Best way to stick train?

[Amanda_Bennett]

I know a little feathery guy (still unnamed) who is going to be getting very friendly with a stick if he wants food in his cage or to come out of his cage!

He just bit the c**p out of my hand from the knuckle on my thumb all the way up my hand/arm past my wrist! Drew blood in a couple places. And all for giving him his daily portion of seed mix, which he loves!

He has become very cage aggressive and his current cage is so small I just have to suck it up and go for it. He is fast as lightning and and is at the door of the cage as soon as I open the bedroom door!

He means to do me as much harm as possible for daring to put my hand in his domain.

I will be off to buy a stick/perch to start his training with as soon as I can close my office today, and he will start training tonight!

Maybe I should name him Rottweiler or Doberman. He may be small but man he can inflict some pain!

 

[Birdman666]

Paging Mr. Towel...

Attitude adjustment needed on aisle five...

Wrap your hand...

And if that doesn't work. Wrap the offending vampire bird...

"Knock it off!"

 

[DexMom]

When Dexter was being a crankypants for a few days after our trip away from home, I used a small perch to protect my hands from bites (after he gave me some doozies). I wouldn't make him step onto the perch, I would put it into the cage ahead of my hand so he had something to bite on besides me. I have no idea if this was a good idea or not, as I'm new at bird parenting, but I had to do something to protect my hand from being bludgeoned when I had no choice but to reach into the cage.