IRN biting help needed please.

[cheeko.green.ring]

Hi ev1 this is my first IRN i have a cockatiel to just got my ring neck 5 days ago he is 7 month old baught him from an advert in the local paper for £150 with cage sorry back to topick anywae he is ok around me when i let him out he is not shy at all comes up and will land on me and look for a pet pinging his eyes and cooing me and will let me pet away anywhere on his body but when i try to get him to step up or if i stop peting him he just goze mad and will not stop pecking me i have watched videos and am following them to best of my knowledge have the clicker and all he dosent seem to be picking up the clicker tho i am geting frustrated and sore coz he bites hard the little guy and is hard to just ignore or not react he has drew blood on several occasions now and im geting tired can someone feed me some red bull please i need help with this.

PS got the cockatiel when i was young and he is not in the slightest trained so i have no previous experience thanks.

 

[Parro]

I once saw cockatiel like IRN, it keeps pecking when people stop petting it. Try ignoring it each time it bites you, it can teach your IRN that when he bites he won't get some pets.
I'm getting an IRN too, but I'm still new to the world of ringnecks

 

[cheeko.green.ring]

thanks for input dude.

forgot to say cheeko was at a previous home who had him for 3 weeks and sold him to me because the children were scared of him.

 

[LekBrodeth]

lol ur name has periods in it but the whole paragraph only has 1. i felt like i was holding my breath the whole time reading your post

 

[cheeko.green.ring]

lol ur name has periods in it but the whole paragraph only has 1. i felt like i was holding my breath the whole time reading your post

lol sorry my grammar is not up to much.

 

[cheeko.green.ring]

like how every one seems so nice and willing to help but no one ever dose why register if you aint gona help or contribute.

 

[Birdlover11]

I agree with Parro. It's rewarding your IRN if you pet him after he pecks you for stopping. Ignore him for 10-20 seconds then continue. Do not give him any form of attention while he is pecking you. Even turn your back on him carefully. You will be suprised how observant they are. Good luck.

 

[Amandastander]

I use a firm voice and wag my finger saying no bite! That does the trick for me, but all depends on the bird though. You're lucky your IRN loves being pet, mine despises it and only let's me do it occasionally. Might I add they're very independent and love spending their days foraging on my floors, so I always have to leave a few things out for them, toywize and treatwize

 

[MonicaMc]

Actually, it's better to avoid getting bitten rather than ignore a bird or punish a bird for biting. The only bite that can't be rewarded is the one that doesn't happen.

This doesn't mean that you should stop handling your parrot, it means that you need to stop putting him or her into situations that will result in a bite.

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What you need to do is start with target training, aka "touch training". You can teach this without having to physically touch the bird, and all you need is a reward (treats, verbal praise, scritches, etc) that the bird is willing to work for. Here's a video another member of this forum made on target training.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yIjT4Vf0Y]Touch Training - YouTube[/ame]

 

[cheeko.green.ring]

ok so thanks to all who have posted with help. I decided to try and start from begining again and start with touch training i think he is starting to associate the click with the treat now so thats looking good. I decided first time round not to try the touch training because he would cum to me and let me touch him no problem but i have realised now that its vital in the process so is it ok to go back to square one?.

Thanks .

 

[fishstick600]

I always ignore the bites tbh.. my U2 was a biter the first month but I did absolutely nothing when he would bite. Dont make a sound, dont back down, and do not walk away or put him up. You teach your bird to bite by giving a reaction or walking away. He will learn to bite when he wants to go in his cage or when he wants you to leave. In your case try feeding him treats in the cage through the bars first. Next move on to using "step up" and reward him if he does or even if he attempts to. He will learn hands are good and eventually he will step up without telling him to. Great way to get him to stop biting your hand while holding him is an earth quake..if he latches on your finger shake your hand a bit so he loses his balance and he'll let go

Hope this helps

 

[DuffanoErskineBirds]

Try putting him in time out, when he bites you. Put him back inside of his cage and completely ignore him for 15 minutes. Try it over and over again until he gets the picture. My new rescue, a Quaker has learned in 2 days that biting get him time out and no attention he has not bitten in 3 days and tomorrow will being his 1 week anniversary of being with me.

 

[fishstick600]

I disagree with putting them back in the cage after a bite..if thats what he wanted you just rewarded him

 

[MonicaMc]

No, it doesn't hurt to go back to square one!

Training is an ongoing process that needs to be continually reinforced. If you set good behaviors from the beginning, it'll be easier in the future to deal with behavioral issues.


If you ignore biting, you aren't teaching the bird what to do, only what not to do. Therefore, I'll still stand by my ground, try not to get bitten!


Birds often bite as a form of communication, and it's because *WE* aren't paying attention to what they are trying to tell us. There are other reasons birds bite, but our lack of understanding their behaviors & language is the major one.

 

[fishstick600]

Not being bit is always the better solution so learning to read body language is the best way to prevent it. I never play with sydney when he is displaying or needs to burn off some energy because they can bite out of mistake. Sydney bit me really hard onve just because I told him to step up while he was displaying and all he was doing was grabbing my hand to step on it but he was really excited and boy did it hurt.