Tango's_Mom
08-23-2006, 09:29 PM
Hi everyone,
I have a few questions, as most of them are behaviour related I figured I'd post them here, some of them are off topic, but it's easier to post them all in one place.
1) I've been having some trouble with Tango and his carrier, when I first got him I could offer him a bowl of nutriberries, which he would step onto and I could put him in the carrier on the bowl and close the door, we do this once a week when it's time to break down his cage and clean it, but the last couple times he's ben harder to get into it and last time I had to towel him to get him in, everytime before this he's always had nutriberries (his favorite treat) when he's been in there, but he just doesn't like it inside the carrier, I need to know how to get him to like it, or at least accept it.
The other thing is that a week from tomorrow, I will be heading back to school, and taking Tango with me, he would be in the carrier for about 45 minutes, and I don't want to put any dishes in the carrier with him, (have a tendency to become projectiles pretty easily) and given his recent reactions to the carrier, I don' t think I'd be able to offer him and food or water for the trip, without risking an escape from the carrier, will he be ok for this amount of time without food or water.
2) Lately Tango has been very territorial with "his" happy hut, so I started taking it away during the day, and replacing it with his swing (which he loves), since I started doing that he's gotten worse, he is very aggressive when I switch between the hut and swing, and he is now aggressive in his cage, tries to bite even when I reach into the cage to clean the poop of the perches or put his bath and take it out, he's 8-9 months old, and in the middle of a LOOONNNGGGG molt, is he just hormonal? or is there something I should be doing differently ?
3) Off topice but a lady I work with, whose owned lovebirds, and whose mother used to breed them, mentioned a special molting food, to help fulfill the extra biological needs during a molt, has anyone heard of or used this? is it recommended? are there particular brands you might recommend if you use them?
On a slightly more entertaining note, the other day Tango made a less than graceful exit from his swing, turned, screamed at it and then beat the crap out of it, I guess it was the swings fault after all He's also found a temporary escape hatch on his cage, when I take the food and water dishes out to change them there is a gap where they go that is just big enough for him to fit through, he discovered this the other day, I came back into the room while getting his food ready, and he was happily perched on top of his cage, so I have now learned to cover those sides of the cage when I'm changing his food and water.
I have a few questions, as most of them are behaviour related I figured I'd post them here, some of them are off topic, but it's easier to post them all in one place.
1) I've been having some trouble with Tango and his carrier, when I first got him I could offer him a bowl of nutriberries, which he would step onto and I could put him in the carrier on the bowl and close the door, we do this once a week when it's time to break down his cage and clean it, but the last couple times he's ben harder to get into it and last time I had to towel him to get him in, everytime before this he's always had nutriberries (his favorite treat) when he's been in there, but he just doesn't like it inside the carrier, I need to know how to get him to like it, or at least accept it.
The other thing is that a week from tomorrow, I will be heading back to school, and taking Tango with me, he would be in the carrier for about 45 minutes, and I don't want to put any dishes in the carrier with him, (have a tendency to become projectiles pretty easily) and given his recent reactions to the carrier, I don' t think I'd be able to offer him and food or water for the trip, without risking an escape from the carrier, will he be ok for this amount of time without food or water.
2) Lately Tango has been very territorial with "his" happy hut, so I started taking it away during the day, and replacing it with his swing (which he loves), since I started doing that he's gotten worse, he is very aggressive when I switch between the hut and swing, and he is now aggressive in his cage, tries to bite even when I reach into the cage to clean the poop of the perches or put his bath and take it out, he's 8-9 months old, and in the middle of a LOOONNNGGGG molt, is he just hormonal? or is there something I should be doing differently ?
3) Off topice but a lady I work with, whose owned lovebirds, and whose mother used to breed them, mentioned a special molting food, to help fulfill the extra biological needs during a molt, has anyone heard of or used this? is it recommended? are there particular brands you might recommend if you use them?
On a slightly more entertaining note, the other day Tango made a less than graceful exit from his swing, turned, screamed at it and then beat the crap out of it, I guess it was the swings fault after all He's also found a temporary escape hatch on his cage, when I take the food and water dishes out to change them there is a gap where they go that is just big enough for him to fit through, he discovered this the other day, I came back into the room while getting his food ready, and he was happily perched on top of his cage, so I have now learned to cover those sides of the cage when I'm changing his food and water.