Thanks Alpha, and MissK.
MissK - to answer your queries;
When you say face time, do you mean literally does he see me enough? Or out of the cage time etc? I work my clients breakfasts from 8am til around 1030/11 when I pop home to let him out, I am there til I have to do lunches at 12, I leave him out (whether thats a good or bad thing in others opinions..but I always make sure its as safe as can be, if I thought he'd be in danger I would not leave him out) I am back by about 2pm. He is out of the cage til around 4pm I would say, weekends he is out as long as poss.
I am feeding him by hand, treats like fruit, veg etc. Sometimes he takes it nicely, sometimes he will lunge and snatch but you never can really tell how he will take it so I go to him slowly most times, and hold it slightly out of his reach so he has to stretch to get it.
I talk to him all the time, of course he may not know what I'm going on about! I repeat phrases that I would personally love him to say, whistle and sing. I go about my business in the usual way, but whenever I approach him its always slowly and gently, and tell others too as well.
I don't think I loom over him no, mostly he is above me on his playstand anyway! I do look at him alot as he's my beautiful boy! But I don't particularly stare as I know that frightens them. I do stand when I've uncovered him in the mornings (not first thing, when he's heard us move around the house awhile) and say Good morning Doodlebug, how are you today? But I'm not there overly long as I have to get myself and my son ready for school. I bring him a little something to eat about 15 mins later to let him wake up a bit.
Nobody is at home when I'm not there, my son is at school and partner at work.
His cage is in an alcove and the window is to the right covered by nets and curtains so he can't see much at all through that. He sees even less now he's in the dining room for Christmas. Traffic noises are at a minimum so I can't think it's that.
Nobody is handling him, I won't force myself on him and everyone else is wary of him so they wouldn't go near him, even when he flies around them they duck and flinch, the wusses!
Sleep time (when he gets covered) is from 9pm til around 7am, evening times the lights are always down low as i like the ambience
I have three feed bowls, one has a seed mix, one has a very small amount of things like pine nuts/pumpkin seeds/dried fruit/oats, and the other is the fresh fruit/veg pot. Oh and of course he has a water bowl.
No spontaneous loud noises.
Am unsure how to answer the question about the hormones thing, the only thing I can think of is he will do the boy heart shaped wing thing at the top of his spiral perch sometimes, it has a wooden red bead with a tassle, which he could mistake it for a head I suppose, he will love it up one minute and attack it the next. He will do this to any mirror he sees too, I have took one out of his cage.
I appreciate your asking these in depth questions, any suggestions are great
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I think its fear too, and need to bring it back down to basics when all these Christmas changes have gone back to normal to see how I can help him.
As requested, Alpha, he is on my lap enjoying the paper together.
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