Lexipoodle
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- 7/20/21
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- Alexa
hey everyone!
I’m a new bird owner, longtime animal lover and I adopted a 9 month old Linnie. I’ve had Tulum for about 3 weeks and he’s as cute as he is mean. I adopted him from an elderly lady who said he was being picked on by her older Linnie. I’ve quickly come to the conclusion that it was probably the opposite as he’s feisty af. I’m looking for some guidance as far as behaviours I’ve noticed
1) viciously bites when in the presence of millet. He’s starts SHRIEKING when you take it away. He also does this when I touch his seed/pellet bowl. Oddly enough, happily munches on fruit and veg from my hand.
2) he has a bad pet store clip and plummets to the ground. This is the ONLY time he’ll step up and is otherwise impossible to put back in the cage.
3) major yeller. Short, sharp calls often
4) has come onto my shoulder but again, bites when I try to move him
5) shivers in the morning. AC is set to 25 degrees Celsius. Shivers occasionally during the day but mostly active and chirpy.
his environment:
1) large flight cage
2) house mates: sweet Angel budgie ( Cleo) who sings to him all day, mastiff dog who is curious but gentle and is NEVER allowed close to him. ( lady had a dog too)
3)I’m a bartender so I leave around 3:00pm and come in late. At first I startled him but now I come in and quietly cover the cages and he doesn’t move
4)eat a homemade organic seed mix ( BirdTricks recipe) and pellets as well as fresh veg and a bit of fruit in the morning
I’m looking for tricks to bond with him while reducing biting behaviour as well as ways to get him back into his cage without upsetting him.
thanks!
I’m a new bird owner, longtime animal lover and I adopted a 9 month old Linnie. I’ve had Tulum for about 3 weeks and he’s as cute as he is mean. I adopted him from an elderly lady who said he was being picked on by her older Linnie. I’ve quickly come to the conclusion that it was probably the opposite as he’s feisty af. I’m looking for some guidance as far as behaviours I’ve noticed
1) viciously bites when in the presence of millet. He’s starts SHRIEKING when you take it away. He also does this when I touch his seed/pellet bowl. Oddly enough, happily munches on fruit and veg from my hand.
2) he has a bad pet store clip and plummets to the ground. This is the ONLY time he’ll step up and is otherwise impossible to put back in the cage.
3) major yeller. Short, sharp calls often
4) has come onto my shoulder but again, bites when I try to move him
5) shivers in the morning. AC is set to 25 degrees Celsius. Shivers occasionally during the day but mostly active and chirpy.
his environment:
1) large flight cage
2) house mates: sweet Angel budgie ( Cleo) who sings to him all day, mastiff dog who is curious but gentle and is NEVER allowed close to him. ( lady had a dog too)
3)I’m a bartender so I leave around 3:00pm and come in late. At first I startled him but now I come in and quietly cover the cages and he doesn’t move
4)eat a homemade organic seed mix ( BirdTricks recipe) and pellets as well as fresh veg and a bit of fruit in the morning
I’m looking for tricks to bond with him while reducing biting behaviour as well as ways to get him back into his cage without upsetting him.
thanks!
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