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- 7/10/20
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After receiving Precious (4.5 month old greenwing macaw), I spent a week with her, and I thought we had bonded well. She would not stay on her perch very long and would invariably fly to me. Step up, recall, cuddling, lying her on her back, etc were all no problem. I tried to get her to bond with my GF as well, and that also went well, though she still preferred me over the gf.
Then I had to leave for 3 days. When I returned, it was like I was a total stranger. Step up and recall were just as hard as it was on the first day we got her from the trainer. Cuddling is out of the question. She might let me give her a scratch on the head, but sometimes she will bite (not too hard but enough to let you know to back off). She never did that before. She won't leave her perch to come to me. Even when she's on the floor, she won't step up but backs away from me as if she was afraid.
It really does feel like she's forgotten me in such a short span of time. Granted this is my first day back, and in my absence, my GF had no problem cuddling with her. But now Precious doesn't even seem to want to go to her either. Does this sound like just a bad mood day for her? (Which her trainer did say she has from time to time) or has she forgotten me or maybe is angry that I left?
Other behavioral changes include not being as motivated as before to do tricks like recall for formula and also, raising one wing while raising her leg backwards (kind of looks like she wants to poo, but that's not her normal poo sign and she doesn't go when she does it).
Rather discouraging when I was looking forward to returning to her for some cuddle time.
Then I had to leave for 3 days. When I returned, it was like I was a total stranger. Step up and recall were just as hard as it was on the first day we got her from the trainer. Cuddling is out of the question. She might let me give her a scratch on the head, but sometimes she will bite (not too hard but enough to let you know to back off). She never did that before. She won't leave her perch to come to me. Even when she's on the floor, she won't step up but backs away from me as if she was afraid.
It really does feel like she's forgotten me in such a short span of time. Granted this is my first day back, and in my absence, my GF had no problem cuddling with her. But now Precious doesn't even seem to want to go to her either. Does this sound like just a bad mood day for her? (Which her trainer did say she has from time to time) or has she forgotten me or maybe is angry that I left?
Other behavioral changes include not being as motivated as before to do tricks like recall for formula and also, raising one wing while raising her leg backwards (kind of looks like she wants to poo, but that's not her normal poo sign and she doesn't go when she does it).
Rather discouraging when I was looking forward to returning to her for some cuddle time.