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| 424.1 | ONCE BITTEN - PARROT AFFECTION | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | | Mon Oct 01 1990 15:15 | 22 |
| Your problem is that your Grey is attached to you and does not want
to share you with anyone. In the wild, a bird such as a grey or an
amazon is very protective of its mate (especially a male). If another
bird come along, the protective one will bite or physically abuse its
mate to "Keep it in line" sort of like the cave man. Your bird does
the same thing with you. It is bonded to you therefore it will resent
you showing affection to someone else.
My (I should say my Husband's) Yellow Nape Amazon is the same way. If
I should go near my husband when Jocko is on his shoulder or near him,
He will bite my husband on the ears or literally attack him. Otherwise
he is lovable (as lovable as an amazon can be) with him and will let
my husband rub his belly and play with him. My husband is Jocko's very
favorite person in the world. But, when I am near him you wouldn't
know it. Jocko will also attack him if he has our moluccan cocatoo
on his shoulder and should wander within reach of him.
So what you are experiencing is just common parrot jelousy. His heart
belongs to you.
Best of luck,
Denise
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| 424.2 | | 20986::LAJEUNESSE | | Mon Oct 01 1990 15:28 | 9 |
| Denise,
I would tend to agree with that but what about the bird showing my
friend the attention? She loves her and will only go to her when we
are both in the room.
Its strange.
Mark
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| 424.3 | FOR THE LOVE OF ANOTHER WOMAN | BRAT::BOURGAULT | | Tue Oct 02 1990 15:07 | 19 |
| Your bird considers it ok for her to befriend your friend. However you
must understand that although it is ok for her to show attention to
your friend, it is not ok for you. She feels that you are her mate -
therefore you abide by her rules, even though they are one sided.
It is a bit out of the ordinary for a bird that is bonded to one sex to
like someone of the opposite sex, however birds can be fickle. My
Moluccan Cockatoo loves me and for over a year would only come on me.
However since she has finally gotten over her fear of men, and my
husband gives her attention and rubs her head too, she now deserts me
whenever he is around and hops onto his shoulder. I think some people
tend to attract them for no apparent reason....similar to people.
What makes some people attracted to someone else when they are married
for instance??
One of the mysteries of life I guess. Perhaps other noters may have
some ideas.
Denise
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| 424.4 | | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Karen | Wed Oct 03 1990 13:03 | 17 |
| Mark,
Nice to see you in notes! I can't say any more other than this is
really expected and predictable. Welcome to African Grey ownership.
My Grey is a nice guy to my hubby when I'm not around. If I'm
around he will be nice to NO ONE except me.
My husband and I where cleaning our family room and my husband went
to move and then vacuum around my Grey's cage. As he stuck his
hand on the cage to move it, my Grey took a BIG chunk out of his
finger. I couldn't believe it, but.... this is Grey ownership.
The thing to remember is that these are VERY intellegent birds.
They really think things through and this is what produces this
behavior not to mention their normal instinctive bonding.
Karen
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| 424.5 | BIRDS ARE NUTS | BOSOX::ANGELICAS | | Wed Oct 03 1990 13:52 | 14 |
| MARK,
A FRIEND OF MINE HAS AN AMAZON WITH A SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT
PROBLEM, ANY STRANGER CAN WALK UP TO THIS BIRDS CAGE AND START
TO TALKING TO HER AND SHE'LL COME OVER AND START TALKING BACK
AND WILL BE VERY AFFECTONATE TWARDS THAT PERSON. THE PROBLEM IS
THAT THIS BIRD WILL ONLY LOVE ONE PERSON AT A TIME REGARDLESS
OF WHO IT IS. ON THE OTHER HAND MY AMAZON CAN LOVE SEVERAL PEOPLE
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. HE'S JUST CURIOUS ABOUT STRANGERS. HE DOES
GET MAD WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME OR WHEN I HAVE
VISITORS AND I'M TALKING TO THEM AND NOT HIM. HE WILL START SAYING
FOUR LETTER WORDS. THIS SHOWS YOU HOW DIFFERENT EVERY BIRD IS FROM
EACH OTHER..ALSO MY FRIENDS BIRD WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
CHILDEREN WHILE MINE LOVES KIDS..THEY'RE ALL NUTS!!!!
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| 424.6 | You have a MALE Grey !!!! | EICMFG::BURKE | Jim Burke, @UFC | Fri Oct 05 1990 05:43 | 16 |
| Mark,
I'm willing to bet that you have a MALE Grey. Refer to
another note I've written on this somewhere else in the conference.
We have a male & a female (who don't get on too well with each other).
As Karen says, these birds are very intelligent. I believe also that
they are more subject than others to sex differentiation/discrimination.
The male bird prefers female humans, & v/v - this is *very* marked.
When I'm away for more than a week, our female gets very friendly with
my wife. Otherwise (ie. when I'm home), it's active *hatred* !!
It's a special case with our male Grey's attitude towards me - he
simply hates my guts permanently. Quite funny actually, the way he
displays this dislike of me.
Any use ?
Jim Burke
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