hey all!
i am a new bp owner and i recently just got a cute young male pied bp. i brought him home on sunday and for some reason, i was thinking it’d be okay to just wait 2 days and the try to handle him. i thought i did my research and everything, but i didn’t check the time i should wait before trying to handle my new bp. so i waited two days and then i tried to handle him and he struck at me (which i was knowing he was going to do) but then i kept trying to “tame” him and kept making him anxious. i looked up how to handle an “aggressive” bp and realized that i handled him too soon!! now he “whistles” whenever i go near his cage (i mist it everyday and change the water everyday) and i’m scared i traumatized him and he’s gonna see me as a huge threat!! i know no get stressed easily and now i’m scared that i am also going to be a huge stressor too! idk if he’ll see me as those, but hopefully not. i haven’t “handled” him since tuesday and it is now friday. do i need to give him an extra week to adjust? will i ever have a chance to handle him? will he only see me as a threat and stressor? what do i do? i don’t know, please help!