Bite pressure train a baby?

[LibbyCarp]

We brought our new baby GCC home on Sunday. She is such a wonderful addition to our family. I know she is learning and exploring but when she is sitting with us she will be exploring my arm or leg and if she finds something a little different like a mole she will give it a bite. Today, she was sitting with my daughter and the way she was sitting her skin folded so Stella gave that squishy fold a bite. Do you think that it is too soon for bite pressure training? She loves to be with us but I’m not sure if it is too soon in our bonding process.
Or do you have other ideas to let her explore and be with us but teach her not to bite?

 

[Laurasea]

She looks like Ta-dahs sister!!!! I haven't ever seen another like Ta-dah tell yours!!! Ta-dah will pick all moles, freckles, scabs, she sees it had her job to save me from these possible lice mites or imperfections! Babies do a lot of exploring with their beaks......so I'm not sure of an answer for you. Congratulations on your beautiful baby!!!!

 

[LeslieA]

I have heard of Pressure Bite Training before but am unfamiliar with it. Can someone please explain it?

 

[noodles123]

I have heard of Pressure Bite Training before but am unfamiliar with it. Can someone please explain it?

Correct me if I am wrong, but I always thought it revolved around teaching your bird how hard they could safely use their beak before hurting you (like teaching someone the difference between tapping someone on the shoulder, and punching someone in the shoulder--both use hands, but one is acceptable and the other isn't lol). My bird figured it out "naturally" (to an extent), based on engineered reactions, but I know that there are lots of people who do specific bite training. I just never have researched the details. DK if that helps LeslieA...


PS---my bird knows how to use her beak gently and she knows how to use it with force...Surgical precision...BUT if she finds a mole or freckle that she thinks is a nuisance, she will still try to get it eventually. SHE KNOWS she is pinching because she wants to make it smooth lol!!! It is her equivalent of, "It's for your own good!"...She really does fixate on them and she can't stand it that they are there (even though she only occasionally tries to remove them).

 

[chris-md]

I’ve been on this forum for several years and have seen countless discussions on the topic. Still have yet to see someone describe what the training actually LOOKS like. Certainly nothing on YouTube about it.

 

[Sunnyclover]

My 3 Conures all used to bother my earrings, moles, freckles ect but have long since learned not to pick at them or they'll get a "no no" or "no bite" and then if they continue the will get put down on the nearest flat surface to me and left there for 30 seconds. No bird likes that. Didn't take long and they don't even think about it anymore. Finley used to be the worst with pinching...uggggg. I hadn't thought of it until now but thank goodness he stopped that eventually.

 

[LordTriggs]

for me the training was pretty simple,

a nibble doesn't get any issues, when pressure gets a bit more closer to a nip I would say "Be gentle" if anything got to a point that I wasn't comfortable with then they were told instantly "No bite" and placed in a shunning location for a minute or 2. It's not really something you explicitly set training time aside for but more just a form of training that happens organically. I say it should be done from day 1 with a bird so they quickly learn what's acceptable with their beak and what isn't

 

[LibbyCarp]

Thanks all. We have been using a similar method LordTriggs, we tell her no bite when she is too rough and gets put down. She really just wants to be with us, so I’m hoping this works. I know I have to give her time to learn, she has only been a member of the family for 3 days. ��

 

[LibbyCarp]

She looks like Ta-dahs sister!!!! I haven't ever seen another like Ta-dah tell yours!!! Ta-dah will pick all moles, freckles, scabs, she sees it had her job to save me from these possible lice mites or imperfections! Babies do a lot of exploring with their beaks......so I'm not sure of an answer for you. Congratulations on your beautiful baby!!!!

They do look and sound like little twins. Is Ta-dah a cinnamon turquoise?

 

[LordTriggs]

Thanks all. We have been using a similar method LordTriggs, we tell her no bite when she is too rough and gets put down. She really just wants to be with us, so I’m hoping this works. I know I have to give her time to learn, she has only been a member of the family for 3 days. ��

sounds like things are going well already! My guy had small period at first where he was bite happy but once he got shunned a couple times he learnt biting stops fun and became a well mannered guy, he had moments of course but just keep consistent and they will learn!

 

[LeslieA]

Okay, LordTriggs (We don't know your royalty but are Queen of the World.), 3/7 of my birds are rescues and 3/7 rehomed conures, 2@18months and 1@23years, will this work on them? Is this limited to conures? I expect another rescued not rehomed parrot in late September/early October, that, based on previous adventures, will be an adult bird. (This is my youngest flock ever based on average age.)

 

[LordTriggs]

well Wrench I believe does the same sort of thing with his Amazon Salty and it works for him.

I just sort of came up with the idea by looking at what wild flocks do (which is they all go and leave the troublemaker to themselves) and also based around the idea of what would a bird find to be something dull. Then found it it's actually a training technique multiple people use

 

[LeslieA]

This makes sense, but will this work after-the-fact on either rescues or rehomes?

 

[LordTriggs]

no idea, I've never worked with a rescue before. Rescues you just have no idea, it could set them off because that's what someone previous did or it could work. There's just so many variables with rescues

 

[LeslieA]

Maybe I should just ask him. I was hoping you could just quickly tell me.

 

[LibbyCarp]

We have been making amazing progress! She does little testing nibbles and I say no bite and she stops there. We will keep at it and I’m sure she will do great.

 

[ChristaNL]

( http://www.parrotforums.com/training/63988-bite-pressure-training.html )


if you had not found it already.


Like everything else it telling your pet what is acceptable and what is not...
I am glad its already working for you

 

[Laurasea]

She looks like Ta-dahs sister!!!! I haven't ever seen another like Ta-dah tell yours!!! Ta-dah will pick all moles, freckles, scabs, she sees it had her job to save me from these possible lice mites or imperfections! Babies do a lot of exploring with their beaks......so I'm not sure of an answer for you. Congratulations on your beautiful baby!!!!

They do look and sound like little twins. Is Ta-dah a cinnamon turquoise?

I used to call her a Turquoise cinnamon, she is kinda in the middle of that and mint, so I have decided to call her almost mint! Lol she really does split the difference, I'm sure it's more accurate to call her Turquoise cinnamon, buts it's more fun to call her almost mint. She has had years if practice plucking any scabs! She hates that if have moles or freckles, sigh...I'll never be perfect in her eyes.