My husband's GCC, Slim, has been super aggressive lately. It's probably a combination of many things ie: move, new cage, new cage mate (Midori), that time of year...
It's escalated pretty bad though recently.
We want to let him out of his cage during the day but, it's a battle just trying to get in the room while he is out.
He gets on the floor and hides either under his cage or behind the dresser and will run out and attack your feet if you walk in the room. That's not the worst of it though.
Last night my husband went in there to put them all to bed and Slim came storming out from under the cage. My husband talked to him for a moment, got a few treats out for him and reached down for him to step up. Slim stepped up just fine and then all of a sudden went berserk. He flew up towards his face and just started ripping his face up and nicked the corner of his eye. My husband had to grab the blanket that he normally uses to cover their cage and towel him.
Slim then calmed down and went easily into his cage.
It's been really rough lately.
I'm not a fan of clipping but, I think that's the first step we need to take. The only time he actually flies is when he is in attack mode anyways. His stand/toys are within hopping distance of his cage. We have ladders and ropes to help him get up/down from the tall cage and the room has been bird proofed. The clipping is pretty much decided.
What are some steps that we can take afterwards? It seems to have got worse since Slim and Midori got together but, they are in love, it's really hard to think about separating them. This has been slowly escalating for the past 5-6 months or so and we're just not sure what to do anymore.
Slim and Midori are showing some nesting behavior lately. They ripped a few toys apart and whatever wood they could find and started building one behind the dresser, but this has been going on before that. We bought them a nest box to play house in, but we never actually put it up because we figured it would just encourage it.
Help?
It's escalated pretty bad though recently.
We want to let him out of his cage during the day but, it's a battle just trying to get in the room while he is out.
He gets on the floor and hides either under his cage or behind the dresser and will run out and attack your feet if you walk in the room. That's not the worst of it though.
Last night my husband went in there to put them all to bed and Slim came storming out from under the cage. My husband talked to him for a moment, got a few treats out for him and reached down for him to step up. Slim stepped up just fine and then all of a sudden went berserk. He flew up towards his face and just started ripping his face up and nicked the corner of his eye. My husband had to grab the blanket that he normally uses to cover their cage and towel him.
Slim then calmed down and went easily into his cage.
It's been really rough lately.
I'm not a fan of clipping but, I think that's the first step we need to take. The only time he actually flies is when he is in attack mode anyways. His stand/toys are within hopping distance of his cage. We have ladders and ropes to help him get up/down from the tall cage and the room has been bird proofed. The clipping is pretty much decided.
What are some steps that we can take afterwards? It seems to have got worse since Slim and Midori got together but, they are in love, it's really hard to think about separating them. This has been slowly escalating for the past 5-6 months or so and we're just not sure what to do anymore.
Slim and Midori are showing some nesting behavior lately. They ripped a few toys apart and whatever wood they could find and started building one behind the dresser, but this has been going on before that. We bought them a nest box to play house in, but we never actually put it up because we figured it would just encourage it.
Help?
