Did happy hut cause this?

[Ravennessa]

So, Jacob is changing a little bit, not much, he's a little louder, not unbearable but he screams more often. It started after I didn't have a lot of time over for a while, so I can see that. BUT he is not as social to other people anymore, I handed him over to a girl he ran up her arm and bit her ear. He has become more possessive of me, and the only three things I can think of is 1. his wings are starting to grow back out 2. He may be molting, I don't see a lot lot of feathers, but there's some down, and he has lot of wing pens growing I scratch his head a lot to get rid of them. 3. he started humping the happy hut a lot, apparently he liked the feeling of it so I took it away, Im guessing I have a potential hormonal increase going on as well. he is overly possessive of me now, and if someone even approaches me in my room he will start doing his war dance and sound.. He is still sweet to me UNLESS I stop him from biting someone, but he bites me much less hard than anyone else.

So I am trying to tiring him out as much as possible, I have friends give him treats that are safe to give as strawberries, sweet potatoes etc (big treats to watch the fingers), to see that once hormones drops again that he may be back to his old self.

What else can I do? and what do you think caused this? he was always a very social bird.. and still is to me..

 

[Ravennessa]

Ha.. just read a thread further down.. He's overbonded.. dang.. I don't have anyone else that can really work with him but me since I live alone.. bf/friends are only here so often.. Im a lonewolf.. Oh well..

 

[MonicaMc]

You pretty much answered your own question!


I'm in a similar situation myself... my new girl, Jayde is a social butterfly, but seems to have a preference for women. Might have something to do with the babytalk! LOL I can't confirm yet if she does indeed have a preference for women or not, but she definitely needs more training and more socialization!

Outside of my bird club, I don't have anyone who's willing to handle her and interact with her unless she's already tame and friendly. Well, she bites. And she can bite hard! If she's going to bite, and I cant guarantee she wont, people don't want to interact with her! My bird club only meets up once a month....


At least with Charlie, he avoids strangers. If I set him down on someone he'll just fly back to me. He's less likely to bite unless you piss him off so it's technically easier for other people to handle him.... if only he'd stay on them! LOL Someone has to work with him for several weeks before he'll warm up to them, and that's with constant interaction. He ends up appearing as a "one person bird" when really, he's not. He's just antisocial with strangers.



It doesn't hurt to keep trying!