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I had posted awhile back about Buddy biting uncontrollably...nobody in the family wants to mess with him anymore  He draws blood 90% of the time when he bites- out of the blue. We have tried and tried to figure out what is causing him to be this way...It has progressed to the point that whenever we even walk into my brother's room- he aggressively attacks the cage bars trying to get to us. Accompanying this action is his attack squawk- which he does whenever he gets too excited about something. If we hear it...someone is going to get bit, hard. I'm completely at a loss with what to do. Any suggestions???
(*Update*By the way, in an older topic of mine I had said he was plucking... awhile back he was plucking his feathers- he plucked under his wings enough that some of them have yet to grow back, if they ever will. He stopped plucking his feathers just above his chest however- he is starting to grow them back now- yay!)
"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny my Father which is in heaven." -Matthew 10:32
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. ~Felix Frankfurter
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| I'm so sorry to hear about Buddy's agression. I have a few thoughts but am by no means an expert here! My CAG only lets my husband and I pick him up. There are a few areas in our house that only I can handle him in and he threatens anyone who comes near when he is there (except me). He doesn't draw blood or leave a bruise, just inflicts a bit of pain. I wonder if your brother's room is his territory and you should only approach him when he is out of that room. Is he aggressive towards your brother too or just everyone else? If he is O.K. with your brother have him take him out of his room before you try and interact with him. What do you mean by a bite? There are many degrees of bites and they each mean something different. Does he draw blood and leave a bruise? Can't wait to hear the update on your situation. I feel bad for you and your fid!!! Wish I could be more help!
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| Well I was thinking the same as Vancouverduke. Territorry. But Pa also has suggested some ideas too. It may help to try the "rescue" technique. Take him somewhere with you, which will probably make him a little scared. Talk soothingly to him the whole time and bring him home. In a sense you "rescued" him. I read this some time ago for overbonding.
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We thought about it being a territorial thing, and I'm sure that may be part of it. My brother doesn't always handle him much- which definitely doesn't help, but even he doesn't enjoy having him out anymore. He bites him too.
As for the type of biting, he clamps down, and grinds his lower beak- breaks skin and bruises every time. It's very hard to get him to let go.
As for the mate thing between him and Gizmo- they both get super aggressive when they get to be together. They get about 15-30 minutes together a day at max. Sometimes a little bit longer. If they are together any longer, they start trying to feed each other, and Gizmo will attack anybody who comes to separate them- he just nips however. But once he starts doing this, Buddy will turn on the person too, drawing blood, and giving a very painful bite.
I have taken into consideration the hormonal thing too- as Gizmo has become quite the little terror- also biting, but not the bite and grind bite. He just strikes out. But he's bitten me good a few times as of late. Little booger. So I'm sure that hormones are definitely playing a big part in all of this.
PP, how would you go about clicker training? I have no idea how to use those things....we never even used them with our dogs. lol
"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny my Father which is in heaven." -Matthew 10:32
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. ~Felix Frankfurter
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