Soupspoon1223
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- Mar 3, 2024
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- Parrots
- None currently but have owned a cherry headed conure and a sun conure.
So my little Ruby has taken to biting now. It's the weirdest thing because she'll step up on my hand and then sometimes bite my fingers or hand even though I never hold her there. First I made no reaction but after several times of this back to back I started telling her a stern No. She looked at me and stopped for a few then she'd do it again. So basically I wasn't sure what to do and how to do it correctly and remembered reading the shunning technique.
I've been trying this method but sometimes she flies off of the back of the chair or whatever and lands on my shoulder. I continue to ignore her until the minute is up. Then tell her to step up and place her back on her play stand or where ever and go about our business. What should I be doing when she flies to me during her time out? Should I continue the shunning technique or should I go back to a stern No or No Bite?
I have also taken to using a small dowl perch to get her to step up on when she's in places she shouldn't be and I need to move her. She gets nippy because she wants to be there. I feel this is the safest thing to prevent a biting and to just learn when to pick my battles with her stepping up onto my finger.
Thanks for your help.
I've been trying this method but sometimes she flies off of the back of the chair or whatever and lands on my shoulder. I continue to ignore her until the minute is up. Then tell her to step up and place her back on her play stand or where ever and go about our business. What should I be doing when she flies to me during her time out? Should I continue the shunning technique or should I go back to a stern No or No Bite?
I have also taken to using a small dowl perch to get her to step up on when she's in places she shouldn't be and I need to move her. She gets nippy because she wants to be there. I feel this is the safest thing to prevent a biting and to just learn when to pick my battles with her stepping up onto my finger.
Thanks for your help.