-> bite your niece, he decided to make YOU get away from HER. This is th
-> first signs of a real dominance attempt. Don't let him get away with
Oh, no problem there...he doesn't get away with much around here. I
definately am in control. When I get really stern with him for something
serious as trying to bite, he takes what looks like to me a submissive
posture. As soon as I am stern and reprimand him, he immediately bows
his head and grabs his chin and doesn't move. Whether it is a submissive
posture or a simple "I'm sorry", there is no denying that I am in
control. And btw, his aggressiveness that I was explaining is not as bad
today as it was a couple of weeks ago. He is very excitable when he is
first let out of his cage...so he gets alone time on his perch at this
time with me not even making eye contact with him. He tries to destroy
everything hanging on his perch, but calms down in about 5 or 10 min. If
he doesn't calm down within that time period, I will immediately let him
take his bath at this point, rather than later on. This always calms him
down. This excitability is new (last two weeks) he has never acted like
this before. I am attributing it to this "sexual madness".....
One of the other questions that I had is this...I take Phoenix out in my
backyard with me. (in his cage) Naturally he is given fruits and treats
etc. during the time we are out. I've noticed on more than one
occassion Phoenix doing battle with a yellow-jacket. A couple of times
he almost caught one by biting at it as it flew by him. What would
happen if he caught one in his mouth or if one stung him? (other than
say "ouch"...I figured I'd throw that in before I received some wise-guy
answers ) I've never heard anyone talking about this or read
anything about insect bites and how it affects them. I hope you don't
think I'm off the wall...I was just wondering if its something that I
should be concerned about.
Linda O'
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KJ>Burst blood vessel? What caused that, do they know?
Genetic, I suppose. Sometimes a part of the vessel balloons out and when the 
pressure gets high enough or the vessel wall weak enough, it blows. He took 
the baby up for a neocropsy the next day. I, of course, was worried sick 
that whatever killed the baby might be contagious. If it had to happen, I'm 
glad it wasn't disease.
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