EmiLemon
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- Emily P
Hello! I have a cockatiel, Nova, that’s 1.5 years old and recently adopted a caique I was told is around 3 years old. I didn’t get into parrots until a little over a year ago and am learning as much as I can when I have time. My caique, Loki, is such a fun and intelligent little guy. I’ve only had him about 6 weeks so we are figuring each other out.
He has bit me twice and both times, looking back, were avoidable (if I had researched more I would have seen the signs in his body language I think). Both times involved him being around a shiny surface (microwave door and then a mirror). He sees his reflection and eyes pin, wings do the heart shape, and he starts swaying. The first time I just asked him to step up and he attacked my finger. Today I walked past a mirror and sat down with him on my shoulder. He did they typical posturing when he saw himself, then started shaking and climbing down off my shoulder. When I reached my hand up to help him down he bit down hard on my finger. I know the way to avoid this is to avoid reflections, but is this normal? Is it possible his previous owners, who I was told gave him up due to lack of time, left him with a mirror or something?
I look forward to meeting avian enthusiasts on here!
He has bit me twice and both times, looking back, were avoidable (if I had researched more I would have seen the signs in his body language I think). Both times involved him being around a shiny surface (microwave door and then a mirror). He sees his reflection and eyes pin, wings do the heart shape, and he starts swaying. The first time I just asked him to step up and he attacked my finger. Today I walked past a mirror and sat down with him on my shoulder. He did they typical posturing when he saw himself, then started shaking and climbing down off my shoulder. When I reached my hand up to help him down he bit down hard on my finger. I know the way to avoid this is to avoid reflections, but is this normal? Is it possible his previous owners, who I was told gave him up due to lack of time, left him with a mirror or something?
I look forward to meeting avian enthusiasts on here!
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