My Mistake

[Mandolin]

Oh my goodness... i made a mistake today. After a very long sleepless night i was trying to take an afternoon nap and Kameko was not about to let that happen. She has a jingley cat ball on the bottom of her cage that she will throw around and play with. But that usually only lasts 5 or 10 minutes at a time.... try 45 minutes of constant banging, jingling, and scraping against the bars of her cage... and I made the mistake of taking it away for half an hour of peace. I put my hand in her cage and the second i picked up her ball i was mauled my a full on birdie attack :eek: . So apparently i am not allowed to touch any of her toys while she is in her cage because when i took her out a little later, i accidently touched the bell on the end of one of her other toys and she bit me very hard again (at least this time it wasn't a running attack). Is this just normal nesty behaviour or is Kameko just very territorial?

[butterfly1061]

My Molly (a male) does this. I can put my hand in his cage and do just about anything, but if I try and move one of HIS toys - watch out :eek: ! Now, his night-night cage is a different story. I don't even put my hand in that one. I usually change the toys in all my birds cages while they are out. I usually put them in their night time cage when I do this. They all have one except for Piper. I learned my lesson and now I play it safe. >o

[Z28Taxman]

Ditto used to be like that. But once it became just the 2 of us in the house he decided it was ok for me to touch his stuff. Now he doesn't mind, unless I touch his veggies. Then I'm fair game. :eek:

[bellarains]

Mandy,

Some things are fair game, and some things are definitely off limits. Bela doesn't like for me to remove any of his toys, but food dishes are alright. Lacey is alright with anything except her cozy. I guess it's just a matter of learning what they consider off limits and learning to work around them:rolleyes:

[Mandolin]

Well i definately learned her limits the painful way. She has always been very very protective of her cage. You can't touch anything on the outside or she goes into full attack mode. But i think the stuff on the bottom of her cage is very special because she is pretty nesty and those are part of her nesty corner, so i can't mess with any of it. Well... live and learn.

[BarbieH]

Yup, it was a learning experience, and one that will stick with you. Lessons that involve biting generally do. ;)

BTW, congrats on the successful brainwashing by your lovebird. :lol When some people first come here, they say things like, "How can I stop my bird from biting me?" Later on they say things like, "I got bit, and it was entirely my fault!" There is a huge difference, especially when it comes to not getting bit. It's nearly impossible to stop a lovie from doing anything it wants to do; it's much, much easier to prevent something from happening to yourself. :D

[Angelwing]

One of my budgies usually obsesses over toys that we give him. He's quite old now, and becoming somewhat grumpy in his old age, and sometimes he'll still try to bite me if I touch one of his toys, or even remove his water/food dish for cleaning, but his bite is weakening. :( I think he's resentful because when I was younger, I had a LOT more time to spend with him, and he viewed me as his 'mate'. But he still enjoys the time I have to spend with him every night, even if he dishes out a nip or two.

[Janie]

Mandy, so far, none of my three have gotten after me for messin' with their stuff but reading this is a good lesson for me. I've learned enough to know to always expect the unexpected when it comes to lovies! :D Big Boi and Shy are young and every day is something new (behavior, I mean) with them so I'll keep that in mind when I mess with their toys! :D