tropicdragon
Moving in
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- 8/2/19
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With the holidays and moving cross country due to a job, things have been extremely hectic here, and my GCC Gordi has been on a lot of roadtrips all over the place. Additionally, he is male and is almost two years old which I believe adds a hormonal factor to it. I believe it is just a hectic time that has coincided with his hormones, and as a result he has been biting really hard. (I believe that on the roadtrips he doesn't always get the best sleep as well.) Mind you, he is normally a very sweet bird but certain days he will just latch on and bite. Then the next day he will be normal and he will kind of oscillate between these two behaviors. Since, I am moving across the country I have to find a place to live first before I can bring Gordi as a result I have opted to leaving him with my parents for a week or two while I find a home. Unfortunately, he has been acting really aggressive. However, his aggressiveness is never exhibited through his flight. When he flies its usually because someone left the room and he doesn't want to be alone so he flies to their shoulder. He usually bites when he is sitting on someone's chest or when someone tries to put him back in the cage. As a result, I have told my parents not to place him anywhere near their faces during this time until things get settled, but they haven't done so.
This Saturday I will arrive at my new city, and my parents will be flying in for the first couple of days to help me out. As a result, Gordi will be at a parrot hotel for half a week since we have no one to look after him. At the parrot hotel my parents explained to the owner how he was acting out recently. The owner told them that it was because my bird is flighted and he feels really independent, and that we should consider clipping his wings. My parents called me to ask me to consider clipping his wings. I told them I would not because his aggression to me seems less about "independence" and more about dependence and hormones because he doesn't like being in his cage ever and away from his "flock". My parents then told me that I don't have as much experience with parrots as the woman from the parrot hotel, and that the bites are painful. Anyway, I decided it was worth it to ask other parrot owners to see what everyone thinks.
Is my bird acting out because he is flighted? I love Gordi and I want to do what is best for him.
This Saturday I will arrive at my new city, and my parents will be flying in for the first couple of days to help me out. As a result, Gordi will be at a parrot hotel for half a week since we have no one to look after him. At the parrot hotel my parents explained to the owner how he was acting out recently. The owner told them that it was because my bird is flighted and he feels really independent, and that we should consider clipping his wings. My parents called me to ask me to consider clipping his wings. I told them I would not because his aggression to me seems less about "independence" and more about dependence and hormones because he doesn't like being in his cage ever and away from his "flock". My parents then told me that I don't have as much experience with parrots as the woman from the parrot hotel, and that the bites are painful. Anyway, I decided it was worth it to ask other parrot owners to see what everyone thinks.
Is my bird acting out because he is flighted? I love Gordi and I want to do what is best for him.