Hi everyone,
I have 4 male cockatiels (Cocoa, Merry, Sweetie Pie, and Sunny), who were all adopted from the same home. Cocoa and merry are very bonded, and Sunny and Sweetie Pie are somewhat bonded.
Last spring Cocoa and Merry were very hormonal and started picking on Sweetie Pie. They would chase him around and scream at him if he invaded their “territory” or sometimes just randomly. Poor Sweetie Pie can’t escape easily because he’s missing the flight feathers on one of his wings (not sure how that happened, he came to us like that.) So sometimes he ends up stuck on the floor after being chased and we have to rescue him.
The behavior got somewhat better after the spring hormonal season ended, but it’s still happening, and I worry that Sweetie Pie is unhappy or stressed. Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with this?
I have 4 male cockatiels (Cocoa, Merry, Sweetie Pie, and Sunny), who were all adopted from the same home. Cocoa and merry are very bonded, and Sunny and Sweetie Pie are somewhat bonded.
Last spring Cocoa and Merry were very hormonal and started picking on Sweetie Pie. They would chase him around and scream at him if he invaded their “territory” or sometimes just randomly. Poor Sweetie Pie can’t escape easily because he’s missing the flight feathers on one of his wings (not sure how that happened, he came to us like that.) So sometimes he ends up stuck on the floor after being chased and we have to rescue him.
The behavior got somewhat better after the spring hormonal season ended, but it’s still happening, and I worry that Sweetie Pie is unhappy or stressed. Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with this?