Ann333
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- Jan 8, 2015
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- --PUMPKIN - male YS GCC. Hatched Halloween Day 2014. Came home Jan. 4, 2015. Started talking in July '15!
-BUTTERNUT- female TYS GCC Hatched in late Jan. 2016 and came home March 14, 2016
This is aFB message I just sent to my breeder. I wanted to share it here to see if any of you have aNY ideas?
Hello Debbie! I was hoping to get your opinion on something. For the whole time I have had Pumpkin I usually take him out around town with me to meet new people because I want him to be well socialized. Tyler is starting to for a bond with him and Pumpkin is learning to trust him. I always give strangers a treat for him so he sees meeting new people as a positive experience.
The problem is that Pumpkin has decided he really hates my mom. She told me that when I went out of town and she was watching him that he bit her.
But today I actually saw him bite her and it was not a normal bite and release. Pumpkin flew down to her shoulder and was sitting there chatting away. He seemed fine. But when she reached up to ask him to step up, he charged at her screaming and flapping his wings. He bit down onto her finger and would not let go. I have NEVER seen him so upset and it didn't look to me that my mom did anything wrong.
My question is how do I rectify this problem? Can I have my mom try feeding him treats or move slower and announce when she's going to move before she moves? Maybe she startled him? Maybe he hates her perfume (I do)?
Any ideas? Have you seen this before? What can I try?
Hello Debbie! I was hoping to get your opinion on something. For the whole time I have had Pumpkin I usually take him out around town with me to meet new people because I want him to be well socialized. Tyler is starting to for a bond with him and Pumpkin is learning to trust him. I always give strangers a treat for him so he sees meeting new people as a positive experience.
The problem is that Pumpkin has decided he really hates my mom. She told me that when I went out of town and she was watching him that he bit her.
But today I actually saw him bite her and it was not a normal bite and release. Pumpkin flew down to her shoulder and was sitting there chatting away. He seemed fine. But when she reached up to ask him to step up, he charged at her screaming and flapping his wings. He bit down onto her finger and would not let go. I have NEVER seen him so upset and it didn't look to me that my mom did anything wrong.
My question is how do I rectify this problem? Can I have my mom try feeding him treats or move slower and announce when she's going to move before she moves? Maybe she startled him? Maybe he hates her perfume (I do)?
Any ideas? Have you seen this before? What can I try?