Quote Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril View Post
Watched both videos. The zooming into hide and spazzing on side to *me* and my b/f look like a terrified snake. You've got stuff in the hide (I assume to make it snugger) and he's pushing like crazy against it and the hide making it flop. I personally don't see a neuro issue here, I see a terrified snake (I COULD BE WRONG!). I've seen the zoom, going half stiff, when trying to escape which is what I am basing my opinion on plus his otherwise normal movements in the rest of the video.

I know you said the bird isn't a big deal, but I really think it is. You should block any visual access they have to each other. I've seen snakes terrified of a moving ceiling fan before. Birds are natural predators of reptiles.
It's at least worth a shot to see if it helps improve the situation if you aren't going to the vet yet. Vet visit would be good to help try to rule out a neuro isssue... just giving my and my b/f's feedback based on what we see in both videos.
If this continues I will definitely just move Crowley's enclosure to his room, it's weird that he'd suddenly be scared of my parrot, he usually looks at him like he wants to eat him when he comes out early.

Quote Originally Posted by Gocntry View Post
As a relative noob here take what I think with an open mind, But I'm with the above... at about 1:25 into the 2nd video I see a little bed or something under the hide.

Anything get on it? Any thing sticking out of it? Maybe Crowley just doesn't like the feel of it anymore? Have you tried throwing some Aspen or another substrate under the hide? Something Crowley can kind of burrow in?

Might not make any difference, but again it might.

Good Luck, and I've got my fingers crossed it's just something simple.
He has nothing on the bed, I even tried switching it out. I haven't tried substrate yet. Thing is, he was spazzing in a different hide too which was different material and had no bed, same carpet he's had all his life.

Also, would like to add he only hissed lightly (from what I heard) when he was in his room the first time I tried to get him to sleep in there. As of almost 2 hours ago he's been sleeping in his hide the his old enclosure in the room. I put a little water bowl in there with him and let him sleep, I stayed and watched him for a bit and check in on him once in a while and he's still sleeping. He's in his enclosure so I can just close and lock it when I'm not in there.