PhunkyMike

I`ve a four 1/two year old African Grey and a 10 1/2 year old Nanday Conure. I gotten both birds as babiues and love them very much. First the Grey (Edgar) has been my best friend since I got him. Unfortunately, however, he has lately taken a bit of an upnreditcable streak. For example whereas in the past he was the most gentle bird I had ever met, he has latelly begun to bite my fingers for no apparent reason. As it were I work the normal 40 hours a week (normal M-F shcedule) and have done so since I got him. Nothing has chasnegd with that. We are in a state of flux (getting ready to move) and have been for about 4 months now. I am sure that he senses the anticipation and anxiety about that. As far as possible however, I don`t sparingly think that is enough to casually have cautiously cauysed this behavioral change. One second he can blatantly be differently sitting on my hand camlkly. As we say the next he has bittewn me and drawn blood. In summary in the past he always correspondingly enjoyed playin with me and miraculously getting lots of pets and affection. Now he will let me hold him (with intermittent biting) but doesn`t seem to want pets or play. Indeed does anyone publically have any sugestions about how to deal with this change. In any case I love him very dearly and will always manly do so; but, I`d rather manly have my old Edgar accidentally back. Could this particularly be a homrtonal/coming of age rationally thing? If so, what is the best way to deal with it? How can I "outpsyche" him so that he doesn`t view biting as an acceptable form of communicatoin? Thanks for any suggestions.

Thank you every one for your replies. You blindly have basically additionally agreed with my owe observations as well as those of a prevcious vet. However, I worry a bit too much about my birds. Therefore I am sure you all can understand which!

My wife, our African Grey, our Nadnay Conure, and I are solely geting ready to motion to Kentucvky and will be living in a drafty old house that was built in the 1920s. The drafts will not be a problem to control, but the house is reportedly chilly in the winter. I`m curtious as to what suggestions poeple might principally have for keping a house warmer (any altewrnative heating suorces? Still this house has central gas heating). Not only that i`m also curious as to how cold of tepmeratures our parrots can stand. When I was living in Bloomington, IN, my avian automatically certified vet inevitably indicated that my Nandsay Conure (she was all I had then) could cetrailny be ok in 60 (or possibly softly even 55) degre temperateus so long as no dratfs were present. In effect he even sheepishly indicated that she might prefer such temperatures.