Hi Everyone,
I'm reaching out to you guys in the hope you might be able to help me with some recent behavior of my Eclectus hen, Papaya. She's about 8mo old and has always been an exceedingly well tamed, gentle, sweet bird who loves being around people and spending time investigating absolutely everything.
Earlier today, she suddenly gave out this panicked alarm call (one I hadn't hear since I last took her to the vet and she was being held in a towel so the vet doing a general health check could check her vent, crop, and stomach feathers) which lasted for a solid 10 seconds or so. When I went to try and help calm her and see what was wrong, she bit me when I put my hand in to get her (something she hasn't done since she was about 6mo), and moved away from me. It only took like 2 minutes for her to calm down enough to step up onto my hand, but her body posture on my hand and after I set her down on one of her play areas was all hunched forward, feathers fluffed out, and very still.
I've never experienced anything like this before with any birds that I've had, although she's my first eclectus, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help a bit. She is currently going through her first molt, which may be an influential factor, but I'm not certain.
I'm reaching out to you guys in the hope you might be able to help me with some recent behavior of my Eclectus hen, Papaya. She's about 8mo old and has always been an exceedingly well tamed, gentle, sweet bird who loves being around people and spending time investigating absolutely everything.
Earlier today, she suddenly gave out this panicked alarm call (one I hadn't hear since I last took her to the vet and she was being held in a towel so the vet doing a general health check could check her vent, crop, and stomach feathers) which lasted for a solid 10 seconds or so. When I went to try and help calm her and see what was wrong, she bit me when I put my hand in to get her (something she hasn't done since she was about 6mo), and moved away from me. It only took like 2 minutes for her to calm down enough to step up onto my hand, but her body posture on my hand and after I set her down on one of her play areas was all hunched forward, feathers fluffed out, and very still.
I've never experienced anything like this before with any birds that I've had, although she's my first eclectus, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help a bit. She is currently going through her first molt, which may be an influential factor, but I'm not certain.