Barnaby Rose
Strolling the yard
- Joined
- 5/28/16
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- Real Name
- Barnaby
Hi guys...
I have not posted in a while, (a good thing I believe!), but unfortunately, I am having to post tonight.
So last August we brought Oliver home, a tiny weeny baby Timneh grey, the sweetest little thing you have ever seen. Now we have gone through some phases no doubt, from begging for food, to screaming/squawking, to flying into walls and etc, and we have really worked with him every day and have had help and advice from the shop and trainers that work there... and for the most part, he has overcome most everything.
There is a problem though, and for the life of me I can't figure out what the problem is. For lack of a better term, I literally think he might be birdy bipolar! One minute (honestly most of the time) he is not only friendly and quiet and sweet, he is the SNUGGLIEST happiest goofiest little guy ever, pushes his head into me for scratches and rubs, loves to roll on his back in my hand and play, talking to me and whistling and etc.
Then, sometimes, BANG - he will literally strike so so so violently at my hand when I reach out to him as I do always, scream and freak out, doesn't want anything at all to do with me and has NO problem drawing blood and really seriously hurting me. This is not prompted by anything, I have tried to figure out ANYTHING it could be, and I can't. It is like he goes into these blind fits of white rage, and it is quite frankly heart breaking. I don't know what to do but leave him alone (which believe me I do), and most of the time he calms down, and I can at least go back in there and put him in his cage.
This happens with my girlfriend much less, he seems to love her much more than me, but even so he does change regardless.
Any questions I can answer please don't hesitate this is seriously becoming a very real issue that I need to resolve and I would LOVE to hear what anybody/everybody on this forum has to say.
Thank you for reading!
Barnaby
I have not posted in a while, (a good thing I believe!), but unfortunately, I am having to post tonight.
So last August we brought Oliver home, a tiny weeny baby Timneh grey, the sweetest little thing you have ever seen. Now we have gone through some phases no doubt, from begging for food, to screaming/squawking, to flying into walls and etc, and we have really worked with him every day and have had help and advice from the shop and trainers that work there... and for the most part, he has overcome most everything.
There is a problem though, and for the life of me I can't figure out what the problem is. For lack of a better term, I literally think he might be birdy bipolar! One minute (honestly most of the time) he is not only friendly and quiet and sweet, he is the SNUGGLIEST happiest goofiest little guy ever, pushes his head into me for scratches and rubs, loves to roll on his back in my hand and play, talking to me and whistling and etc.
Then, sometimes, BANG - he will literally strike so so so violently at my hand when I reach out to him as I do always, scream and freak out, doesn't want anything at all to do with me and has NO problem drawing blood and really seriously hurting me. This is not prompted by anything, I have tried to figure out ANYTHING it could be, and I can't. It is like he goes into these blind fits of white rage, and it is quite frankly heart breaking. I don't know what to do but leave him alone (which believe me I do), and most of the time he calms down, and I can at least go back in there and put him in his cage.
This happens with my girlfriend much less, he seems to love her much more than me, but even so he does change regardless.
Any questions I can answer please don't hesitate this is seriously becoming a very real issue that I need to resolve and I would LOVE to hear what anybody/everybody on this forum has to say.
Thank you for reading!
Barnaby