Chewing on shirt sleeve

[c3honey84]

Ok, this has gone on long enough! Roxy used to just sit on my arm nice and quiet. Now, she sits and "chews" on my shirt sleeve. I put it in quotes because she does not chew through the sleeve or make holes in my shirts. What she does is dig in with her beak and pull on it, and pull and pull and pull. Similar to when she preening herself, but a little more aggressive. The thing is, when she does this, she always ends up pinching the inside of my arm near my armpit which hurts like hell! Any ideas as to why she is doing this?

 

[Remy]

She might be trying to preen you.

 

[suebee]

oh you wearing deodorant?? nut does this when i am wearing it! but i often find a toy good to keep them busy

 

[mtdoramike]

First off, when he starts that, immediately scold him and put him back to his cage. Secondly, take a few cheap T-shirts and cut the sleeves off of them and when you want to spend time with him, put on one of those cut off T-shirts and see what he does.

Mine will only pull on my shirt if I'm ignoring him like watching TV or typing on the computer.