Hello! This'll be my first thread posted on this website so I hope I'm doing it correctly! I have a Rose-Breasted Cockatoo named Mambo, he's presumed male, and we've had him for around eight months now! We got him from a local bird convention, and we were told he was a rescue and therefore not much about his history is known, he's estimated to be around a year and a half old (probably almost two years by now).
Anyhoo! Onto the fun stuff. My little boy is very very very beaky, I don't know if it's possible he's still in his 'teething' stage but he insists on having his beak busy 24/7. He'll chew anything he can, including me lol.
He'll chew on my lips (sometimes it hurts really bad) and oddly enough when he's doing so he'll poof up his head, to get him to stop I'll silently bring up my hand and remove his beak from me... sometimes I have to physically open his beak to get him to stop.
Then he likes to try to bite my fingernails off, it hurts so I'll curl my fingers under so he can't get to them and he'll pull my fingers out so he can resume his nibbling. He'll chew on my fingers, my ear if he's on my shoulder, my toes, anything that he can. He'll chew on furniture too if we're not careful. When he's nibbling on me, usually I'll quietly bring up my hand and separate him from whatever is his chewing victim for the moment and give a calm 'Gentle Beak'... but after so many months of trying, Gentle Beak seems to have gone right over his head lol.
He has PLENTY of toys to be fulfilling his chewing fantasies, and we frequently change them up when he's absolutely decimated one (or when a week or so passes and we decide to change up his cage for him) We have a monthly bird package too, so chewable toys is never an issue, but he seems to like human more LOL. Any tips or help on how to lessen this nonstop nibbling? I'll be happy to answer any further questions!
Anyhoo! Onto the fun stuff. My little boy is very very very beaky, I don't know if it's possible he's still in his 'teething' stage but he insists on having his beak busy 24/7. He'll chew anything he can, including me lol.
He'll chew on my lips (sometimes it hurts really bad) and oddly enough when he's doing so he'll poof up his head, to get him to stop I'll silently bring up my hand and remove his beak from me... sometimes I have to physically open his beak to get him to stop.
Then he likes to try to bite my fingernails off, it hurts so I'll curl my fingers under so he can't get to them and he'll pull my fingers out so he can resume his nibbling. He'll chew on my fingers, my ear if he's on my shoulder, my toes, anything that he can. He'll chew on furniture too if we're not careful. When he's nibbling on me, usually I'll quietly bring up my hand and separate him from whatever is his chewing victim for the moment and give a calm 'Gentle Beak'... but after so many months of trying, Gentle Beak seems to have gone right over his head lol.
He has PLENTY of toys to be fulfilling his chewing fantasies, and we frequently change them up when he's absolutely decimated one (or when a week or so passes and we decide to change up his cage for him) We have a monthly bird package too, so chewable toys is never an issue, but he seems to like human more LOL. Any tips or help on how to lessen this nonstop nibbling? I'll be happy to answer any further questions!
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