Freaking out bird...

[KiwiMango]

Has anyone else experienced this issues:
First of all I live with my bf and his two guy friends, all of who love Mango (5 month peachface male) and will pay attention to him when they have time. Last night my bf, Mango and I were all sitting on the couch together playing with toys and watching tv. One of our other roommates joins us in the room and sits down on a separate couch to watch too. All of a sudden Mango doesn't seem to like this and goes nuts. He wouldn't stop chirping, and constantly ran back and worth from me to my bf. He would then run to my shoulder and look at me as if trying to tell me something. He seems alarmed but still doesn't run off to his cage like he would if something scared him, but he never does this when we have company and is very social. I tried to calm him down but he was still set on his alarm chirping. It finally passed and I decided it was time to move him to another room for the night to sleep.

Then again this morning when he was getting ready with me in the morning as usual, our other roommate comes up to leave for work. All this a daily routine for the past 3 months and he's never had an issue. Once again, Mango goes nuts with his chirping and being alarmed over something. The roommate comes over to say hi and tries to pet him and Mango bites him really hard as if being protective. As anyone else experieced this? Mango never bites me but sometimes bites by bf but never hard and only when playing. I just don't get it, it's so hard sometimes when I know he is trying to tell me something and looks so concerned. I do know that our roommates are super nice and have never hurt him. What's the deal?

I've also gotten temper tantrums in the morning before I leave for work. My poor baby:confused:

[Janie]

Sarah, to be perfectly honest, I have no idea what sparked this behavior. You are sure (I'm sure you are) that no one has pestered Mango, right? This could just be a new puberty phase. I know that my two that are now just over a year old did make several behavior changes in the last 10 months. Some were brief and some still remain. Maybe someone else can shed a little light on this unusual behavior. :confused:

[BarbieH]

Hi Sarah;

Sounds like Mango is getting hormonal. Like Janie said, he's growing up. For a lovebird, part of that means selecting a mate, and you might be it for Mango. At least, it seems as if he has become very territorial about you.

Some other things to consider: Was the other guy wearing an unusual color last night and this morning? That can sometimes cause a bird to get all defensive; something to do with the colors of their natural predators. Some lovebirds (though not mine) really dislike red. I have one bird who absolutely *hates* Tigger on a shirt, and she will attack it whenever she sees it! :lol

Like Janie, the first thing that popped into my mind, was whether or not this other guy ever teased Mango -- not necessarily aggressive teasing, maybe something done in play, but whatever it was, Mango didn't like it! You might want to kind of gently feel this out.

Best wishes, :)

[Janie]

Barb, :D You said all of that better than I did! I read your reply and understood my reply better! :lol

[KiwiMango]

Thanks everyone. Yeah I have a feeling he just gets a little mad when I'm the only one who will actually let him out to play while everyone else just ignores him for the most part. He seems fine with them today...he just didn't like listening to them talk:rofl:
I noticed the color issues right away a few months ago, he does hate red and anything neon. Hope it's just him growing up and being the dominant male:p

[butterfly1061]

Sarah,

I have 4 lovies and they are very social and very tame. My brother (who owns a B&G Macaw) comes over just about every weekend and always goes into the birdroom to say hello. All my birds come out to him except for Piper my pied. Piper will go into his cozy and sit in the very back hiding and not come out. He sometimes makes warning calls and I have to close the door to the room and talk sweetly to him to get him to come out. He's the only lovie I have that does this with people. I don't know why. :2cents: