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- Leo Mahoney
Hello! I currently own two cockatiels. Bébé was my first, who just turned four. She came from a shizzty bird store but at least seemed to be parent raised and grew up with other tiels. She has always been very timid but in time became a very sweet and curious tiel. However because of her timidness she would never interact with any toys unless I was also directly playing with them, and she took to plucking despite hours of daily attention. I realized that I could not provide her all of the attention she needed, and started looking for a cockatiel needing a new home.
I found someone with a 2 y/o cockatiel named Coco, that they got for their son who later lost interest. She was extremely sweet and affectionate the first two weeks I had her, on day one of coming home she was sitting on my shoulder pressing her head against my face. Whenever anyone walked into the room she would fly to their head, and I even got her started on recall training by having her fly back and forth between me and my family members.
Took her to the vet to get tests done (gram stain & chlamydia), all came back well except she had a little bit of excessive gram neg bacteria which she is being treated for. I believe she was fed mostly a seed diet, and for the first week she would only eat millet, but then quickly took to pellet. She took to pellets around the same time we got back from the vet.
First day or two after vet she seemed fine, but suddenly started acting very defensive. She didn’t fly to me anymore, she got even worse with hand aggression, she hardly wanted to leave her cage. She wanted people to be around her, just not interacting with her. Eventually it was time to introduce her to Bébé. They call towards eachother excitedly, and when both in cages seem very desperate to get to eachother. But once they are actually out by eachother Coco gets very defensive again. Bébé has tried to approach her but she gets very aggro about it (Bébé respects Coco’s boundaries and backs off). She will approach Bébé and seems curious but always keeps a distance.
To some extent I was expecting that her introduction to Bébé would take time, since she came from a single bird home and I believe was hand raised. What’s more confusing to me is her aggression that is also aimed at me and my family after she had been so sweet.
I do understand that the process of moving to a new home can just generally be stressful and cause a lot of emotions. I just want to make sure I am doing the most I can to make it go well, and that I’m not making any mistakes. Any tips would be incredibly appreciated
I found someone with a 2 y/o cockatiel named Coco, that they got for their son who later lost interest. She was extremely sweet and affectionate the first two weeks I had her, on day one of coming home she was sitting on my shoulder pressing her head against my face. Whenever anyone walked into the room she would fly to their head, and I even got her started on recall training by having her fly back and forth between me and my family members.
Took her to the vet to get tests done (gram stain & chlamydia), all came back well except she had a little bit of excessive gram neg bacteria which she is being treated for. I believe she was fed mostly a seed diet, and for the first week she would only eat millet, but then quickly took to pellet. She took to pellets around the same time we got back from the vet.
First day or two after vet she seemed fine, but suddenly started acting very defensive. She didn’t fly to me anymore, she got even worse with hand aggression, she hardly wanted to leave her cage. She wanted people to be around her, just not interacting with her. Eventually it was time to introduce her to Bébé. They call towards eachother excitedly, and when both in cages seem very desperate to get to eachother. But once they are actually out by eachother Coco gets very defensive again. Bébé has tried to approach her but she gets very aggro about it (Bébé respects Coco’s boundaries and backs off). She will approach Bébé and seems curious but always keeps a distance.
To some extent I was expecting that her introduction to Bébé would take time, since she came from a single bird home and I believe was hand raised. What’s more confusing to me is her aggression that is also aimed at me and my family after she had been so sweet.
I do understand that the process of moving to a new home can just generally be stressful and cause a lot of emotions. I just want to make sure I am doing the most I can to make it go well, and that I’m not making any mistakes. Any tips would be incredibly appreciated
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