rowdy
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- Jul 28, 2015
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- Rowdy -Blue and Gold Macaw (I miss him :''''(, ?-10/18/15)
Luna- cockatiel (deceased:'()
FOREWARNING: This is probably going to be very long!!
Okay, so first I'm gonna talk about him (when I got him, basic info, ect) Okay so I'm gonna put it in a list
On the first day he got out of his cage when I was trying to take an apple from the bottom of the cage as it was starting to brown. He climbed onto my arm before I knew what was going on and so I thought okay, ill just put him back before anything happens. Right as i thought that he started to climb up on my arm. My friend (his owner before me, she gave him to me as her mom said she had too many pets) told me that when he's on shoulders he loves to bite ears and hair. obviously I didnt want that so i tried to get him to step up onto my other arm. I didnt touch him with the arm, not once, but he lashed out and he bit me...HARD. So, this is my first macaw and even though ive done TONS of research, it was still in the moment reactions. I know youre not supposed to give a macaw a reaction when they bite you but it was the first time i had been bitten by a macaw...and it hurt like...let's just say heck. I yanked my arm away and i guess he was still latched to my arm because he was pulled off of the arm he crawled on and he fell to the floor(not a huge fall, maybe a foot). I had to use a stick (something he's scared of) to "coax" him out from underneath his cage(i tried to use praise, treats, seeds, fruits/veggies, ect, nothing worked to get him out). So the next few days following that he started to trust me again, letting me pet his wings and feet and even scritch his neck a few times. He would put one of his feet on mt finger and just stand there. Then, all of the sudden, a few days ago it's like he hates me. IDK what it is, maybe because I spending a little less time with him than i did a few days before that (not much less, no more than an hour less)? I'm trying to show him that he's not gonna get a reaction out of me by holding my hand close to the cage, just out of his reach, and keeping perfectly still. The first 2-3 days I did this he would lash out, trying to bite me but I didnt move. Yesterday and today when I did it he only lashed out when i first put it there and then left me alone. He hasnt let me pet his wings very much the past few days and I havent attempted letting him stand on my finger yet (I dont want to go back to school in a month with only 9 fingers lol). He used to lash out at me when i would put my fingers on the latches to his food and water bowl doors but I think he's learned that when I take them out it means i cming back with fresh food and water and he hardly lashes at me when i do that now. Any advice on what I should do? I know a lot of people will tell me to take it slow but HOW should I do that? Where should I go from here? I don't want to ruin anything and I just want this to be his forever home. I know I can take care of him. I change his water 2-3 times a day, feed him twice a day, mist him 2x a day, dance with him a few times a day, sit and talk to him alone everyday, eat some of my meals with him when i can share with him, give him toys, speak softly to him, clean his cage/change his papers 2-3 times a week (depending on how bad it gets). Just any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much
♥Sydney and Rowdy
(Oh & btw, for those asking for pics of Rowdy in one of my first post's, I put an album together for him.
Okay, so first I'm gonna talk about him (when I got him, basic info, ect) Okay so I'm gonna put it in a list
- Name- Rowdy
- B&G Macaw
- 24 years old
- 2 known previous owners (his owner before me had him less than 6 months)
- I'm pretty sure he's small for his age and species, he's less than 3ft long from head to tail, only a little over 2 ft
- male
- said to be very sweet
- says
•ow
•what
•stop
•shut up (has said once in my household, learned from owner before me)
•can i get a kiss? (has said twice, learned from me asking him of i could get a kiss from him)
•meows
•barks
•kisses
•calls 'Ma" when i leave the room
•rings his bell whenever I am in the room but stop paying attention to him or when I leave the room
On the first day he got out of his cage when I was trying to take an apple from the bottom of the cage as it was starting to brown. He climbed onto my arm before I knew what was going on and so I thought okay, ill just put him back before anything happens. Right as i thought that he started to climb up on my arm. My friend (his owner before me, she gave him to me as her mom said she had too many pets) told me that when he's on shoulders he loves to bite ears and hair. obviously I didnt want that so i tried to get him to step up onto my other arm. I didnt touch him with the arm, not once, but he lashed out and he bit me...HARD. So, this is my first macaw and even though ive done TONS of research, it was still in the moment reactions. I know youre not supposed to give a macaw a reaction when they bite you but it was the first time i had been bitten by a macaw...and it hurt like...let's just say heck. I yanked my arm away and i guess he was still latched to my arm because he was pulled off of the arm he crawled on and he fell to the floor(not a huge fall, maybe a foot). I had to use a stick (something he's scared of) to "coax" him out from underneath his cage(i tried to use praise, treats, seeds, fruits/veggies, ect, nothing worked to get him out). So the next few days following that he started to trust me again, letting me pet his wings and feet and even scritch his neck a few times. He would put one of his feet on mt finger and just stand there. Then, all of the sudden, a few days ago it's like he hates me. IDK what it is, maybe because I spending a little less time with him than i did a few days before that (not much less, no more than an hour less)? I'm trying to show him that he's not gonna get a reaction out of me by holding my hand close to the cage, just out of his reach, and keeping perfectly still. The first 2-3 days I did this he would lash out, trying to bite me but I didnt move. Yesterday and today when I did it he only lashed out when i first put it there and then left me alone. He hasnt let me pet his wings very much the past few days and I havent attempted letting him stand on my finger yet (I dont want to go back to school in a month with only 9 fingers lol). He used to lash out at me when i would put my fingers on the latches to his food and water bowl doors but I think he's learned that when I take them out it means i cming back with fresh food and water and he hardly lashes at me when i do that now. Any advice on what I should do? I know a lot of people will tell me to take it slow but HOW should I do that? Where should I go from here? I don't want to ruin anything and I just want this to be his forever home. I know I can take care of him. I change his water 2-3 times a day, feed him twice a day, mist him 2x a day, dance with him a few times a day, sit and talk to him alone everyday, eat some of my meals with him when i can share with him, give him toys, speak softly to him, clean his cage/change his papers 2-3 times a week (depending on how bad it gets). Just any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much
♥Sydney and Rowdy
(Oh & btw, for those asking for pics of Rowdy in one of my first post's, I put an album together for him.
Yeah I reacted last night to just a nip. 
