Sockyre
Meeting neighbors
All the sudden, Groot has started being very aggressive, and he has never ever been like this before. I know about how their hormones can make them aggressive, but I'm worried I may be doing something wrong. He's always been so sweet, and when ever I'm sad he'll become as cuddly as possible. He's about seven months old. Just yesterday, when I opened his cage to let him out, he leapt onto my shoulder and grabbed onto my ear and drew blood- which he has NEVER drawn blood before. I got him off and set him on the floor (I had read this was a good way to teach them that biting is bad, please correct me if this is wrong), and I tried not to make any noise, but of course I was shocked. Following that when I went to pick him up he bit my hand and just kept biting! I put him on the chair next to me, and he just started flapping his wings then he'd pause and turn his head away. After a bit I picked him up and held him close to my chest and pet him and he calmed down and became just as sweet as he was before, so I took him out and sat on the couch with him, and he bit me a bit after that but then was fine.
A point to make: He hasn't been resting well. After I turn off the lights he would squawk and and run around on the cage floor, or just sit and eat while chattering quietly. He's been doing this most nights. I used to cover the cage but this would make it worse, also I tried putting in a night light which helped the first night but then he went back to making noise. Maybe he's sleep deprived?
This morning when I got up I took him out like I always do and he was fine, just like he always was. He was out with me until around 11:10, at which point I left with my mom for about two hours. When I came back, he was doing this little dance that he does for several things. He flattened all of his feathers and poofs just the once on his cheek and the back of his head and makes this noise that sounds like "Spielur!" while bobbing his head p and down. He does this when he's excited, like when he sees my mom who he loves, he does it when he sees his reflection or another bird (so when he's being aggressive), and when he's just dancing to music. I thought he was just happy to see me, so I opened the door and offered my hand, and he got on then bit me and drew blood again! After that he's been continuously aggressive since then. I'm so worried that I'm doing something wrong, because it's just so sudden for his teenager phase to hit. Lately, I have been depressed and this isn't helping, so my brother thought that maybe he was chasing me away from the "danger" that was my sadness, since in the wild he read parrots will sometimes try and chase their mates away from danger by attacking them. But, he also bit my mom so I thought this was unlikely. I just want my sweet birdy back, either a year from now when he's done being a teenager, or when I stop doing wrong whatever I'm doing wrong.
A point to make: He hasn't been resting well. After I turn off the lights he would squawk and and run around on the cage floor, or just sit and eat while chattering quietly. He's been doing this most nights. I used to cover the cage but this would make it worse, also I tried putting in a night light which helped the first night but then he went back to making noise. Maybe he's sleep deprived?
This morning when I got up I took him out like I always do and he was fine, just like he always was. He was out with me until around 11:10, at which point I left with my mom for about two hours. When I came back, he was doing this little dance that he does for several things. He flattened all of his feathers and poofs just the once on his cheek and the back of his head and makes this noise that sounds like "Spielur!" while bobbing his head p and down. He does this when he's excited, like when he sees my mom who he loves, he does it when he sees his reflection or another bird (so when he's being aggressive), and when he's just dancing to music. I thought he was just happy to see me, so I opened the door and offered my hand, and he got on then bit me and drew blood again! After that he's been continuously aggressive since then. I'm so worried that I'm doing something wrong, because it's just so sudden for his teenager phase to hit. Lately, I have been depressed and this isn't helping, so my brother thought that maybe he was chasing me away from the "danger" that was my sadness, since in the wild he read parrots will sometimes try and chase their mates away from danger by attacking them. But, he also bit my mom so I thought this was unlikely. I just want my sweet birdy back, either a year from now when he's done being a teenager, or when I stop doing wrong whatever I'm doing wrong.
