Kathleeny320
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I adopted my second green cheek conure from a home where he was terrified of the other very aggressive bird and he became cage bound. All was going well and he has overcome many of his issues. He is still somewhat attached to his cage, but he also enjoys being out and about around our house with our other green cheek. They get along very well, and our original green cheek is kind of in love with him!, but he does not seem to return the love and I do not encourage that. They are caged separately but next to each other in our living room and never allowed in enclosed dark spaces
Recently though, as in maybe the last month, his aggressiveness has sky rocketed. He never ever really bit, only nipped slightly when he did not like something. However, now he bites with the intent to hurt and has drawn blood. His anger started out more towards my husband, but now is 100% toward me and to a much greater level. I am very aware when he is in an aggravated state (i.e. He fluffs his head & neck) and I do not force him to do things, I avoid touching him because he has never been one for scritches or lots of touch unless it's our other bird doing it. But now he actually seeks me out to hurt me. I was sitting on our couch and had both birds looking out the window next to it and he came over to me unprovoked and bit my face. He also flys at me/after me to continue attacking at times and I am at a total loss as to why. I avoid allowing him on my shoulder because I cannot trust him at this time and I have to use a perch to get him out/in his cage. He even aggressively tries to bite me through his cage bars when I am covering him up at night and uncovering him in the morning.
Our overall routine has stayed the same, we get up, have meals, play, go to bed, just like normal. I am the one who cleans cages, changes food/water, wakes them up and puts them to bed. I have not changed anything about my personal physical appearance and I wear the same bird clothes most of the time when I'm with them. The one thing I have changed somewhat recently was I swapped his happy hut out for a similar bed made of a different less fluffy material for safety purposes.
He does have moments of non-anger towards me, but they are in fact moments. I love him so dearly, and re-homing him is not an option I would ever consider. I am determined to get through this! But if anyone who has experienced these issues has had success identifying the cause of the anger, I'd love to hear!
Also, is it possible for them to learn this behavior from other aggressive birds? Some of his behavior is similar to that of the bird he was with in his last home.
I adopted my second green cheek conure from a home where he was terrified of the other very aggressive bird and he became cage bound. All was going well and he has overcome many of his issues. He is still somewhat attached to his cage, but he also enjoys being out and about around our house with our other green cheek. They get along very well, and our original green cheek is kind of in love with him!, but he does not seem to return the love and I do not encourage that. They are caged separately but next to each other in our living room and never allowed in enclosed dark spaces
Recently though, as in maybe the last month, his aggressiveness has sky rocketed. He never ever really bit, only nipped slightly when he did not like something. However, now he bites with the intent to hurt and has drawn blood. His anger started out more towards my husband, but now is 100% toward me and to a much greater level. I am very aware when he is in an aggravated state (i.e. He fluffs his head & neck) and I do not force him to do things, I avoid touching him because he has never been one for scritches or lots of touch unless it's our other bird doing it. But now he actually seeks me out to hurt me. I was sitting on our couch and had both birds looking out the window next to it and he came over to me unprovoked and bit my face. He also flys at me/after me to continue attacking at times and I am at a total loss as to why. I avoid allowing him on my shoulder because I cannot trust him at this time and I have to use a perch to get him out/in his cage. He even aggressively tries to bite me through his cage bars when I am covering him up at night and uncovering him in the morning.
Our overall routine has stayed the same, we get up, have meals, play, go to bed, just like normal. I am the one who cleans cages, changes food/water, wakes them up and puts them to bed. I have not changed anything about my personal physical appearance and I wear the same bird clothes most of the time when I'm with them. The one thing I have changed somewhat recently was I swapped his happy hut out for a similar bed made of a different less fluffy material for safety purposes.
He does have moments of non-anger towards me, but they are in fact moments. I love him so dearly, and re-homing him is not an option I would ever consider. I am determined to get through this! But if anyone who has experienced these issues has had success identifying the cause of the anger, I'd love to hear!
Also, is it possible for them to learn this behavior from other aggressive birds? Some of his behavior is similar to that of the bird he was with in his last home.
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