Friendly bite?

[HusseinBerjaoui]

So I'm trying to train my parrot (Jardine Parrot) not to bite me, by feeding him rice cakes when he doesn't bite me while I scratch his beak (through cage bars) But sometimes he licks my finger then close his beak on my ginger like biting it but he doesn't apply much pressure (it's not aggressive) but it hurts a bit. It that normal? Like is that a way of biting or a train to bite? Should I stop this finger licking thing?

 

[forbey]

Parrots are like kids (unfortunately, horses are the same ... )

They tend to mouth everything they chose to investigate. Usually, in a bonded relationship they will hold fingers, jewelry, ears, lips and noses, etc. with their beak while they "tongue-test" it. If he applies too much pressure, tell him no, remove yourself from the situation and he should learn to not bite down too hard.

Yesterday Skittles manges to hook his hookbill into my wedding ring. A little gentle tugging on his upper beak (no pressure) and some jome calm talk, convinced him to let go. No harm, no foul!

 

[HusseinBerjaoui]

The thing is he's only been here since a month, so I don't know if he considers me a friend or not. He lets me stroke his head when he gets it out the bars though

 

[forbey]

Watch his body language.

Lunging, biting the air, backing away from your approach. I'm sure others can list more. Since the one and only time Skittles has "nailed" me, I've been watching his behavior more closely. (Resulting in no more painful bites.)

He has, however, started mouthing my fingers. Once or twice it was a little hard, but nowhere near the intolerable pain or the nailing. If he bites down a little hard, I have gotten away with calmly talking to him, and removing my fingers from his vicinity.

As he gets more friendly, he will want to spend more time with you (I hope). When that bond begins to strengthen, your backing away when he misbehaves will be more of a tool to teach him boundaries than pulling away and yelling "ouch".

Skittles still won't step up, but he allows me to get very close without showing aggression.

 

[HusseinBerjaoui]

The thing is this parrot is re-homed. I don't know the age, the se ( I've been told Jardines who have red eyes are males and he does) and I don't know how his previous owner used to treat him. He's really weird, he lets me pet him only in certain situations and show agrresove behavior in other times.
I'll post a picture of him to seek for help about his personal infos !

 

[BoomBoom]

Just tell him no when he bites too hard, he will learn eventually. If it is an act of aggression, avoid the trigger so he doesn't feel like he has to get to a point where he HAS to bite. If it is play bite, just say no firmly and offer a toy as a distraction.

I am concerned that you said he could put his head in through the bars, because that could pose a threat of strangulation or getting himself trapped at the bars. There are recommended bar spacing for each type of bird.

 

[HusseinBerjaoui]

No he can't get it out, but he can get his beak out, and when he does it at a corner, I can normally touch his head though two bars, that's what I wanted to say
I'll try to teach him the 'no'