Jabba is in a mood

I'm not sure what is with him. For the past week he has been having a blast coming downstairs everyday. I have a birdsitter DVD that he loves, sometimes we listen to music, and everyday we have been doing a little training in between.

Yesterday he attacked me when I tried to take him out of his cage and I couldn't get him settled enough to come out all day. He seemed fine until I got near his cage and then he attacked with all intentions of killing my hand!!

So today I saw the same mood and used a stick instead. He tried to bite the stick (he's never done that before) and then when he did step up onto it, he went right for my hand. I dropped the stick and he went to the floor with it. He gladly stepped up onto my hand then, because the floor is his nemesis. All seemed fine as I took him downstairs, but as soon as he saw his play area, he went nuts and even "flew" away. He never flies so his wings aren't strong enough to keep him up. It's more like falling with some semblance of grace. Again, I picked him up and he was fine.

I did get him on his play stand by taking it very slowly and talking very calmly to him, and I have searched for anything that might be different in the room. I can't figure it out. He is taking the pine nuts from my fingers and trick training, but he is still clearly uncomfortable. I don't want to take him back to his cage because I don't want him to not feel safe and happy down here.

HELP Any suggestions???

He is feeling better now, but I had to resort to bringing out his "girlfriend". He loves the vacuum cleaner. I needed to run it anyway so it is a win for both of us, but I still can't figure out what the problem was in order to help him with it.

maybe it's a new smell? or sound? Did they start construction outside your house?

I was going to ask the same sort of.
Has anything been moved or added in the room?
Or do you think it's hormones maybe?
Benny was very nippy last week, not quite so bad this week though
Maybe it was Grey hormone week???

Nothing new, nothing moved, nothing different in any way.

I did trim his beak, but he was fine as soon as it was over. He hated it, but didn't hold it against me. It certainly doesn't explain his fear response to his playstand.

He looks very content right now, but I'm still so confused. Darn bird can talk up a storm but can't tell me what he wants.

I know it's very frustrating some times isn't it?

maybe he has indigestion and doesn't want to make a mess on his playstand?

He seems completely content right now. Bugger!

This may sound really strange, but maybe there was a bug or spider or something in the room that only he could see. They are much more observant than us, so anything like that is possible. Sometimes when I have Callie out she's fine for the longest time, then all of sudden turns into a statue and just stares at a spot on the floor or a place in the room. Darned if any of us can see what she's looking at, but whatever it is it sure upsets her!

You might be right Chris. It is a spider playground down in the basement. I am forever killing those buggers. But it started the say before, upstairs in his cage. That is what I don't understand.

Maybe you have a ghost following him around?

Maybe He is just in a mood I know that Mr. Benson gets
in a mood which seems for no reason at all other than he can

All my birds have bad days. Maybe he just woke up on the wrong side of the perch