) has been going through his hormonal stage lately and will occasionally simply just get irritable and nippy. However, occasionally he gets out of hand. The most prominent example is that he used to be fine with new people. Recently, when new people come into the house, he fluffs out his feathers, takes an aggressive stance and hisses at them. If he's on my shoulder while he's doing this he will just bite REALLY HARD at random times and will lean towards the unfamiliar person as though he wants to attack them.Usually when this happens, I just take him to another room and he calms down and goes back to being a nice bird. At one point, I put him in his travel cage and put him in a high place where he could watch the new lady who takes care of my grandparents and her two-year old. After that day, he has acted normal around them (even better when the 2-year old isn't there). He's even stepped up on the woman's finger. At first, my dad berated me and said that my bird was too tired and irritated and took him upstairs. When he did it the next day after waking up, I realized it was more than that. Also, he reacts this way regardless of the new person's gender.
I asked my vet about it yesterday and she said it was most likely a hormonal behavior and he was being territorial. I know I can't necessarily prevent him from acting this way when he's like that so I want to make sure I'm handling the situation correctly and not making anything worse. Also, has anyone else had experience with this?
