I NEVER had a hard time picking him up. He was a brat but always wanted to be with me. If I set my hand down and asked him to step up he would run over and do it. Lately he wants NOTHING to do with humans. He runs and does everything he can do to get away. He is angry, bites, and if he is not mean he launches himself off of my shoulder to get down. If he does sit on me it is because he "has" to but doesn't want to. He attacks my finger when I put him to bed in the evening too.
I have read about the bluffing stage. I just don't know if that is what this is. He has been biting and bratty for quite a while now (which I assumed was bluffing) but this behavior is different from how he has been. Could he be unhappy with this life? Would he be happier with someone who has a huge enclosure where he would not have to be handeled? He doesn't like to sit in his cage, but he isn't liking people anymore either
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