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I just got my little Fiona a little over a week ago: I know it's been SUCH little time, but I just want to get a head start on how I can get her used to me! The first few days she was really excited to be around me and always wanted to come out. I was shocked to see that it seemed like she was used to me already! I'm not sure what exactly happened, but now she's been really hostile when I get near her. At first, she acts excited to see me and will come right up to the cage. I open the cage and sit farther back to see if she decides she wants to come out or not. She comes out and seems like she wants me to have her step up, but she'll usually give me a HARD bite and return back into her cage! She fluffs up and starts making a lot of noise with her beak open. I'll try to close the door once she goes back in and she'll lunge at my hands while I'm closing it.
I'm also thinking she's acting territorial over her food: the other day when I took out her food bowl to change it, she was furious! She kept lunging at my hand trying to put the bowl away. I know it's bad to make sudden and scary movements, but it's hard for me to not pull my hand back because her bites do hurt! What do you guys think? Again, I know it's only been less than a month that I've been with her, I just want to know exactly what I should do now so I can do everything I can to make her happy!
Also, she's a little less than a year old according to her breeder and I'm not entirely sure of her sex.
I'm also thinking she's acting territorial over her food: the other day when I took out her food bowl to change it, she was furious! She kept lunging at my hand trying to put the bowl away. I know it's bad to make sudden and scary movements, but it's hard for me to not pull my hand back because her bites do hurt! What do you guys think? Again, I know it's only been less than a month that I've been with her, I just want to know exactly what I should do now so I can do everything I can to make her happy!
Also, she's a little less than a year old according to her breeder and I'm not entirely sure of her sex.