biting

Hello All, I have a Green Cheek Conure (Alex), who I have had for about a year and a half. He is just about 2 and a half years old, so I've had him for most of his life. He has always been a super-sweet boy to me, though he isn't a fan of other people. A few weeks ago, he stopped letting me...

Okay I have been going through all the old threads about biting and there seems to be a general consensus that making the bird step up or ladder is a good way to stop the biting. Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I have a very confident very snuggly 5 month old CBC who will be fine one...

My mother has two Green Cheek Conures. One is very friendly and loves attention and the other is a recently rescued bird (couple weeks now) and it very moody. Lunar is the bird's name. My mother had no problem hand taming Charlie (the other conure) but Lunar is very back and forth and...

Well Jakey and I are still working on leaving the cage, and I really need support so even though there is not much to update I'm posting an update anyway. Things are going pretty much how any one would suspect with Jakey at the moment. I decided to use the towel method to get him out of the...

Last year, I got an 8 week old lovebird who has just turned 1. He was bought untamed and his biting has gone down a bit over time, but recently has stayed at a constant level. The real big problem is when he runs up my chest and bites my neck or ear, which brings me close to tears. He always...

so i bought my Indian ringneck about 5 days ago, in the shop the owner told me that he was very friendly and doesn't bite yet he failed to show that, i bought the little guy and i trained to step up the first day and all was good, but then the second day is when my trouble started, he would want...

Good Morning all, my name is Mel (Melissa) and I joined today after receiving what seems like the hundredth nasty bite from my IRN. He is less than 2 years old and I know I have a lot to learn still, otherwise I wouldn't still be getting bitten so frequently. About Tiko - my little green buddy...

Hi everyone! My rainbow lorikeet, 8.5 weeks old (just started flying) it totally fascinated with my hands, fingers and ring. Whenever I hold my hand out to him, he takes the fingers (or bits of skin) in his beak kind of locking and "biting" - but very gently. I've encountered him once or...

Sorry, I've been missing for a while... My gcc Parry is making me so unhappy, and my husband wants me to rehome him. Maybe some of you remember the ordeal we had with his foot injury last fall when he kept chewing on his injured talon and lost over a half of it because of the stupid mistake the...

Hello everyone, great site by the way! Never thought of registering until now, but there is a lot of good information on this website. Anyway, I was given a Double Yellow Headed Amazon parrot, named Baxter, from my Aunt who was moving to Florida. No idea why you wouldn't want to bring your...

Hello all! Any advice is much needed. So I've had my first bird for 2 months now (a sun conure named Lola who is 4 months old) and she is just lovelyl! We are bonding wonderfully, she is a cuddly, sweet hand raised baby bird from a good breeder. She loves me and my boyfriend and has met and...

I have a Cinnamon Green Cheek Conure named Henry. Some days he is an absolute angel. Calm, well behaved, sweet... Other days he seems to have woken up on the wrong side of the perch and by that I mean he's extra bitey. Is there any explanation for this? There doesn't seem to be any difference...

Hi all. The wife & I are newbies to parrots & 2's. (obligatory first post) We just got a 1 1/2 yr old Goffins 3 days ago from a family that couldn't take care if it due to family circumstances. We have the cage, toys, & food they fed it. Puck (name we're choosing because it seems to fit...

Hey guys! So far Gilli has been doing well. He's so talkative. Still not able to handle him, I'm a little nervous to try. Any tips on that? Also, when I try and take his food bowl, he starts screaming and trying to bite and grabbing the food bowl and kinda throwing it around. Definitely gets...

Hello! I just adopted an 11 year old Blue and Gold Macaw from a rescue and she has this strange habit that I'm trying to understand. From day one we've never had a problem with her stepping up, she's such a sweetheart. But, when I am holding her, she will occasionally put her beak on my arm...

Hey guys! I have a question! So my Kakariki is going to be 3 months old in a couple of days. Lately she's been in crazy bite mode. She is a friendly bird, I can pet her and hold her. She's just been biting everything lately. Fingers, clothes, ears, hair, neck, floor, purse, toys, anything in...

Hi everyone, As you know, Kyo has been really wonderful since we brought her home. At least, she gives ME no big problems (other than losing her attention very easily during training). As soon as she flies onto my head or shoulder, I pick her up and lay her on her back (she either then...

Juniper is a 3 year old, female budgie. She is very tame and has never has issues with biting. Lately she has been biting my lip and holding in place of giving her normal "kissing" pecks. I believe it is out of affection. My initial thought was that it was due to hormone changes, since it is...

Sup peeps I got a prob with my 1 year old galah I got a few days ago today is (23/3/15) And it's been pretty what u call scared not interactive although I don't blame him I I don't know who's been his owner or how much owners he has had and how they treated him. he walks away from us when we...

I just got an absolutely gorgeous green cheeked yellow-sided conure. He is beautiful and so loving. His name is eli. Eli is about 4 months old and the reason why im here is because, while ive only had him for about 4 days and he is very nice and very happy to spend time together on my...

