GreenBabe5
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Hey all,
SUPER LONG
Old member but can't find my account. Anyways in 2009 I took in a rehome aggressive Caique. We worked together and he bonded and we were great....for 9 years... Then we took in another rehome. Only for about a month but during that time my Skittles just lost it. One day i was taking him off a lamp (cause he decided he wanted to be there). I carried him from the lamp back to his counter top perch so my daughter could play with him. 2 inches from the perch he latched on. Hard. Had to put him upside down on his back on the ground to let go.
Bleeding I washed my hand and picked him up again, this time to his cage to show him that was not okay as I've done in the past when he nipped. Never been ripped up before. Then he went nuts, ripping my skin. Again I had to upside down remove him and shake to get him to stop.
From that day I his owner, his mom, heck the one he'd try to make babies on my leg, I was his enemy. And now my step daughter is his person. I could live with that but I feed him every morning, and he tries to kill me. I give him his normal treats when good and talk to him and say goodbye when i leave like normal but he just screams back.
When we realized Skittles also hated this new bird that was in the home but he was never in contact with we told the owners it was not working out. I thought my birdie would come back to me...but he didn't. It gets worse and worse every day.
Yesterday my step daughter was cleaning his cage out and he refused to go back in, she got scared. So my husband got him but he started to latch on but stopped. If anyone is holding him and I so much as walk by his wings are up and he attacks.
I ended up pregnant and had the baby a year ago (mind you I've been working on rebuilding my trust with him now for 2 years). He hates the baby as much as he hates me and if he sees him he tries to attack him.
We can't bring Skittles out now unless it's quiet and everyone else is out of the house and I'm no where in site.
This morning I went to do our normal feeding routine and he went through the bowl door to latch on and drew blood. I picked him up with a perch and laid him back in his cage. No Drama, no running attack which is good but the desire to murder me and the baby is getting to the point no one trusts him.
He's always been aggressive and a screamer but now I'm his trigger.
Apart from re-homing I don't know what to do. He's obviously a danger to me that's okay, as long as my daughter can still play with him but even she is starting to get scared. He's about 15 years old now. This all started 2 years ago. The baby is now walking and we don't let him in that room but one day...one day he could escape and i'm terrified he will lose a finger to his bird.
Anyway....I want my buddy back or I want him to have a home that can play with him, i'm worried he may not recover and always be an attack bird.
He's fed a rather expensive mix of foods from Bird Paradise (their house blends since i got him, so for about the 11 years) plus we make toys for him and buy him tons to tear up in the cage. He gets food we have cooking when we make noodles etc. His cage is huge, made for a macaw really, we have window perches, sand java perches etc but all he wants to do is get down from everything and find me to kill me or the baby.
My husband wants to re-home him, he said it was an issue getting an aggressive consignment bird to start with but when i was the one playing with him all was fine, he doesn't like the screaming and he no longer trusts the bird enough to play with him. I don't think he will find a good home as an aggressive bird, but getting stuck in his cage isn't great either if my daughter gets too scared to play with him.
I miss my bird...
I've read everything I can on devil birds and chances of recovery but it's been two years, no help, it's just getting worse.
SUPER LONG
Old member but can't find my account. Anyways in 2009 I took in a rehome aggressive Caique. We worked together and he bonded and we were great....for 9 years... Then we took in another rehome. Only for about a month but during that time my Skittles just lost it. One day i was taking him off a lamp (cause he decided he wanted to be there). I carried him from the lamp back to his counter top perch so my daughter could play with him. 2 inches from the perch he latched on. Hard. Had to put him upside down on his back on the ground to let go.
Bleeding I washed my hand and picked him up again, this time to his cage to show him that was not okay as I've done in the past when he nipped. Never been ripped up before. Then he went nuts, ripping my skin. Again I had to upside down remove him and shake to get him to stop.
From that day I his owner, his mom, heck the one he'd try to make babies on my leg, I was his enemy. And now my step daughter is his person. I could live with that but I feed him every morning, and he tries to kill me. I give him his normal treats when good and talk to him and say goodbye when i leave like normal but he just screams back.
When we realized Skittles also hated this new bird that was in the home but he was never in contact with we told the owners it was not working out. I thought my birdie would come back to me...but he didn't. It gets worse and worse every day.
Yesterday my step daughter was cleaning his cage out and he refused to go back in, she got scared. So my husband got him but he started to latch on but stopped. If anyone is holding him and I so much as walk by his wings are up and he attacks.
I ended up pregnant and had the baby a year ago (mind you I've been working on rebuilding my trust with him now for 2 years). He hates the baby as much as he hates me and if he sees him he tries to attack him.
We can't bring Skittles out now unless it's quiet and everyone else is out of the house and I'm no where in site.
This morning I went to do our normal feeding routine and he went through the bowl door to latch on and drew blood. I picked him up with a perch and laid him back in his cage. No Drama, no running attack which is good but the desire to murder me and the baby is getting to the point no one trusts him.
He's always been aggressive and a screamer but now I'm his trigger.
Apart from re-homing I don't know what to do. He's obviously a danger to me that's okay, as long as my daughter can still play with him but even she is starting to get scared. He's about 15 years old now. This all started 2 years ago. The baby is now walking and we don't let him in that room but one day...one day he could escape and i'm terrified he will lose a finger to his bird.
Anyway....I want my buddy back or I want him to have a home that can play with him, i'm worried he may not recover and always be an attack bird.
He's fed a rather expensive mix of foods from Bird Paradise (their house blends since i got him, so for about the 11 years) plus we make toys for him and buy him tons to tear up in the cage. He gets food we have cooking when we make noodles etc. His cage is huge, made for a macaw really, we have window perches, sand java perches etc but all he wants to do is get down from everything and find me to kill me or the baby.
My husband wants to re-home him, he said it was an issue getting an aggressive consignment bird to start with but when i was the one playing with him all was fine, he doesn't like the screaming and he no longer trusts the bird enough to play with him. I don't think he will find a good home as an aggressive bird, but getting stuck in his cage isn't great either if my daughter gets too scared to play with him.
I miss my bird...
I've read everything I can on devil birds and chances of recovery but it's been two years, no help, it's just getting worse.