Angry Cockateil

[ANDREASTARR]

MY COCKATEIL HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2,2005, BUT A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE SHE ACCIDENTLY GOT OUT THE DOOR, SHE WAS HAPPY ONE MINUTE AND THEN SHE WANTED TO BITE ME THE NEXT. AND THIS IS UNLIKE HER SHE IS A VERY FREINDLY AND SOCIAL BIRD, SHE HAS NEVER EVER TRIED TO BIGHT ME, BUT DURING THOSE FEW MONTHS SHE WAS ACTING VERY VERY DIFFERENT TOWARDS ME, SHE WOULD WAKE UP WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING WHISTLEING AND SAYING MOMMY'S GOOD BIRD TO ME WHEN I REMOVED HER BLANKET FROM HER CAGE, BUT THEN AN HOUR LATER SHE WOULD BE HISSING AND TRYING TO BITE ME, I DONT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER OR WHY HER PERSONALITY CHANGED SUDDENLY AFTER A YEAR, WHEN SHE WAS ALWAYS SO LOVING AND FRIENDLY TO ME. IM STILL SEARCHING I HAVE NOT FOUND HER YET, BUT IM ALWAY GOING TO WONDER WHY SHE GOT SO MEAN TOWARDS ME ? AND IF THAT WAS THE REASON SHE WENT OUT THE DOOR THAT DAY??

[Monica]

When birds reach maturity, they are known to test their limits and become aggressive, especially if their bodies are raging with hormones. My own cockatiel hisses and mock attacks me when I don't do something just right, or if she doesn't want to be bothered (normally she hates to have her beauty sleep interrupted). It's not to be taken personal though.