I think I royally ticked of my Grey

[csperkins3]

I have an African Grey "Ozzy" who is 3 years old. I have had him almost 2 years. He is and can be a very temperamental bird. I got him when he was about 15 months old and it took a while to get to know him and figure him out. He is a major part of our family and of course prefers to spend his time with us when he is home and we are happy to oblige. He has chosen my son (14) as his chosen one. He likes my hubby but tries not to show it except to use him as his traveling perch. On the other hand he is "my" bird as I am the one that paid for him, feeds, waters, takes care of all his needs. It has taken me a long time to get him to like me. He likes me scratching his head, taking him places and loves being with me when I am doing anything. I am by far not his choice of people but we had a pretty good relationship going, although he will not let me train him at all.
Anyway, NOW 3 weeks ago I purchased a B&G macaw "Bubbles" who is 1.5 years old and am starting to make progress with her although she is showing many signs of choosing my hubby as her chosen even though once again I was the purchaser, and provide all of her needs for her.
Now to the major problem since Bubbles arrived I cannot do anything with Ozzy. He acts like he literally hates me. I always try to show him I love him, I feed him first I let him out of his cage first and I try to prove to him how he is my baby but he lunges at me, tries to bite me, won't step up to me, I am heartbroken as I wanted him to have a friend. The absolute most bizarre thing to me is that he is only being aggressive to me. He lets my hubby hold him and steps up to him immediately and lets my son love on him as always and shows no aggression toward either of them. I do not know what to do. He loves being with me playing on the bed in the evenings and he won't even come to me so we can not do any of our usual things. I am so sad I don't know what to do. I know I can't expect him to just accept a new bird but why am I the only person he shows aggression to when he didn't seem to care too much about me in the first place. I am just totally confused.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how since I am new here. Maybe tonight I can figure that out. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[MikeyTN]

When I brought Lola home a month ago Willie got really upset with me. It took him a few days to calm down with me but he wants out with me more then ever. They're jealous of one another... perhaps try a perch to get your grey to step up to it and work from there.

 

[csperkins3]

Thank you so much for your suggestion which I read last night but wanted to try it if he was still being unreasonable. So when I got home from work I went to let him out and talk to him as usual and he was trying to attack me and refused to step up. All he wanted to do was fight so I went and put Bubbles on the stand downstairs and came back to see if Ozzy had changed his mind. Well no go so I was looking for something to use as a perch and I spotted the remote. He used to love to play the remote control game so I got that and played with him a bit while he took all his aggression out on the remote and then he stepped up.
I took him downstairs and put him on the big perch which Bubbles has been using and Ozzy was happy and back to his old self from what I could tell.
After dinner, since we have dinner with the birds and I asked Ozzy to step up and go upstairs and he did. I was so excited and I took him on the bed for his play time. He seemed happy but didn't really play but I was content to just hang out with him.
This morning when I went to feed him he was talking to me in his soft voice and making kissing noises to me, and asking for head scratches and for the first time since Bubbles came he acted like his old self.
I am so excited thank you so much MikeyTN for your suggestion because he seems back to himself with me. Even if it was temporary I at least now have an idea of how to deal with some of his attitude.
I still have no idea why I am the only one he dished it all out on but I am so happy to see my little guy back to the one I knew 3 weeks ago.

 

[MikeyTN]

I'm glad I can be of assistance.

 

[kanundra]

Glad to hear the progress.

When we got Sparky (Cag) our IRN is also acting up. He keeps intimidating her, which is weird as she's five times as big. He's 80g she's 500g lol

Nice to read stories though. Keep us posted.

 

[csperkins3]

kanundra, I am not sure what an IRN is but a funny little story. At the end of the first week I had Bubbles I left Ozzy on his cage and Bubbles on the perch and only went in the bathroom in the next room for a minute and when I came out both birds were on the floor and Ozzy was chasing Bubbles until Bubbles turned around and started chasing Ozzy LOL. Of course now I know to never ever leave them alone even for a second. The way I see it, Ozzy is like the Chihuahua that sees himself as a German Shepard. LOL

 

[kanundra]

Sorry, an IRN is an Indian Ring Neck. Much smaller. But he's defo not shy

I think any two different birds need to be watched when together all the time. Same if you've any other pets. Cat's or Dog's need to be very vigilant.

Dawn

 

[csperkins3]

Very True Dawn thank you. I will not make that mistake again. I also keep them apart so they aren't together and I never leave the room without taking one of them with me, now. A huge lesson learned. I'm just glad it all ended up ok.