Georgia010
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- Georgia Ashley-Smith
I have a male & female bonded pair of Kakariki’s.
now aged 3 they’ve been bonded since day dot- & up until now they’ve always been fine.
Yesterday the male started really having a go at the female. Today this has ramped up 10 fold- he’s plucked her chest feathers & had her pinned upside down in the bottom of the cage. I intervened at this point and she scrambled up my arm & onto my head where she sat for ages. I put her back in to see whether things had calmed down & within minutes he had bitten her on the leg & drawn blood. I’ve now separated them. He’s going round the cage in circles calling & she’s fast asleep on the stand on the otherside of the room.
Does anyone have any ideas for the sudden turn in the male? He’s always been pretty docile- even in breeding season so I’m at a loss!
now aged 3 they’ve been bonded since day dot- & up until now they’ve always been fine.
Yesterday the male started really having a go at the female. Today this has ramped up 10 fold- he’s plucked her chest feathers & had her pinned upside down in the bottom of the cage. I intervened at this point and she scrambled up my arm & onto my head where she sat for ages. I put her back in to see whether things had calmed down & within minutes he had bitten her on the leg & drawn blood. I’ve now separated them. He’s going round the cage in circles calling & she’s fast asleep on the stand on the otherside of the room.
Does anyone have any ideas for the sudden turn in the male? He’s always been pretty docile- even in breeding season so I’m at a loss!