marley's being naughty ....

[marley_n_me]

Hello all
I'm After abit of advise please lol well the night befor last I fell asleep and forgot to put marley to bed ..... Didn't think there was a prob untill last night it took a hour to get him to bed I wasn't to worried about it... Well all day today he has been well a little bit grumpy lol ....its about half hour till bed time for marley so think he might be getting worked up Well just now marley started shouting and ringing his bell so I when over to him as I always do put my hand up to say hello and well he jumped strait past my hand and seemed to lunch at my face witch made me jump so iv told him no .. Naughty boy and walk away and sat on the sofa then marley flew at me again then landed just behind me holding his wing alittle away from his body ....shacking his wings slowly ... And making a wierd noise at me .....
Can anyone advise to what this behaver means please as its the first time he has done this
Thank u and sorry for long post

 

[marley_n_me]

Ok I think it is cos he don't want to go to bed lol ... we normaly put his bell in the bottom of his cage he gose in and we shut the top well iv put his bell in the cage and now he is trying to bite me I think he knows the cage is going to get shut .... Any help geting marley to bed lol been trying for 20 mins with no luck ... Lol I realy don't want to get bit ..... So any advice getting a grumpy not very happy marley to bed with out blood loss on my part hahaha .... Not been bit yet so would like to get marley to go in by himself please help lol ....

 

[wenz2712]

Is there a favourite food that you could tempt him to his cage, or if your worried about him biting you when he steps up, you could try getting him to step up on a stick and then put him in his cage

 

[marley_n_me]

He is fine stepping up but he graps hold of the bars and will do everything in his power to not go in he can fly as well so that's not helping I'm not really to worried about getting bit it just very unlike marley to bite and if I try to much to get him in that's when he trys to bite tryed food toys step up stick my hand ... Lol iv just got to keep trying hahaha wish me luck please

 

[marley_n_me]

Grabs * hold of the bars lol

 

[suebee]

ok start a bed time routine! this helps as nut never wants to go to bed!

about half an hour before hand, i put in a bowl of her fav foods into her sleep cage, leave door open an she will either go in strait away or do everything in her power to avoid going in! including crying at her food bowl as she cannot reach it, i just ignore her or give her little head squitches

sometimes she will step up for me to put her in (very rare) and other times i pick her up, as she is flighted she can take off, but for the most parts she goes in on her own, normally when i am away from the cage

we either sit an have dinner (depending what time man finishes work) i sit with her on phone etc while she eats her night food

on rare occassions when we have dinner early, she is put in and then let out, but we still do the same thing before taking her up to bed

this is a lot less stressful for all involved

 

[marley_n_me]

Lol marleys in bed he isn't to happy obout it but after a hour he is in bed !!! Let's hope tomorrow marley is abit more willing to go to bed lol
Dose anyone know is the holding the wings out abit and the little low noises he makes at me why he is looking right at me mean thats him giving a warning that he isn't happy or beening over friendly ?? I think the biting/going to bed and him doing this might be two dif things.

 

[marley_n_me]

And thank u I might start with the little bowl of treats in his cage see if that works tomorrow at bedtime lol he dose go to bed at a set time every night and we take his fav toys of him two hours befor, then put them in the cage for bed that was working untill tonight so will try the food aswell

 

[suebee]

it will take time for this to work, so be patiance, just set something up that will suit your routine, but keep it consistant

 

[roxynoodle]

If he is like Pete, he is most riled up an hour before bedtime. I don't have Pete out of his cage that late because I know how he gets. It's better for him to burn off his steam in there, than for us to create any unnecessary problems with each other. He gets most of his out of cage time before dark instead when he's in an easier, steadier mood. I don't know if that will help or if you are at work during those times. If you are, I would try to play with him most when you first come home.

 

[henpecked]

I can't remember Marley's age, do you think the biting might be hormones ? As far as the bed time thing,be careful not to let him have too much fun after bed time or he thinks he's missing out on something. LOL Do you cover his cage ? I don't but all the fids sleep down stairs where it's dark and quiet at night.If they're upstairs too late they usually fuss to go to bed.Then again we go to bed early anyway and not much excitement late at nite (after 9pm)

 

[roxynoodle]

Yes, if I'm still up much longer after the birds are in bed, my Nanday doesn't really sleep. I will hear her talk to me, and move around. But, both she and Pete really go bonkers in the evening. And when Rowdy was young, she never wanted to go to bed. I think she would have stayed up til midnight if I had let her. I used to get up at 4am for work so I sure didn't want to stay up til midnight. What I did was establish a bedtime ritual with her. She had to say "Ok" to get her cage cover. Then we kiss and say "Kiss" and make kissing sounds for a few minutes. Also we say "I love you, you're a good girl", and finally I say, "You have a good night, Rowdy, I'll see in you in the morning. Good night". It made her want bedtime to get this special interaction. We've done this now every night for more than 11 years. Yes, it takes a few minutes, but she has gone to bed easily since we established that routine, and looks forward to it. Maybe Marley would also come to look forward to something like that.

Now if I do it with Pete, he gets all riled up again. But, he lived with someone else for 28 years and this was not his ritual. So I generally just tell him, "You're a good boy, I love you." and cover him up.

 

[marley_n_me]

I think marley is about 8 I wasn't given a lot of info on him as his owner died iv only had marley a few weeks so think this might just be to see what he can get away with lol ...no we don't cover his cage as kids in bed at 7 so not a lot happens after then he is good as gold after he is in the cage I can tickle him as soon as he is shut away its just getting him in the cage I'm a stay at home mum so marley is out of his cage most of the day apart from when there is no one in or at night

 

[Remy]

That body language sounds kind of like Puck's "Demon Mode".

Puck settles down when I turn down the lights. I usually turn off his light first, so there are still lights on, but eventually I turn them all out. He often gets hyper at bedtime, but will eventually go to bed himself, especially if I turn out the light.

 

[roxynoodle]

Well, after watching Rowdy's bedtime ritual last night, Merlin wanted some bedtime kisses, too!

 

[marley_n_me]

Thanks all marley has got up in a better mood today lol his is back to his loving self ......so tonights plan is .....7 pm is play time on the floor for 30 mis or so the one on one training. Then last cuddles till 9 pm witch is bedtime so nice treats and toys put in cage and hopefully fingers cross marley will put himself to bed ....lol dose this sound like a good plan to u guys....

 

[roxynoodle]

It's worth a try. I might even go to getting him back in his cage before his actual bedtime just to let him wind down some.