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justme1968
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I've had my green cheek conure "Napoleon" for a few years now and we've gotten along GREAT. But starting yesterday he acts like hes scared of me. When I try to get him to step up he walks very fast to get away from me. When hes out of his carge playing and I walk up to him he stops and watches me. He wont let me touch him at all now... I figure he was just in a bad mood yesterday, but when I came home from work today he was doing the same thing. I dont get it, he lets my roommate touch him and pick him up, but just when it comes to me he tries to run. I've never hurt napoleon before, we've always had a good relationship... Has anyone else experienced this before? Can anyone offer any advice on what to do? Really concerned here. |
Tuesday August 14, 2007 9:32 pm |
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sqwarky
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do you know how old he is? |
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Wednesday August 15, 2007 1:22 pm |
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justme1968
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I bought him when he was just a few months old, so hes just a little over two years. I came home from work today and hes doing the same thing. He acts like hes terrified of me. He still likes my roommate though. Just cant figure it out. |
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Wednesday August 15, 2007 9:55 pm |
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shirin
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H'mm.. my first instinct was that he is just reaching sexual maturity and is hormonal. But since he's over 2 years old, he should have reached maturity already.
Does your roommate spend a lot of time with him? Could it be that he's bonded with your roommate and is viewing him as a mate?
I really don't think he is scared of you. You've had a good relationship with him all this time. The only thing that could make him suddenly be affraid of you is if a traumatic event happened, and he associated you with that traumatic event.
Sometimes birds just all of a sudden change their favorite person. It's happened to me before, and with my bird it was just a phase. I really think with Napoleon it's a phase also.
Also birds, especially males do get hormonal and territorial seasonally, especially if they've started viewing someone in the house as their mate.
I recommend spending time with him away from his cage so that he doesn't get that instinct to be territorial. Take him to the kichen, or some other room away from his cage, and just do the basics. Sounds silly, but a simple thing such as starting to do step-up practices again will rebuild the trust and the relationship.  |
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Thursday August 16, 2007 3:12 am |
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justme1968
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Well this past weekend I was very busy getting things ready for my dads surgery, so I only got to see Napoleon for about 30 minutes on saturday evening. When I got home I went straight to his cage and let him out, he just looked at me and ran to me making little "happy" sounds. He went right for my shoulder and nestled next to my head. Took me forever to get him off me when I had to leave. Monday when I came home from work is when I noticed him withdrawning from me. When I have him out of his cage and something scares him he will fly to me, but the past few days when he gets scared he flies to my roomie. I know my roomie spent the entire weekend with Napoleon, and I did notice last night after I covered Napoleon up for bed and turned the lights out he said "kiss kiss"....Not for sure where he learned that, but he says it every night when its time for bed. I say "night night" and he will say "kiss kiss" I actually think its cute. anyways last night was the first time he said that to me, well the first time since this all started. I will see tonight if anything has changed... May sound strange, but I feel like my "child" dosent want to be around me. |
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Thursday August 16, 2007 6:39 pm |
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shirin
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quote:
Originally posted by justme1968
Well this past weekend I was very busy getting things ready for my dads surgery, so I only got to see Napoleon for about 30 minutes on saturday evening. When I got home I went straight to his cage and let him out, he just looked at me and ran to me making little "happy" sounds. He went right for my shoulder and nestled next to my head. Took me forever to get him off me when I had to leave. Monday when I came home from work is when I noticed him withdrawning from me. When I have him out of his cage and something scares him he will fly to me, but the past few days when he gets scared he flies to my roomie. I know my roomie spent the entire weekend with Napoleon, and I did notice last night after I covered Napoleon up for bed and turned the lights out he said "kiss kiss"....Not for sure where he learned that, but he says it every night when its time for bed. I say "night night" and he will say "kiss kiss" I actually think its cute. anyways last night was the first time he said that to me, well the first time since this all started. I will see tonight if anything has changed... May sound strange, but I feel like my "child" dosent want to be around me.
Oh no, please don't take it personal. From what you've described, sounds like he's just holding a little grudge for not having you around as much as he's used to for a little bit. That's quite normal behaviour for birds. Another member here (Cheeta) her bird also acted like that after she returned from a trip. But they get over it. Just give it a couple of days, he'll go back to normal, I'm sure of it In the meantime, if it's possible, try to spend more time with him than your roommate does. |
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Thursday August 16, 2007 6:57 pm |
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justme1968
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Location: Kansas |
Just wanted to let everyone know that Napoleon was just holding a grudge against me. It took him several days, but he came around and is back to his normal self. I'm afraid though hes going to be mad again with me pretty soon, I'm going on vacation and have to leave him with the vet for boarding. Napoleon will NOT like that at all, but I have no choice. Has anyone had to leave their bird with the vet for boarding? I'm kinda nervous about leaven him there, my mom left her collie with her vet for boarding and the weekend staff(kids) accidently broke the collies leg and didnt even tell the doctor for two days! So I'm very nervous about leaven him. |
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Tuesday August 28, 2007 6:35 pm |
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shirin
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That's so great that he's back to normal
Can you possibly leave him with a friend or family member? Usually at the vets office they're too busy to spend time with the animals boarding there, so they end up staying in the cage the entire time they're there. |
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Sunday September 2, 2007 11:56 pm |
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homebird
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That's a relief - that it was only a grudge - even our little Budgie Laker will do that to me if i don't pay attention to him - he gets kind of wild & even threatens to bite me - or will bite me!
I have to be very gentle when he's like that - i think his feelings are hurt & he's confused. I have learned to sit beside him & chat a bit until he makes the advances. Than all seems to be forgiven. He also exhibits that clinging interaction as well & will sit with me for hours - singing or even napping beside me when i"m working.
Since we got him a pal this spring - who he has fun with but really stays separate from a lot of the day - he's overall happier. He still can get testy & will exhibit jealousy towards the baby bird - but nothing aggressive - you can see he's upset tho. So we all try to welcome him first.
When i was away a lot from home with work etc - i made a point of dropping everything as soon as i got home & dedicated about 15 minutes to my cat - when i didn't have birds & there was just her waiting. It made a huge impact on her happiness meter. She had been getting a bit neurotic with all the alone time. I imagine this could happen to a bird as well. 15 minutes isn't long but it was all hers & the rest of the evening went a lot smoother. |
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Wednesday September 5, 2007 2:56 pm |
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