black capped conure help

[jpm252cc]

hello we have a 9 month old black capped conure we are looking for some tips on stoping him fron biting he seems to bite almost all the time any help on this matter, thank you to all who can reply

 

[MonicaMc]

Avoid getting bitten and try to learn to read his body language.

http://www.parrotforums.com/training/57935-brainstorming-biting-parrots.html


Young birds are curious creatures so they use their beaks a lot to explore their world. Some biting can be exploratory bites. In these cases, it helps to distract them before they bite with toys or teaching new behaviors.

Then there are the "I don't want to" or "Not right now" or "I don't understand what you want" kind of bites where you want them to step up or do some other behavior and they either don't understand what it is you want them to do or they don't want to do it. In this case, it's either you need to teach them the behavior in a way that they can understand, without using force (i.e. DON'T press against their stomach) or try waiting a few moments or minutes before requesting the behavior again. (if they already know the behavior)

 

[StarryEyedGirl]

I have a bcc and I just pressure trained him. Every time he bit me in an aggressive behavior I held his beak and applied pressure. The more serious the bite, the more pressure I used and the longer it lasted. Hopefully that helps!