Devil bird OMG! Where's my sweetie? Help!

[Tami]

I have a three yr old blue, male Quaker. He's always been very cage territorial but the past few days when I open his cage door he flies at me and starts biting me. He's literally attacking me! Is it the time of year or what? Anyone else having or have ever had these problems? HELP!!!

 

[weco]

Yes, it's hormones.....

 

[ShellyBorg]

I am having hormonal issues to. Don't ya love spring

 

[94lt1]

Our sun is having hormonal issues too... Isn't it fun

 

[Tami]

Any clue how long it lasts in general? I've never known him to act this way.

 

[Tami]

My conure is biting now, which she rarely does without a reason. But my Quaker is outright attacking. He's never done that before. Ever!

 

[legal_eagle]

Sounds like the time of year for this behavior. I have been attacked by grackles in the spring while I was walking down the street minding my own business. It should pass.

 

[ShellyBorg]

Something to try. I went yesterday and did a huge cage cleaning on my demons cage. I removed all shredables and changed out all toys and moved the cage location.Today I had a different bird. She was sweet and willing to step up. I don't know how long this may last, but I plan on watching and if the behavior ramps back up doing another change and see what happens.

 

[Niner10Tango]

Shorten the amount of daylight hours for your bird. Longer the daylight hours, your birds hormones will go berserk. Usually my bird gets 12 hours of sleep and up for the other 12 hours. Right about the time Daylight Savings Time begins, I increase my birds sleep time to 14 hours. If it's caught early enough, the hormones will eventually calm down. Or, you can try placing the bird and cage in another room of the house. That has worked for me as well.

Having a Feathered Monster is no fun.. Unfortunately, Spring is in the air!

 

[Tuukee]

i had know idea that a bird that's always kept inside would be able to tell the difference with seasons. i dont doubt their intelligence- i just was unaware that seasons can have an effect birds- i know that sounds dumb- ooops-- but fascinating- bc my Tuukee has been alil more beakish since spring- i mean he's been consistent w my boyfriend- but not me- he's been alil more beakish and the same time lovey.. if that makes sense too. also been attacking his toys w alil more aggression than normal. but good to know about the sleep thing.--

 

[BirdBrains2233]

I must be lucky, mine is showing zero cage aggression since I adopted him, and I can even reach into his cage where he steps right up with no problems at all. *Knock on Wood*
Now, if I could only get him to stop chasing my feet!!!

 

[MikeyTN]

The extra sleep and more black out time does NOT always work!!!! I've tried that before with a very hormonal female. Completely different cage, by herself, no toys, nothing to shred, kept in the dark a lot, etc. She kept laying eggs regardless! I usually just leave them be during hormone season but if it's really bad with egg laying, that's when I try more stuffs like constant cage change etc. But if it's a male Quaker, you just have to let him run his course. My cracker the Quaker was like that before when his hormone hits, I hand fed him myself, but that didn't matter what so ever and he would start attacking. So I used to just leave him be until it passes. Then he was back to normal again.