Okay.. DH and I adopted Peanut from a coworker almost a year ago (approx. 6 mos. old). When Peanut first came home, DH loved on him, would hold him, etc. Peanut then started nipping at dh whenever he tried to touch him, hold him, step him up, feed him... etc. Therefore, DH would jerk away, say ouch, or stop it... put him in his cage..... I tried several times explaining that the reason he continues nipping at him was because he was reacting to it, instead of listening to me and "pushing through it" dh stopped messing with him.
Fast forward to the past couple of weeks....
Peanut is in dire need of a wing clipping. He has gotten fully flighted... and had started flying around the room... past DH's head (He doesn't try to attack... just flies a few feet away from his head), to get him to duck... or scream. Then he will land on the window shade and laugh.
Frankly, I think it's hularious.
DH now calls him a terradactyl, and goes into another room when he's loose and flying.
Wimp.
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While it is funny when its happening, its not teaching him good manners. Does he do it to other people or just DH? He is liable to start doing it to other people as well if you allow it and laugh about it. Your right about the reaction though, he knows it works and that DH is a little scared of him. Not really a good thing, if something should happen to you, like a accident where you were unable to care for him for a few days DH would have to and that could cause major problems. I guess because I have the same problem with my husband's CAG Rocky I understand where DH is coming from. Rocky has started swooping at me lately and is going to get his wings clipped to stop him from doing it.
QUOTE (NCVon @ Oct 28 2008, 04:34 PM) 
While it is funny when its happening, its not teaching him good manners. Does he do it to other people or just DH? He is liable to start doing it to other people as well if you allow it and laugh about it. Your right about the reaction though, he knows it works and that DH is a little scared of him. Not really a good thing, if something should happen to you, like a accident where you were unable to care for him for a few days DH would have to and that could cause major problems. I guess because I have the same problem with my husband's CAG Rocky I understand where DH is coming from. Rocky has started swooping at me lately and is going to get his wings clipped to stop him from doing it.
I do find it hularious, but I don't laugh when it's happening, because I know it does encourage him to do it more.
My dh. is the only one that Peanut flies remotely close to. My grandmother also lives w/ us. He will fly from his cage to the mini blinds, then back to his cage... he just detours to whatever part of the room DH is in if he can see him... within a couple feet of him.
Peanut will be getting his wings clipped this weekend, as he is long due for it.
Why don't you convince your husband to hold up his hand like a falconer would, to let Peanut land on it? This could make Peanut very smug and feeling like a Very Important Bird, and create a new bond between him and your husband.
Clyde flies to us when we're not quick enough about going to get him when he wants, as Hubby says, "a shoulder." It was Hubby who started holding his hand up for Clyde to land on, so it's something the two of them worked out together, and since then Clyde has been MUCH nicer to Hubby and willing to sit on him and play with him almost as much as he does with me. I do that with him, too, though he prefers to land on my head
, but it was Hubby who taught him that trick originally, and let me tell you, when Clyde lands on a hand and smooths his wings down, he is VERY pleased with himself and with whomever he has landed on.
Clyde flies to us when we're not quick enough about going to get him when he wants, as Hubby says, "a shoulder." It was Hubby who started holding his hand up for Clyde to land on, so it's something the two of them worked out together, and since then Clyde has been MUCH nicer to Hubby and willing to sit on him and play with him almost as much as he does with me. I do that with him, too, though he prefers to land on my head
, but it was Hubby who taught him that trick originally, and let me tell you, when Clyde lands on a hand and smooths his wings down, he is VERY pleased with himself and with whomever he has landed on. QUOTE (Siobhan @ Oct 28 2008, 05:44 PM)
Why don't you convince your husband to hold up his hand like a falconer would, to let Peanut land on it? This could make Peanut very smug and feeling like a Very Important Bird, and create a new bond between him and your husband.
Clyde flies to us when we're not quick enough about going to get him when he wants, as Hubby says, "a shoulder." It was Hubby who started holding his hand up for Clyde to land on, so it's something the two of them worked out together, and since then Clyde has been MUCH nicer to Hubby and willing to sit on him and play with him almost as much as he does with me. I do that with him, too, though he prefers to land on my head , but it was Hubby who taught him that trick originally, and let me tell you, when Clyde lands on a hand and smooths his wings down, he is VERY pleased with himself and with whomever he has landed on.
Clyde flies to us when we're not quick enough about going to get him when he wants, as Hubby says, "a shoulder." It was Hubby who started holding his hand up for Clyde to land on, so it's something the two of them worked out together, and since then Clyde has been MUCH nicer to Hubby and willing to sit on him and play with him almost as much as he does with me. I do that with him, too, though he prefers to land on my head
, but it was Hubby who taught him that trick originally, and let me tell you, when Clyde lands on a hand and smooths his wings down, he is VERY pleased with himself and with whomever he has landed on.Miss Jacquee is so funny when she flys, she hovers like a helicopter until I hold my hand up for her to land on. LOL My daughter had tears in her eyes laughing when she saw her do it the other day. She doesn't like to fly, she only goes up when she is startled and then hovers waiting for my hand to go up. LOL
On a more seriuos note. You need to bring your DH back into the mix. He really shouldn't be left out. If he is it will only lead to over bonding, which isn't healthy for anyone. I'm set in my ways and none of my birds are ever allowed to only interact with just one person. If they don't warm up to someone, then that's fine and I don't force them, however I do insist on birds understanding their pecking order in the household.
Birds are kind of like cars. You can buy it and leave it as is or invest time and money into it and make it something to be truly proud of, but what's the point of having a nice car if others don't get to enjoy it too.
I understand that you DH isn't interested in developing a good relationship with peanut, but I know he'll enjoy peanut much more if they do interact together more often.
Birds are kind of like cars. You can buy it and leave it as is or invest time and money into it and make it something to be truly proud of, but what's the point of having a nice car if others don't get to enjoy it too.
I understand that you DH isn't interested in developing a good relationship with peanut, but I know he'll enjoy peanut much more if they do interact together more often.
QUOTE (am0z @ Oct 28 2008, 05:56 PM)
On a more seriuos note. You need to bring your DH back into the mix. He really shouldn't be left out. If he is it will only lead to over bonding, which isn't healthy for anyone. I'm set in my ways and none of my birds are ever allowed to only interact with just one person. If they don't warm up to someone, then that's fine and I don't force them, however I do insist on birds understanding their pecking order in the household.
Birds are kind of like cars. You can buy it and leave it as is or invest time and money into it and make it something to be truly proud of, but what's the point of having a nice car if others don't get to enjoy it too.
I understand that you DH isn't interested in developing a good relationship with peanut, but I know he'll enjoy peanut much more if they do interact together more often.
Birds are kind of like cars. You can buy it and leave it as is or invest time and money into it and make it something to be truly proud of, but what's the point of having a nice car if others don't get to enjoy it too.
I understand that you DH isn't interested in developing a good relationship with peanut, but I know he'll enjoy peanut much more if they do interact together more often.
I have tried to get DH to interract w/ him since he started biting him (several months ago) and he won't.
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