oh my crazy Quaker....
He’s begun trying to mate with his toys. I started moving them around in hopes to deter it some, and then tried changing them out to some that he’d have less interest in mating with but to no avail.
He guards the toys he “uses”, and not just from me but from everything. He will attack his food if it’s too close to that days chosen toy. He attacks his own shadow if he sees it on the wall or on the perch. He’s screaming all day at anything he deems too close to the toy.
I don’t mind much, but I’m worried that he’s stressing himself out as he is spending his entire day trying to guard the toys from things that shouldn’t be a threat. He won’t eat the food in his cage, I’ve been having to take him out and get him to eat on his play stand. Same with his water. Even the perches themselves.
I have the toys as far away from the dishes in the cage as they can be, but he still goes after them.
Should I just let him do his thing, remove the toys, rearrange it all again every couple of days?
I don’t want him deprived, but I don’t want him to be so stressed all the time either. Unless this is normal, in which case, I’ll just let it be. I don’t recall any of my past birds doing this, so I’m just a bit unsure.
He’s begun trying to mate with his toys. I started moving them around in hopes to deter it some, and then tried changing them out to some that he’d have less interest in mating with but to no avail.
He guards the toys he “uses”, and not just from me but from everything. He will attack his food if it’s too close to that days chosen toy. He attacks his own shadow if he sees it on the wall or on the perch. He’s screaming all day at anything he deems too close to the toy.
I don’t mind much, but I’m worried that he’s stressing himself out as he is spending his entire day trying to guard the toys from things that shouldn’t be a threat. He won’t eat the food in his cage, I’ve been having to take him out and get him to eat on his play stand. Same with his water. Even the perches themselves.
I have the toys as far away from the dishes in the cage as they can be, but he still goes after them.
Should I just let him do his thing, remove the toys, rearrange it all again every couple of days?
I don’t want him deprived, but I don’t want him to be so stressed all the time either. Unless this is normal, in which case, I’ll just let it be. I don’t recall any of my past birds doing this, so I’m just a bit unsure.
