by Pajarita » Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:58 am
Well, he might have woken up and finding himself in a strange place for a second time in a short period of time, it could have been a bit too much for him. There have been so many changes for him and, usually, although they do like the changes, they will, sometimes, miss the bad conditions as they are what they are used to and don't know it's for their own good, the poor things...
Keep her away from him at all costs! I never allow any previous owner to visit for, at least, an entire year (and most of them lose interest by then so I hardly ever get a request after this period). It is too confusing for the bird and all it brings them is heartbreak.
I would not argue too much with her, just do your thing and tell her only if she asks. I am sure she is in denial but, then, most parrot owners are in terms of the care they give their birds. Some more than others.. I knew a lady who had a self-mutilating caique. She had raised the bird from a baby so there was no way this problem was caused by anything else than what she did or did not do but she insisted that her husbandry was perfect (her favorite expression when anybody gave her advice was to answer with a curt: "Been there, done that") and that the bird was psychotic -as if the bird had a chemical imbalance in the brain (her avian vet did not help matters by medicating the bird with anti-anxiety medicines and tranquilizers). She was in such denial that she chose to put the bird down instead of rehoming it "because the bird loved her so much that she would suffer terribly if she was rehomed". And she decided this right after she bought another caique baby!