My cockateil is 4yrs old (only bird) and we've just bought her a nesting box. In the last couple of months my bird has been getting very hissy and (apparently) is flying at people during the day. She has free range of the house and lives in an open pen. Does anyone else have problems with their 4yr olds ? Is this all normal?
2006-12-27 14:48:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
There are a few things that could be happening...
My aunt's cockatiel was pretty much ruined when my Grandpa came to their house to spend the summer about 10 years ago. Grandpa teased and tortured that bird, and we didn't even know it until poor Joey started to repeat some of the crap Grandpa was saying to him...
Point is, do you know what's going on in your absence?
The next thing could be happening is that your baby is reaching sexual maturity. If you have a nesting box for her (or him) I'd put him in a cage that he can't get out of and give her scheduled out time instead of free reign of the house.
I gave Rio, my macaw free reign for the first six months he came home with me, and looking back, it was a mistake. He needs the schedule that comes with being in a cage to be adjusted, and controllable.
My advice would be to put her back in a regular cage, and then pretty much start over. As far as the house guests, I would make it very clear that your bird relies on trust of humans to live her life. You don't want to risk injury to the bird or to the other humans in your household that can happen if something goes awry in your absence and she's surrounded by people who know nothing of how to care for a bird and what it takes to be a bird mommy...
Hope that helps! If you need help with retraining, let me know. I have macaws, but I used to have a cockatiel that I raised from an egg all the way until he died when he was old.
2006-12-27 14:50:42 · answer #1 · answered by sdkramer76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why on earth would you buy your bird a nesting box? Nesting boxes are for breeding. Obviously, if you only have one bird, you're not breeding. She's probably getting broody and hormonal, and your nesting box isn't helping. Try taking the thing out, then make sure you give her 12 hours of sleep every night, rearrange her toys, give her plenty of fruits and vegetables, and if she continues hissing, take her to the vet. You can find a vet at http://aav.org/vet-lookup
2006-12-27 15:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by CrazyBirdMom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remove the nesting box. Unless there is some very important reason she has a nesting box it is completely unnecessary and silly to have one for her. It will only make her territorial and vicious because she will think she is protecting her nest. Take it out.
2006-12-31 12:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 eggs to twelve eggs is elementary. some clutches will be larger , some smaller. make confident then fowl has an excellent source of calcium, like cuttlefish bone. If its not a mated pair the fowl would proceed to position eggs at durations. it ought to help her end if there is not any nest field and also you remove the infertile eggs. If shes ok , she will be able to sit down on the eggs for a lengthy time period , then throw them out of the nest at the same time as they'd routinely hatch .
2016-12-01 06:06:32 · answer #4 · answered by gnegy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably, she is getting sexually mature and is trying to nest.
i have a love bird that is a nut case too.
2006-12-27 14:57:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is probaley pregent and trying to protect it self and geting readey for babys i will leave it alone
2006-12-28 18:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Paris Hilton 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