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My LSC2, Sammie, has been acting very strange as of late. The past few weeks to a month he has been a total spaz and neither Alex nor myself can understand why. It happened quite suddenly. I mean before he was afraid of peanuts, taking them from our hand, and wasn't even sure what treats were, and it took about a week to get him to understand (by showing him via Kendi) that peanuts were in fact nummy! But this is different now. We can't go near him sometimes, all of a sudden he'll freak out and dive bomb off his cage and run away like we're the devil or something. It's the strangest thing. I can't even get him to step up off of his cage or off of the floor even sometimes because he freaks out...like hands are very terrifying to him. I know I try offering him things from my hands and he gets scared like this, could this have had a negative impact on him?? It seems even if I'm holding him on one hand and I go to pet him with my other hand he will start screaming flapping, hanging by one foot upside down, doing anything to get away from me. I can't understand why he does this. There is nothing different in the room, about me, about how I'm handling him from the time I got him up until now. Any suggestions as to how I should approach this? I'm asking now rather than later so I don't start off on the wrong foot. I don't want to do anything that will make a negative impact on him. Thanks, CL |
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Have you changed your nail polish, hand lotion or soap? any change like that can be enough to send a bird into a tail spin. louise |
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Does your boyfriend, Alex, get the same reaction? |
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have you had a hair cut or wear it diffently, wear glasses sometimes and not others--a baseball cap or any particular article of clothing that is flowy or big jewelery etc. Try covering your hads and arms so he doenst see them. |
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Sorry meant hands--silly typo gremlins lol |
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CL, You may have to act like this is a new bird in your household. Sit next to him in a chair and read a book or magazine. Keep treats handy when he decides to approach. Try reading poetry or something outloud to him or playing soft music. Take it slow and careful becusae it sounds like something could be making him phobic. Try to think if there is something different about you or your enviroment. There was a case of a bird flipping out because someone put up a painting that frightened him. Nan |
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My Murphy grey flipped out when I put up a pic of HIM. Goofy thing thought it was a monster. He settled down when I took the pic down. They are so strange.  Annie |
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I'm trying to think and I don't notice anything different really.. I did put a big comfy chair in here, but that was months ago and I hadn't noticed a change then. My clothing is usually the same, unless he has a problem with certain colours. I know red sends Lily into a trance, she acts like a bull and goes nuts, lol, but she will attack rather then run away. Alex has been wearing glasses the past few weeks, and yes he does get the same reaction, in fact he was the first to get this reaction when trying to put Sammie into his cage one day....but again, Sammie acted like this before Alex wore his glasses. I'll try to be more aware of anything that may be new or different in the room. Maybe I'll try taking him into another familiar room, he used to crawl down on the floor and follow me around, he doesn't do that anymore, but I'm kind of glad with the cats around. They know better than to go near the birds, but you never know when instinct kicks in. Anyways, thank you for all of your suggestions. I'll keep you updated on his progress!
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| | From:  Indy75 | Sent: 9/12/2006 6:11 PM |
Does all this happen when you and Alex are "together" in the room with him? To Sammie a threesome might be his problem. He just acting out cause the other one is there. Indy |
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No Indy, he does this when it's just myself with him, or just Alex with him...it doesn't make a difference it seems. I did a test today to see if it was just us, and told my mom the situation and to see what happens when she slowly puts her hand in. He was OK...not great, but he didn't freak out. He backed away a little bit, but then proceeded to talk to her and make kissy sounds and play with her fingers with his beak and feet. He wouldn't step up for her, he hesitated a bit with one foot, but that was it. Right after I tried the same thing, he played with my fingers for a second, then skatted off. He will dive bomb to the ground to get away from me  . I've been sitting next to his cage, and hid my hands and arms as suggested, and he came over to me slowly, eyeing me the entire time...he said Hello and gave kisses through the bars. But as soon as he saw a hint of my hand he dashed to the other side. I don't understand what I've done to him!!! He's just suddenly TERRIFIED of hands. I've talked to Alex about it and he doesn't understand it either. I haven't done anything that I can think of. I tried coming up to him having my hands together in front of me quite low, he sat at his food dish staring right at my hands the entire time. He'd look up at me then down at my hands with this look of terror in his eyes. This is so confusing to me and frustrating. I don't know what has changed him so suddenly like this. I can't stick train him at the moment either because he'll dive bomb to the floor afraid of that also...So I don't know how to get him back into his cage when he's out unless he ends up on the ground, then with some coaxing he'll step up and I have to quickly get him back into his cage before he freaks out again. I'll just take it slow with him, and explain to him what I'm doing and that hands won't hurt him, and it's OK! Kendi has been helping already with the "It's OK"s lol. Hopefully he will get over this in time.. *sigh* CL |
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