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| Ned Hart |
I gave my U2 to my sister a few years ago because of severe breathing
problems. I visit the bird once a week. She is always happy to be held
and makes little clucking sounds. Of course, she never wants to go
back into the cage. Yesterday she did everything she could to keep
from being put in. On the first attempt she latched onto the door on
her way in and I could not pull her off. So she climbed to the top of
the cage and stayed there. I tried to lure back onto the floor so I
could scoop her up, and she did climb down to the floor but she
suspected something was wrong and quickly waddled back to the cage. I
finally shut the lights off and turned on a light in a seperate room
and called her. She didn't like the dark and she came to me, and this
time I got her into the cage. The really scary part for me, because I
have never seen this behavior, happened once she was inside the cage.
She began lunging into the bars with her beak, causing a knocking
sound, and with her beak protruding from between the bars she made
biting motions as if she wanted revenge. Has anyone ever experienced
this? She looked really angry and it just seemed like more of a human
behavior than bird behavior.
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| Louis Boyd |
Ned Hart wrote:
> I gave my U2 to my sister a few years ago because of severe breathing
> problems. I visit the bird once a week. She is always happy to be held
> and makes little clucking sounds. Of course, she never wants to go
> back into the cage. Yesterday she did everything she could to keep
> from being put in. On the first attempt she latched onto the door on
> her way in and I could not pull her off. So she climbed to the top of
> the cage and stayed there. I tried to lure back onto the floor so I
> could scoop her up, and she did climb down to the floor but she
> suspected something was wrong and quickly waddled back to the cage. I
> finally shut the lights off and turned on a light in a seperate room
> and called her. She didn't like the dark and she came to me, and this
> time I got her into the cage. The really scary part for me, because I
> have never seen this behavior, happened once she was inside the cage.
> She began lunging into the bars with her beak, causing a knocking
> sound, and with her beak protruding from between the bars she made
> biting motions as if she wanted revenge. Has anyone ever experienced
> this? She looked really angry and it just seemed like more of a human
> behavior than bird behavior.
Often bird behavior is a lot like human behavior. They certainly
experience fear, anger, cloistraphobia, jealousy, attachment, and
separation. What birds aren't very good at is understanding or
accepting why the conditions humans impose on them take place. In that
respect they're more like a two year old child. Explaining it in human
language doesn't work.
It's obvious your bird is bonded to you and is not happy with your
sister who is not (whether the fault of the bird or your sister) giving
the bird the attention and companionship the bird had with you and still
wants. My U2 can't stand being caged either, and never is unless he's
being transported.
Birds, particularly the powder down types like too's or cag's can
aggravate breathing problems, but have you investigated an electrostatic
air cleaner for your home? I'm not talking about the ionizers which
intentionally create ozone, rather the large ones with a fan and a
charged grid which attracts and remove particles from the air. They
require being washed every couple of weeks but it's amazing what they
pull out of the air which you'd otherwise breathe. My wife has asthma
and we still have eight birds including a CAG and a U2.
An example at: http://www.allergybuyersclubshoppin...iedelaircl.html
(Not necessarily the best price)
and a comparison at:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/feature...r_cleaners.html
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| Buck |
Not surprised at all!
U2's are so intelligent birds that their behaviour sometimes really
resembles human's.
So, Ned, be careful next time. Who knows! What about if the bird proves to
be vindictive?
"Ned Hart" <nedhart@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4a251bdf.0408210639.502daee0@posting.google.com...
> I gave my U2 to my sister a few years ago because of severe breathing
> problems. I visit the bird once a week. She is always happy to be held
> and makes little clucking sounds. Of course, she never wants to go
> back into the cage. Yesterday she did everything she could to keep
> from being put in. On the first attempt she latched onto the door on
> her way in and I could not pull her off. So she climbed to the top of
> the cage and stayed there. I tried to lure back onto the floor so I
> could scoop her up, and she did climb down to the floor but she
> suspected something was wrong and quickly waddled back to the cage. I
> finally shut the lights off and turned on a light in a seperate room
> and called her. She didn't like the dark and she came to me, and this
> time I got her into the cage. The really scary part for me, because I
> have never seen this behavior, happened once she was inside the cage.