Hello everyone, again! Pipa has just gotten done with her second molt. She was attitude-y but she was the same way during her first molt, so I knew what to expect. A week or so after that, which was about 3 days later, she started becoming VERY nippy. This was accompanied with "I want...

Hello all, I tried to search for answers to my questions but couldn't find any direct questions like mine. So mine may be variations of others. I have 3 short questions. 1. My senegal does not like to be put back in his cage; he will try to bite if I attempt to get him off the top of his cage...

ok so Roxie is one year old and recently she often does what she does in the video alot!! and it hurts! i dont know why this is happening she is healthy, plays and everything but once she is out her cage and on me she starts doing that! she once did it on my face and thank god i evaded. and just...

I have had my tiel quietly sitting next to me on my desk everyday for about a week or so. I must use his cloth pineapple hut/toy to get him out of his cage, in his cage, to come to me, etc. I thought it was pretty neat at first, but the past couple days my cockatiel has been extra mean. He is...

I recently adopted a 4 year old cockatoo. Recently meaning yesterday. I have some experience with them as I am a pet sitter but without doubt have a ton to learn. The person that I got her from is a client of mine. Molly (the bird) has always been very sweet to me when I was caring for her. Her...

Hey! This won't be so much of an introduction as a question but here goes: I'm a young homeschool student with a passion for birds and psychology. I've started looking into parrots as pets and after a couple months of extensive research have settled on GCCs being my best bet. However, I went...

My boy is almost 1yr and had him since he was 8 wks (got from pet shop). He is very loved & free to roam the house. All of a sudden he is biting (drawing blood). Every now & again he goes mad in his cage, flapping his wings & completely drenching himself in his water bowl. This is not normal...

For people who don't know Quinn is a four year old green cheek who has had a pretty rough start in life. She was basically kept in a cage all her life and was only on seed. After some moving she is with me. Now she eats some fruits and veggies her favorites being corn, apple and oranges and im...

Hello everyone! I have yet to post an introduction for myself, but I do have a question. I have a three month old green cheek conure (his name is Rook), who was obviously never hand tamed before. So, I've had to start from scratch with him. He had just arrived in Petsmart when I purchased him...

Heyo! I`ve had my female green-cheek for about 6 months now, she`s about 12-13 months old and i`ve been running into some pretty bad problems lately :c She`s always been terrified of my hands, and would either bite or run away when i got close. These last few months its been getting better...

Help!! PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS!! I am a new owner of a blue crowned conure. I got it Friday and it is now Sunday. It's previous owners did not even know what kind of bird it was or the age and sex of it. When it would scream they would spray it with water. It will take treats out of my hand and...

hi everyone!jollie my sun conure is about 1 year+ and i've had her since she was about 4 months old. so far she has only allowed me to touch her on the beak, its impossible to touch her anywhere else and really i don't mind. i understand that not all are cuddly. But recently, she has started...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and recently added a young Jenday Conure to my family. He's (don't know if it's a boy for sure but I just always say he for some reason) only a little over 4 months old, and I absolutely love him aside form my nasty behavior issues. I know Jenday's can be noisy and...

I am new to bird ownership. I am a vet tech and a client of mine had to rehome her sun conure as an emergency due to extreme allergies. I offered to take him for her. I have never owned a bird but have been doing lots of research and have coworkers that have a lot of birds. This male conure...

G'day fellow bird owners I am at a loss... My gorgeous alexandrine, Belle has become progressively more moody towards me and any other human that even walks to her cage. Before you post suggestions take this into account, please: I have done prior research on why she could be pissed off. 1-I...

Hello fellow parrot fanatics! I need some suggestions/ideas on what to do about my bitty boy lovebird. He loves to bite. He will bite my lips if I offer him a kiss, he will bite my cheek or neck if he can manage to get a biteful, he bites my earlobes, and he especially likes to bite my hands...

Hi team ! New member here - Stephen - all the way from Scotland :-) Just got myself my very first bird - not parrot - bird - A scarlet macaw Before anyone says OMG what are you doing, start small etc etc i have done ever so well thus far. Scarlet is 13 month old & i have had her 4 weeks. She...

Hello, this is my first (but definately not last!) post here at ParrotForums. We have a 1 year old Lovebird (Roseicolli) called Kiwi. We are having some trouble with him biting, it's gone past the exploring stage and is now becoming aggressive. He is tame, completely comfortable with us. He...

My mom tried to start a bird business over 10 years ago which didn't work out, so I ended up buying a umbrella cockatoo named lil bird. At first she was so friendly my boyfriend and I too her everywhere and she loved every one. Then boyfriend and I split. A few years later I joined the Air Force...

About 3 weeks ago we bought a 13 wk old green cheek conure. He was raised indoors hand trained and has been beautiful super friendly, learning games with us, following us everywhere, kissing. A beautiful natured lil thing. Overnight he turned mean! He still wants to sit on us but then just...