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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / March 2005Help my tiel is attacking me
I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For the past two days ONLY when in the basement he flies for my head with his beak open in full attack mode. I try to duck him but he just swings back around and he can almost dive bomb me 5 or 6 times befor landing on his cage and I walk over to his cage and offer my hand. He tries to bite my fingers like bull after a clown BUT after I get him on my hand I take him upstairs and he turns into a sweet "kitten". and lets me do anything from holding him without him trying to rip my fingers off to scratching his head. But once I take him back downstairs he is in attack mode again. Does anyone know why he is doing this? Is it a territoryal thing or what? "The world is the property of Everyone, if we just had the sense to Know it! We have our feet stuck in mud, and our eyes on the stars." Grandmother Grace N.Curtis Taylor ,circa 1972AD these might help:Free 2 testdrive: http://www.promoneymatrix.com/of/dusk/freehosting.php http://www.webstars2000.com/wow/index.php?id=12115 http://www.freewebs.com/SharewithDave/index.htm http://www.Mikysgoldpro.net/?MemberID=33945 http://www.FreeViral.com/?r=46751 > I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the > fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > downstairs he is in attack mode again. Does anyone know why he is > doing this? Is it a territoryal thing or what? im nowhere near an expert on tiels. but ive seen similar. i attempted to adopt a bird once. it would hop on a persons shoulder. be nice as pie. but look out if it seemed you were going to take him off. then youd end up being attacked. im guessing territory issues. Pecker jealousy > > I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the > > fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > im guessing territory issues. >> I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the >> fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >im guessing territory issues. I came across the same problem when I got my two cockatiels from a friends....one of the tiel attacked me ......but after a week it stopped attacking me because it figured that I posed no threat to it in it's new surrounding (My house). Just give it some time and it will not attack you anymore. > >> I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the > >> fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Just give it some time and it will not attack you anymore. you talking to dave there i presume? > I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the > fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > downstairs he is in attack mode again. Does anyone know why he is > doing this? Is it a territoryal thing or what? My guy is like this when trying to get him out of his cage, and also trying to get him back in. My guess is it's a territorial thing. I overcome the problem by using his mirror to lure him in or out of the cage. It doen't always stop his BS, but most of the time it does. Dave, Your bird thinks the basement is his TERRITORY!! He has claimed it as his home and you are an intruder. Strongly recommend you move the cage to a part of the home where he can see you every day most of the time, preferably in the dining room or family room, where you have snacks or eat meals. Share your meal with him (a bit of bread or tidbit of veggie) or a few Cherries. If you want to correct the problem, you will need to remove him from his territory and become FRIENDS, which means an investment of time. nan > Dave, > Your bird thinks the basement is his TERRITORY!! He has claimed it as his [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > nan Are you are bird behaviourist? My last post was supposed to be CHEERIOS, not CHERRIES (I was feeding a cherry treat to my conure at the time. Sorry!) nan |
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