz on Jan 11, 2015 1:22:24 GMT
Could be the case. I have a cock who only recently decided he was going to act like a cock, after more than the two years that I have had him. Before that the jury was out on whether he was boy or girl. On very experienced member thought he was a girl trying to be a boy; seems it was the other way round.
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Apr 30, 2024 14:55:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 11:28:34 GMT
My cock behaves like this when he gets really hormonal, which is why I try to get him to have at least 12 hours of sleep. Seems to work for the most part. He still regurgitates on his favourite things but doesn't become aggressive with it. He usually only bites my OH's hand when he's sat on it, though, making the wheezing sound he makes when he gets over-excited.
So, I don't know if some extra hours of darkness might help?
EDIT: Jinxed it. He jumped on my hand and nipped me today.
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Apr 30, 2012 19:07:26 GMT
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Jan 12, 2015 23:36:39 GMT
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Post by Angelgirl on Jan 12, 2015 23:36:39 GMT
How long does being a randy teenager usually last?
It's like Alf has had a personality transplant. After almost three years of flapping like mad round the cage whenever I put my hand in, he will now take millet from me (to feed his bell with) but he doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between the millet and my fingers. I've tried letting him bite and not reacting and I've tried saying no but I'm having a job getting him off my hand to enforce that! I have to try and get him to step up on his perch but that doesn't often work, he just moves back on my hand and bites any fold of flesh he can find! Actually that I can handle, it's when he starts on my cuticles that it's too painful for me to stand.
Think I'd rather have my timid shy boy back!
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Apr 30, 2024 14:55:16 GMT
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Jan 14, 2015 19:22:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 19:22:18 GMT
My male is 3 too. His extremely painful biting phase was during his first moult, when they start testing the boundaries. He still bites now, but it's nowhere near as bad as that time, unless he catches the wrong place.
@corie I believe you mentioned how long breeding condition lasts at some point before?
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Jan 14, 2015 20:17:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 20:17:15 GMT
They peak every seven weeks.
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