> She began lunging into the bars with her beak, causing a knocking
> sound, and with her beak protruding from between the bars she made
> biting motions as if she wanted revenge. Has anyone ever experienced
> this? She looked really angry and it just seemed like more of a human
> behavior than bird behavior.
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| Louis Boyd |
You know your U2 is vindictive when you discover you're bleeding
profusely. Up to that point your bird is just letting you know it's not
pleased with your behavior.
Buck wrote:
> Not surprised at all!
> U2's are so intelligent birds that their behaviour sometimes really
> resembles human's.
> So, Ned, be careful next time. Who knows! What about if the bird proves to
> be vindictive?
> "Ned Hart" <nedhart@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4a251bdf.0408210639.502daee0@posting.google.com...
>
>>I gave my U2 to my sister a few years ago because of severe breathing
>>problems. I visit the bird once a week. She is always happy to be held
>>and makes little clucking sounds. Of course, she never wants to go
>>back into the cage. Yesterday she did everything she could to keep
>>from being put in. On the first attempt she latched onto the door on
>>her way in and I could not pull her off. So she climbed to the top of
>>the cage and stayed there. I tried to lure back onto the floor so I
>>could scoop her up, and she did climb down to the floor but she
>>suspected something was wrong and quickly waddled back to the cage. I
>>finally shut the lights off and turned on a light in a seperate room
>>and called her. She didn't like the dark and she came to me, and this
>>time I got her into the cage. The really scary part for me, because I
>>have never seen this behavior, happened once she was inside the cage.
>>She began lunging into the bars with her beak, causing a knocking
>>sound, and with her beak protruding from between the bars she made
>>biting motions as if she wanted revenge. Has anyone ever experienced
>>this? She looked really angry and it just seemed like more of a human
>>behavior than bird behavior.
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| Ned Hart |
I was afraid of that. She does bite enough to leave beak impressions
on my finger, but I always sense she knows her strength and is careful
not to break a bone. Thanks for the information on the air filter, I
hope to be moving into a house in another year so I would probably try
bringing her with me then. I found the following link on biting.
http://www3.upatsix.com/liz/articles/biting.html
Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message news:<cg882a$m6b$1@oasis.ccit.arizona.edu>...
> You know your U2 is vindictive when you discover you're bleeding
> profusely. Up to that point your bird is just letting you know it's not
> pleased with your behavior.
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> Buck wrote:
> > Not surprised at all!
> > U2's are so intelligent birds that their behaviour sometimes really
> > resembles human's.
> > So, Ned, be careful next time. Who knows! What about if the bird proves to
> > be vindictive?
> > "Ned Hart" <nedhart@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4a251bdf.0408210639.502daee0@posting.google.com...
> >
> >>I gave my U2 to my sister a few years ago because of severe breathing
> >>problems. I visit the bird once a week. She is always happy to be held
> >>and makes little clucking sounds. Of course, she never wants to go
> >>back into the cage. Yesterday she did everything she could to keep
> >>from being put in. On the first attempt she latched onto the door on
> >>her way in and I could not pull her off. So she climbed to the top of
> >>the cage and stayed there. I tried to lure back onto the floor so I
> >>could scoop her up, and she did climb down to the floor but she
> >>suspected something was wrong and quickly waddled back to the cage. I
> >>finally shut the lights off and turned on a light in a seperate room
> >>and called her. She didn't like the dark and she came to me, and this
> >>time I got her into the cage. The really scary part for me, because I
> >>have never seen this behavior, happened once she was inside the cage.
> >>She began lunging into the bars with her beak, causing a knocking
> >>sound, and with her beak protruding from between the bars she made
> >>biting motions as if she wanted revenge. Has anyone ever experienced
> >>this? She looked really angry and it just seemed like more of a human
> >>behavior than bird behavior.
> >
> >
> >
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