Pajarita wrote:Well, at her age, she has recently gone through or is still going through her 'puberty' so I think her aggression (yes, I agree with you, Elaol, that this behavior is a mild form of aggression) has to do with hormones and/or frustration so I would re-evaluate your husbandry, if I were you. Is she been kept at a strict solar schedule? A low protein/low fat diet with lots and lots of fresh (dry doesn't count) fruits every single day? Is she having enough out-of-cage and one-on-one time? GCCs, contrary to what most people who acquire them believe, are not easy birds to keep. Their diet needs to be maintained at low protein/fat and high fiber/moisture and they need an INORDINATE amount of personal time spent on them...
She has chop every day, so a lot of fresh vegies, not a lot of fresh fruit. We cannot buy pellets anywhere, so she is on seed diet, unfortunately. But there are a lot of healthy seeds, like hemp, chia, sesame, flax, etc.
She is out 5 or more hours per day. She is usually really affectionate, we cuddle with her a lot (only the head). She chews furniture a lot, she has drilled a hole in one box. She likes to hide there.
The only thing that was out of ordinary is that my mom has given her Spelt seeds without me knowing about it.
We live in a small apartment, so we don't have the luxury of moving her in another room. We put her to bed at 10 PM (please don't judge me here, if we put her at 8PM she continues playing with her toys until we go to bed). We wake up at 9AM so that is when we uncover her cage.
That is about it considering our routine.