Conure keeps biting

[Midnight]

Hello My seven month old conure loves to bite everything ( as all bird do xD ) and I'm trying to teach her to not bite my hands. I've heard the fastest way to teach them not to bite is to not get bitten in the first place. They said to distract them with food or toys if they are biting or if they are about to bite but isn't that like rewarding them whenever they bite or feel like biting? When my conure finishes eating she just goes right back to biting. Does anyone have any useful advice?

Thanks

 

[Piasa]

What does the bird like besides biting? Going to these places, getting these toys/treats, being with these people can be rewards for good behavior (not biting).

Not getting bitten can be as simple as having the bird step up onto a towel or perch instead of your hand. Let him come to you instead of going to him. Also consider training like clicker training to teach appropriate behavior and do something positive together. Opinions differ, but I definitely think distracting a bitey bird with goodies is reinforcing bad behavior.

Biting usually happens for a reason, so please also pay attention to what is going on when your conure bites. Try to figure out what he or she is trying to tell you by biting.

 

[Kyoto]

My conure is also very very beaky and bitey, and I've bite pressure trained her. This allows her to use her beak the way she wants to but in a gentle way. She now knows when she is pinching me too hard. She just prefers to communicate with her beak, and ignoring her nips or trying to prevent them was near impossible for me. I'm finding her beakiness much more manageable now.

Find a way to tell her when she is too rough. For me, I make a little noise that sounds like the noise she makes when I hit a pin feather. My husband thinks I am crazy but it totally worked for us. Over the past 6 months she has gradually been less bitey.

 

[wrench13]

Salty was very bItey when we first got him. When he was using too much pressure I wOuld say "gentle gentle". However when he actually bit me hard I mean really hard I would say very firmly and loudly "NO". That seems to have worked. He still gets a little hard when we play rough, but that's my own fault cuz i get him all worked up. Salty is only 8 months old and is still a very young parrot. Not even a teenager.

 

[Mudkips]

My conure is also very very beaky and bitey, and I've bite pressure trained her. This allows her to use her beak the way she wants to but in a gentle way. She now knows when she is pinching me too hard. She just prefers to communicate with her beak, and ignoring her nips or trying to prevent them was near impossible for me. I'm finding her beakiness much more manageable now.

Find a way to tell her when she is too rough. For me, I make a little noise that sounds like the noise she makes when I hit a pin feather. My husband thinks I am crazy but it totally worked for us. Over the past 6 months she has gradually been less bitey.

This was the method I used too, it works really well! You have to make the sound as fast as you can and face directly at him. Give it a shot!