Rocky and Adrian rebelling.

[Jackiebuckdaily]

So for the past two days, Rocky and Adrian have been kind of acting like little brats.

I think it started when I was playing with Rocky on top of the cage and I kind of scared him. I at times use my hand as a spider and make it climb around the cage while saying peak a boo to Rocky. Usually he does mind it, but I think I scared him once because he scurried around the cage and then flew.


When I sit on the couch right next to their cage, they scream call for me, even though I am right next to them and it's like 10 decimals higher then when I am out of the room.

She paces on her perch with wings, slightly up like a mini chick and says " up up... up up... good girl good girl...." but doesn't want to come up.

Adrian refuses to get in her cage at night.

They both won't step up either unless I have a treat. I am trying to positively reinforce that my hand is good.

I am hoping that they are not losing their trusts in me.

That or they are still going through a hormones due to the season and the daylight getting lighter outside. I want to mention that since like Oct/Dec until current---- all she tries to do it mate with me.

 

[SailBoat]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Amazons - lets screw with the human's head for messing with ours!

Regarding hands: We humans assume that our parrots always connect our hands with our heads. Not 'always' true. When our hands are closer to our face, they maybe thinking, OK the hands must be friends with the my bud. However, when the hands start acting like something that is attacking them and you seem to be doing nothing about it. Well maybe you're not that much of a bud after all. Biggest problem with hands is with the combination of both arms and hands, they can also look like a snake.

Time to back-up and reassuring that only 'good things happen' when you are around. In other words, its back to basics.

The start and end of mating season for companion parrots varies widely and can also be longer and/or at different times of the year than with Amazons in the wild. This can be caused by any number or a combination of what we are feeding, unintended sexual interaction on our part, poor sleep habits of our lifestyles, the temperature of our homes and all that added to the natural changes in sunlight occurring outside (not a complete list). Four months could be consider a little on the long side. Time to consider what maybe driving the extended sexual response.

 

[Birdman666]

Some of this sounds hormonal to me.

Give it a few months. They'll go back to normal.

The rest of it (not wanting to go back in the cage for example) is more like "I don't wanna, whatcha gonna do about it." What can I get away with...

 

[Jackiebuckdaily]

How do I reduce the screaming? Especially the ones when I am in the room already lol

 

[henpecked]

Teach them a different form of greeting. I have a wild caught pair of OWA that are happy to see me when i get home and do something similar. They have that loud, excited jungle.scream. So i taught them to gobble like a turkey. Kind of cute. Of course you could also teach them something else like as phase or song, but you need to participate. They are greeting you, you should greet them back.

 

[Jackiebuckdaily]

So I have been trying to train them by whistling when I am gone or by saying Hi Jackie Boy when I walk into the room, saying goodbye (bye Jackie Boy) when I come home, etc. But they still resort to jungle cry and then a blood screaming pitch haha. Like she knows that it's horrible haha