jzarc17
Sprinting down the street
I have questioned before if my Lovebird, Bug, was hormonal or not. Currently there is no doubt in my mind she is hormonal, it's textbook. Wow! I new this day would come and I was not sure what is was going to be like with her or if it would be obvious lol. It's obvious.
I have a question though, Bug and my GCC, Nico hang out outside of their separate cages and I am not sure if I should not allow them to play together because Nico (7 months old) will feed her and he does this thing where it looks like he's stepping on her back almost like he's trying to climb on her back. I'm taking a guess that this is mating behavior? Also, I am not sure if Nico is doing this because instincts tell him too?? I am thinking he's too young for hormones yet, right? Anyway, I certainly don't think this is helping Bug right now so that's why I am wondering if they should have separate play times. Also, BTW I don't know if Bug is for certain a female but I am going to have her DNA tested soon.
Some of Bug's behaviors lately include:
She made a nest out of a toy and when I tried to touch it she flew at my hand and bit me twice fairly hard. She has becoming VERY aggressive very quickly, normally if you keep your hands away from her she is fine so sometimes the family and I will put our noses up to the cage bars because she has always liked to preen the top of our nose but she started to bite and now she lunges at us. If I go to touch anything near her cage she rushes to the area of the cage nearest my hand and opens her beak up and lunges. When she's out of the cage she's better but she does like to find little dark spots to hang out. She will still fly and land on my shoulder but a couple times I thought she was going to preen me but instead she bit my lip hard enough to make me bleed. She has bit other family members enough to draw blood as well. At the moment I am the only one that is not timid to be around her, other members of the family keep their distance and just try to talk nicely to her, she a ferocious little ball of fluff that has zero fear of anyone...I love her!
I feel bad for her, she must be frustrated. I have removed the toy she made a nest out of and replaced it with a toy with a bell on it and she is enjoying beating the crap out it I am putting her to bed earlier and I will re-arrange her cage. I also have new foraging toys that I will give her too. One day at a time. Oh and its funny because lately she has made SO much progress with her hatred of hands, right before she turned into birdzilla she would sometimes perch on my hand or I would feed her from my open hands, basically as long as it was on her terms she would perch on my hand at times.
I have a question though, Bug and my GCC, Nico hang out outside of their separate cages and I am not sure if I should not allow them to play together because Nico (7 months old) will feed her and he does this thing where it looks like he's stepping on her back almost like he's trying to climb on her back. I'm taking a guess that this is mating behavior? Also, I am not sure if Nico is doing this because instincts tell him too?? I am thinking he's too young for hormones yet, right? Anyway, I certainly don't think this is helping Bug right now so that's why I am wondering if they should have separate play times. Also, BTW I don't know if Bug is for certain a female but I am going to have her DNA tested soon.
Some of Bug's behaviors lately include:
She made a nest out of a toy and when I tried to touch it she flew at my hand and bit me twice fairly hard. She has becoming VERY aggressive very quickly, normally if you keep your hands away from her she is fine so sometimes the family and I will put our noses up to the cage bars because she has always liked to preen the top of our nose but she started to bite and now she lunges at us. If I go to touch anything near her cage she rushes to the area of the cage nearest my hand and opens her beak up and lunges. When she's out of the cage she's better but she does like to find little dark spots to hang out. She will still fly and land on my shoulder but a couple times I thought she was going to preen me but instead she bit my lip hard enough to make me bleed. She has bit other family members enough to draw blood as well. At the moment I am the only one that is not timid to be around her, other members of the family keep their distance and just try to talk nicely to her, she a ferocious little ball of fluff that has zero fear of anyone...I love her!
I feel bad for her, she must be frustrated. I have removed the toy she made a nest out of and replaced it with a toy with a bell on it and she is enjoying beating the crap out it I am putting her to bed earlier and I will re-arrange her cage. I also have new foraging toys that I will give her too. One day at a time. Oh and its funny because lately she has made SO much progress with her hatred of hands, right before she turned into birdzilla she would sometimes perch on my hand or I would feed her from my open hands, basically as long as it was on her terms she would perch on my hand at times.