steve59

I rescued a 20 year old CAG last year. The woman was located outside of Scranton Pa. Cost was $500. She had a ton of birds. Mostly from NJ. This was right after hurricane Sandy and rescues in NJ were transferring birds.

My CAG hates the color red. Gets all fluffed up and goes into attack mode. He's a 19 year old rescue, so something red in his past may have gotten to him

Rehearsing for the lead in "The Music Man".

6 months ago, I got a rescued "late teens" Cag after having a Senegal for 19 years. Woodstock (Woody to his friends), I believe may have been mis-treated and/or possibly ignored in his 18 +/- years. However he now eats better, exercises better, flies better and looks better than he did when I got him. He "tolerates" me, doesn't bite quite as often as he did when I got him, but you become very attuned to body language after a few nasty bites. He kinda likes me, but not my girl friend. He doesn't talk (yet), but can whistle Verdi's Aida, he has good and bad habits and is what he is. He still shakes when I approach his cage, but not as much. Leaves the cage quickly and "steps up" quickly when he's in the mood. Think 2 or 3 year old child and that's him. Would I do it again? don't know yet. He's more interesting and active than my Senegal was, but so far, not as friendly. He's a challenge. Which in it's own right makes him interesting.

Thanks to all for the info and support.

Hello: I'm Steve and I have a rehomed CAG, that we got in October of 2012. He's in his late teens and is named Woodstock. Unfortunately I have no prior history on him. I've been lurking here, reading posts re feeding, training, food, etc. I had a Senegal for 19 years but he passed away in Sept of 2012 and I decided to try my luck with a larger bird. Woodstock has recently developed some major issues, but let me give some background. We brought him home and let him settle in for a few weeks. I initially was the only one to handle him. He came out of his cage with no problem, would step up with no problem and, flew with some limited success. He is now a good flier, so he apparently at one time could fly but was limited where ever he was. Natalie, my significant other, who is great with animals, began to handle him without problems. We are giving him a varied diet of fruit, vegetables, meats, beans etc. Things were progressing nicely until about a week ago. My ex came over to drop off some paper work and wanted to see Woodstock, she walked over and said "Hello" and he immediately started reacting differently and became agitated but not necessarily in a bad way, more like recognition. However my ex had never seen him before. She is "ok" with animals but isn't really an animal person. She left and things started to go down hill fast. Later, Natalie came home, talked to him, went to pick him up and got nipped. I went over and he stepped up for me. But he was acting strange. It got worse over the last week. He not only nips her but now me. Today, it went past a nip. He latched onto my right index finger and would not let go, I unfortunately had to shake him off. He has totally regressed to October and maybe further back. I know that it's not "recommended" that former owners visit a bird, but this caught me off guard. I really don't want to give up on Woodstock, but I also don't want a pet, that's not a pet but an ornament. My plan right now is to start over with him ie it's Oct 2012 all over again. Would this be the correct way to go since he now has some history with us?? Has anyone else had this problem? Any advice would be appreciated. Steve

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