Parrot has mad spells!

"Fishman" <nospam.RemoveThis@butfish.com> wrote in message
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> My OWA seems to have breif spells of madness!
>
> He / she (I don't know which) suddenly seems to get very aggressive with
his
> surroundings.
> His eyes go very orange, he sort of shakes his head and bites the perches
> and bars of his cage.
> After a minute or less of this behaviour he returns to normal.
>
> Anyone met this before, is it normal, does he have a problem?
>
> Any help / suggestions appreciated.
>
>
Perfectly normal hormonal male behaviour.

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"Just Molly" <oldmollyREMOVETHIS.RemoveThis@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "Fishman" <nospam.RemoveThis@butfish.com> wrote in message
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> > My OWA seems to have breif spells of madness!
> >
> > He / she (I don't know which) suddenly seems to get very aggressive with
> his
> > surroundings.
> > His eyes go very orange, he sort of shakes his head and bites the
perches
> > and bars of his cage.
> > After a minute or less of this behaviour he returns to normal.
> >
> > Anyone met this before, is it normal, does he have a problem?
> >
> > Any help / suggestions appreciated.
> >
> >
> Perfectly normal hormonal male behaviour.
>
> --
> 'Guide to companion parrot behaviour'
> 'My parrot my friend'
> 'Guide to a well behaved parrot'
> 'Birds for dummies'
>
>

Thats a releif - are you saying my OWA is probably a male?
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"Fishman" <nospam.DeleteThis@butfish.com> wrote in message
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> "Just Molly" <oldmollyREMOVETHIS.DeleteThis@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> > "Fishman" <nospam.DeleteThis@butfish.com> wrote in message
> > news:XZ4yc.213$hm1.91@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
> > > My OWA seems to have breif spells of madness!
> > >
> > > He / she (I don't know which) suddenly seems to get very aggressive
with
> > his
> > > surroundings.
> > > His eyes go very orange, he sort of shakes his head and bites the
> perches
> > > and bars of his cage.
> > > After a minute or less of this behaviour he returns to normal.
> > >
> > > Anyone met this before, is it normal, does he have a problem?
> > >
> > > Any help / suggestions appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > Perfectly normal hormonal male behaviour.
> >
> > --
> > 'Guide to companion parrot behaviour'
> > 'My parrot my friend'
> > 'Guide to a well behaved parrot'
> > 'Birds for dummies'
> >
> >
>
> Thats a releif - are you saying my OWA is probably a male?
>
>
Yup. Does he stomp up and down on his perch, eyes pinning etc? If so he is
in full hormonal display. He is saying to a potential mate "look how fierce
and brave I am, I can protect you when you are on the nest, *nothing* will
get past me to hurt you".
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"Wingnut" <throwthebook.DeleteThis@rottenspammers.com> wrote in message
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> My Amazon also has little bouts like you describe. I just figure she's
> letting off a little aggression. They ARE descended from dinosaurs, you
> know! 8^)
>
>

What a moron.
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"Just Molly" <oldmollyREMOVETHIS RemoveThis @tesco.net> wrote in message
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Perfectly normal hormonal male behaviour.

you're talking about parrots, right?
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