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Post by achillita on Sept 4, 2015 0:40:07 GMT -5
Hello! So I have a question that's perplexed me. My quaker is pretty aggressive in my room. She'll have sweet moments, but usually will bite anything and everything that comes close. This isn't just in her cage, my whole room.
But whenever I take her out of the room, she becomes sweet and affectionate. Only ever nipping at me, not biting. She'll even fly to my finger if I try and leave the room. Let's be scratch her and pet her and whatever. She's even nice to strangers(she was a sweetheart to the vet when I took her). Is it just because of her being territorial? One other thing she does is she'll "talk" to me when I'm in my room, but just wants to bite me, and even has chased me...
Any ideas why this is? And also how I could stop it?
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Post by biteybird on Sept 4, 2015 1:54:52 GMT -5
Perhaps she views your whole room as hers, not just the cage. I'm just guessing. Other members will know more than me.
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Post by easttex on Sept 4, 2015 4:53:43 GMT -5
It sounds like she is feeling protective of something. When did it start? Does she seem overly bonded with anything in her cage?
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Post by achillita on Sept 5, 2015 12:09:06 GMT -5
She has a toy she really likes, although I don't know if that'd classify as being over bonded. She started doing this a few months after I got her, and I've had her for a few years and just kinda put up with it. But I started taking her with me around the house when I got ready and she became so much sweeter.
Like in my room, she'll b enice one second and then just chase an bare flesh and bite on hard. When I take her out of the room though she becomes much nicer. She isn't scared of me at all. She will bite anyone, but she bites strangers much less than she bites people she knows.
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Post by aaron on Sept 5, 2015 12:25:04 GMT -5
Perhaps you should rearrange her cage / move it to a different part of the room to throw her nesting instincts off a little... Possibly take away that toy for now as well. She clearly feels she needs to protect something/everything in that room...
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Post by eunoia93 on Sept 6, 2015 17:10:48 GMT -5
That's a really interesting problem. I definitely don't claim to know what that's about. If it is a type of territorial aggression, my intuition would be to rearrange things in her cage, and move her cage (maybe even in your room lol) periodically.. like every week or few days, without her being there to see it.. and surprising her with a new setting more frequently?
For some reason, maybe this will help her loosen up haha. Please let us know what you end up doing or how it goes!
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Post by achillita on Sept 17, 2015 16:41:32 GMT -5
Well I moved the cage and rearranged everything, but she still aggressive. Although slightly less(I might be just imagining that though). Today I let her play with her favorite toy(I was holding it) that I took out of the cage, and once I tied it in, she became aggressive again. She was being sweet to me and the toy when I was letting her play with it.
She still is super sweet to me when I take her outside of my room. Everytime I even try to leave, even for a second, she'll fly to me. She wants to play and hangout when she's outside of my room, but when she's in my room she doesn't like me being near her. She'll still talk and sing to me though.
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Post by biteybird on Sept 18, 2015 6:35:20 GMT -5
Whoa, that definitely sounds like your room is 'her room'. I would take the toy away from her cage completely. Perhaps it could be her special hang-out-with-you reward. She sounds adorable!  |
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Post by julianna on Sept 18, 2015 14:03:34 GMT -5
I would have to agree biteybird... you no longer have a room achillita. (smiles) My Oscar thinks that most of the living room is his turf. And when he doesn't like something ... he is sure to let me know. He does not like changes and wants things to remain the same however, by moving things around reminds him that I am the boss... (ha ha ha... well for a few seconds anyway).
You little one sounds super sweet.
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