ParrotPaparazzi

judygram wrote: We did a few times when he was little but now nobody can pick him up so we cant, I am getting him a bath sorted out for his cage and going to buy a new bottle (the one we have is a plastic one and it cracked yesterday :dry: )

Yeah, he doesn't seem to be happy with it like he used to be so I'm trying to keep giving him a piece of apple or something just after to make it more interesting. Good idea with the tissue aswell, will have to try that with him, I'm sure he would enjoy it As for sleep - we all go to bed at 10pm, my dad wakes up at 6 am, goes out to work at 6:15am, then the house is quiet again from then till about 9am, we don't use a light usually in the summer, mainly in the winter he has a UV light on for a few hours a day. And finally - no he doesn't get a daily bath but he gets a quick spray with a bottle.

lovemyGreys wrote: Well a friend works at our local vets and when we went there to get some frontline she had a macaw she said was from Becks and has the same problem...

judygram wrote: Hm ...well when he was younger like I said he was ok, thinking back now it seems about the time my aunties cat moved in and then gave birth to 4 kittens, we kept one and he is a little terror so maybe it is him getting jealous of animals. He is outside in his cage at the moment and I just went and cleaned the metal grate of the bottom put it back and he was being chatty (he has a very good vocabulary) so I started talking to him and he was being really nice, cat walked into the garden and he started biting me :blink:

Was advised on that cage by the breeder. He has always chewed his feathers and never really stopped but it got better and now worse. I cant say much has changed really - but in the last few months, a few pets have been added but not in that room, the only one I could think would set him off is the rabbit, but he doesn't seem to bother with him at all. We are at wits end trying to find the problem, he has got a huge problem with jealousy though, if I sit next to his cage with the rabbit/ferrets/cat/guinea pig/owl he hangs from the top of the cage and screeches till I put the animal down, but he doesn't mind the animals themselves. He eats Harrison High Potency Course food (again, advised by the breeder) and gets veg and fruit daily, although we were told he was a bit over weight but since then he has lost about 8oz and we have been told thats fine. Thanks for the help.

OK so to cut a long story as short as possible: About 2-3 years ago we got an AG hand reared baby from becks bird barn (and judging by its rep from other people, I am guessing, bad idea?) and at first he was a family guy and loved the attention and fuss, then he started being mean to everybody but my mum, then he started seeming stressed and un-well so we went to the vets, they did the full examination with the bird in front of us, of course he hated it, he started being mean to everybody, he had the flight feathers taken out after he chewed them, we got him back, he still hated everybody after the recovery. He once again, started chewing feathers, the vets said its a behaviour problem, they left him with us, this time around my brother and dad took him in and then he started getting better and we worked on keeping him busy with things to sred etc (wood blocks, rope toys, old yellow pages (ink isnt poisonous), toilet rolls etc) and he started getting better with people but the last few months have taken a turn for the worst again - he dosent like anybody, he started chewing and plucking feathers again etc and we are puzzled on what to do now. Info about him: He's about 3-4 yrs old An only parrot His cage was 4 ft high, floor space 1.5ft x 1.5ft, then we changed to a smaller cage so he was at our level and he is much better but still mean. He is aloud out all the day but just sits on his cage (his feathers are about that bad that he can hardly fly, anyway) He is in the main room of the house so somebody is always with him apart from night time. and thats about it. A vet suggested maybe getting him a female friend and/or a bigger avairy outside. We are all puzzled now on what to do Thanks for any replies.<br><br>Post edited by: ParrotPaparazzi, at: 2008/05/12 14:14