Post by Casey on Sept 6, 2012 9:37:25 GMT -8
tsuka attacks us when he is flighted. he dives at our faces and goes for blood. sadly i am not exaggerating here
well he also has a bad history of breaking blood feathers with night frights and with clips. he also becomes overweight with clips...
so i have decided to allow him to be fully flighted, since semi-clips dont adjust the attitude either way.
he recently broke a blood feather really bad. it was the blood feather at the very end of his wing, randomly there, so it had no support as the feathers next to it were clipped. he flapped and it snapped. so to prevent that from happening again, the feather next to it was imped to offer support for the growing feather.
hes got cayenne pepper paste on the blood feather site to help with pain and prevent infection
because i am tired of seeing him deal with blood feathers every molt with the clips, i have decided it is best to allow him flight, though this brings in new concerns.
he gets really bad mood swings, he has been suspected of being a bipolar bird.... on his bad days he gets really nasty. when flighted these are the days he launches himself at your face. no warning he just goes. there is no trigger, no cause he just does it. then some days he chases dally around when hes really nasty too.
for these bad days i am willing to not let him out as long and i am willing to work ways around it, if i can. he gets VERY unmanageable flighted and it worries me, but for what is best for him, i have to let him become flighted. i dont want to lose him to organ failure from obesity and i dont want to lose him from blood loss from countless broken blood feathers.
any suggestions on what i can do when he is flighted?
here's some photos of him recently
well he also has a bad history of breaking blood feathers with night frights and with clips. he also becomes overweight with clips...
so i have decided to allow him to be fully flighted, since semi-clips dont adjust the attitude either way.
he recently broke a blood feather really bad. it was the blood feather at the very end of his wing, randomly there, so it had no support as the feathers next to it were clipped. he flapped and it snapped. so to prevent that from happening again, the feather next to it was imped to offer support for the growing feather.
hes got cayenne pepper paste on the blood feather site to help with pain and prevent infection
because i am tired of seeing him deal with blood feathers every molt with the clips, i have decided it is best to allow him flight, though this brings in new concerns.
he gets really bad mood swings, he has been suspected of being a bipolar bird.... on his bad days he gets really nasty. when flighted these are the days he launches himself at your face. no warning he just goes. there is no trigger, no cause he just does it. then some days he chases dally around when hes really nasty too.
for these bad days i am willing to not let him out as long and i am willing to work ways around it, if i can. he gets VERY unmanageable flighted and it worries me, but for what is best for him, i have to let him become flighted. i dont want to lose him to organ failure from obesity and i dont want to lose him from blood loss from countless broken blood feathers.
any suggestions on what i can do when he is flighted?
here's some photos of him recently
