JoshuaTarantino
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Juniper is a 3 year old, female budgie. She is very tame and has never has issues with biting. Lately she has been biting my lip and holding in place of giving her normal "kissing" pecks. I believe it is out of affection. My initial thought was that it was due to hormone changes, since it is mating season through this early spring.
However, today she started to bite my fingers seemingly our of aggression or frustration. This has NEVER been a problem. I've been twisting my fingers each time she does it so that she loses balance as a negative reinforcement. It has only been happening last night and today, so perhaps over the next few days she will learn...
But does anyone have any tips or insight on this? It truly has never been an issue before, so I'm a bit confused![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
It doesn't happen all the time. Right now she's sitting on my shoulder happily chirping away! She'll even play on my fingers, but occasionally gives a nip.
However, today she started to bite my fingers seemingly our of aggression or frustration. This has NEVER been a problem. I've been twisting my fingers each time she does it so that she loses balance as a negative reinforcement. It has only been happening last night and today, so perhaps over the next few days she will learn...
But does anyone have any tips or insight on this? It truly has never been an issue before, so I'm a bit confused
It doesn't happen all the time. Right now she's sitting on my shoulder happily chirping away! She'll even play on my fingers, but occasionally gives a nip.