hello there my family has owned an african grey parrot since august 2006 and we recently purchased a yellow collared macaw in august 2007. He used to always cuddle up with me, but the last several months he has been very nervous. He/she makes almost like a growling noise (it's non aggressive though I just can't describe the noise any better) and even recently it seems petrified. I can only think it's because 1) we keep him out on a perch almost 24/7 now and maybe he's stressed out and needs a cage?, 2) doesn't feel secure, ties in with the cage issue and maybe I could get it a little "Den" to hide under 3) it's jealous/angry/afraid of the new bird and since my family associates with the macaw, us too? Can anyone help us out it's getting to the point where he will at least a couple of times a day jump down from a 4-5' perch and he's starting to get pretty banged up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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