bakedgewds
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Hello all! This is my first post here, I found this site while searching my issue and decided to try since you all seem very helpful!
Our 1yr 5m old female(?) GCC named Ivy has lately become very problematic when it comes to our 16yr old daughter. I understand she is most likely going through puberty and have a rough idea on how problematic that can become in itself. We were prepared for a moody teen bird. We were not prepared for a psychotic stalker bird.
For starters she eats a diet of zupreem natural pellets and fresh fruit daily. She does not eat vegetables, we’ve tried.
She gets 10-12 hours of dark sleep a night. We alternate her cage between two main rooms to keep things fresh for her.
We try to get her out of the c age for at least 3-4 hours a day, but this new behavior is making it very difficult.
The issue is she is OBSESSED with our daughter. Not exaggerating. Think “The Shining” but instead of Johnny it’s “HEEEERES IVY!”
She will start screaming if she even so much as hears our daughter. If she hears her bedroom door open Ivy takes off to try and get her. She’s not necessarily aggressive towards her, she just wants to be on her all the time. Our daughter isn’t a fan and doesn’t want anything to do with her. Ivy will literally stalk her outside the bathroom door, pacing and squawking, poking her beak under the door. She does the strut and will just not leave her alone.
This is very problematic because if our daughter is visible at all we can’t have Ivy out or else she is on her like fleas on a dog. If we try to pick her up to move her away she attacks us. Not a little peck or nibble, but full blown fly and aim for the eyes attack. My hands are so scarred from this angry little ball of green fluff.
I love her to death but my daughter comes first, and it’s becoming distressing how obsessed she is with her and how she completely changes when she is around.
I have a feeling she is courting our daughter and I don’t know how to make it stop as simply putting her in her cage and saying No in a firm voice isn’t working.
Our 1yr 5m old female(?) GCC named Ivy has lately become very problematic when it comes to our 16yr old daughter. I understand she is most likely going through puberty and have a rough idea on how problematic that can become in itself. We were prepared for a moody teen bird. We were not prepared for a psychotic stalker bird.
For starters she eats a diet of zupreem natural pellets and fresh fruit daily. She does not eat vegetables, we’ve tried.
She gets 10-12 hours of dark sleep a night. We alternate her cage between two main rooms to keep things fresh for her.
We try to get her out of the c age for at least 3-4 hours a day, but this new behavior is making it very difficult.
The issue is she is OBSESSED with our daughter. Not exaggerating. Think “The Shining” but instead of Johnny it’s “HEEEERES IVY!”
She will start screaming if she even so much as hears our daughter. If she hears her bedroom door open Ivy takes off to try and get her. She’s not necessarily aggressive towards her, she just wants to be on her all the time. Our daughter isn’t a fan and doesn’t want anything to do with her. Ivy will literally stalk her outside the bathroom door, pacing and squawking, poking her beak under the door. She does the strut and will just not leave her alone.
This is very problematic because if our daughter is visible at all we can’t have Ivy out or else she is on her like fleas on a dog. If we try to pick her up to move her away she attacks us. Not a little peck or nibble, but full blown fly and aim for the eyes attack. My hands are so scarred from this angry little ball of green fluff.
I love her to death but my daughter comes first, and it’s becoming distressing how obsessed she is with her and how she completely changes when she is around.
I have a feeling she is courting our daughter and I don’t know how to make it stop as simply putting her in her cage and saying No in a firm voice isn’t working.