He only does it for a few steps and he usually does it when I put him back in his cage. His latest interesting behavior is a kind of squat walk with his head up but crest down that makes him look pretty regal. Oh and he doesn't do that freeze and bow thing very often at all anymore. We are still figuring each other out and overall I think it's been very, very positive. He got me good once and lunged for me a few times. And they are hard bites, he leaves bruises and breaks skin. It seems strange to me though that he asks for head scritches through the bars but if he is out, he is just as likely to bite my husband as he is to ask for scritches. Unfortunately, he has bitten my husband, who isn't really a bird person to begin with, one too many times and so he no longer gets hands on with him though he is able to talk to him and pet him through the cage bars and the bird seems happy enough with that. He loves to sit with me and nibble at my hands and get head scritches. He is using all of his perches, his swing, exploring his toys, and has even come out and crawled down to grab a sheet of newspaper out of the bottom of his cage to tear up. He willingly steps up to come out of his cage and will now sit on the perch on the scale too. He's taken a couple of hard landings when he tries to fly, his wings were cut way too harshly especially for his feather condition, so I'm trying to be really careful with that. He is vocalizing more and dancing and hopping even more than he was. His personality is really starting to shine through. Whew! I've already snuck some doses of benebac in his scrambled eggs and plan to introduce him to other foods this way. He quickly gained the weight back and has been eating quite heartily each day since, (I do limit his scrambled eggs). I really thought he must be sick and I was beside myself because I could just not get him to eat enough and had a vet visit scheduled but cancelled it when I finally hit a winner with nutriberries and scrambled eggs.of all things. I'm so glad he told me to weigh him every day! I thought he had small poop though my vet wasn't concerned when he saw it. I really wish I knew what his diet was before. The poor guy just kept searching and searching through his food bowl as if he was looking for something. I tried three kinds of pellets, dried and soaked, pasta, potatoes, carrots, peppers, corn, peas, bread, toast, rice, oatmeal, apple, blueberries, two kinds of bird seeds.even sunflower seeds, peanuts, peanut butter on a piece of cracker, walnuts, and hand feeding formula. I was terribly panicked because I could not find a food he would eat enough of to sustain himself and he was losing weight, only 4 grams but enough to totally freak me out. I just wanted to give you all an update on Little Bird. We are working on step up, step down, transitioning to pellets and fresh food, and making a big deal of playing with toys (which he has no interest in at this time). We are doing no body petting, just head scratches. He's quite the little clown, hopping and dancing around and I adore him already. He bites hard enough to break skin and leave bruises.Īnyone see these types of behaviors before? Any advice on the biting? Currently we tell him no bite, move him off of us, and ignore him for a few minutes. When he is with me, if my husband gets too close, he bites me. I'm just not sure with this guy, he totally freezes when he puts his head down and his neck is kind of rounded.Ģ. My IRP would do this with head bobbing and wing flaring and it was breeding behavior. With my TAG she wanted head scratches but when I try to touch him he moves like he doesn't want to be touched. He sleeks his feathers and puts his down like he is bowing. He has some behaviors I'd like to ask you all about.ġ. He tested negative for PBFD, polyoma, and psittacosis, but I've still got him quarantined for the next month or so. The feathers on his legs are gone and he chewed the rest of his feathers terribly. Hi! I adopted a 10-12 year old Goffin Cockatoo on Tuesday.
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