BudWud
New member
- Sep 1, 2016
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- Parrots
- Quaker Parrot (Bailey)
Budgies (Jay, Rio, Lila and Calla)
Hi, I got a new Quaker 3 days ago and I'm naming it Bailey. Not sure if it's a boy or girl unfortunately. It is quite young so is small at the moment - only slightly bigger than my budgies. I was surprised by how smart this species was. It has learnt target training, clicker training and how to step up on a perch already 
. However, the problem is that it has a habit of chewing on my fingers and it chews quite hard, enough to have drawn blood twice. I don't think it is chewing on me from fear or anger. It is fluffed up like birds are when they are relaxed and it doesn't try to walk away when I put my finger near it. Actually it comes up to the bars of the cage when I talk to it and tries to grab onto the door to get me to open it. I also don't think it is territorial of its cage, which I heard Quakers can be, because when I took it to my budgies play gym away from its cage and it still tried to bite. I'm wondering if young Quakers or parrots in general go through a stage where they like to chew on things? My budgie Jay used to chew on my hand but he stopped doing it when he got older. If this is just a stage it will it get past it eventually? Should I just wait for it to stop or is there anything I can do to teach her it is wrong? So far I have tried ignoring it, but it is too sore to let it continue as it just chews harder. I have also tried waiting until it stops trying to chew on me then rewarding it with a treat for stopping. Now I just try and push its beak away from my skin with my finger and say no. If you have any idea how I can handle this problem I would really appreciate it!
. However, the problem is that it has a habit of chewing on my fingers and it chews quite hard, enough to have drawn blood twice. I don't think it is chewing on me from fear or anger. It is fluffed up like birds are when they are relaxed and it doesn't try to walk away when I put my finger near it. Actually it comes up to the bars of the cage when I talk to it and tries to grab onto the door to get me to open it. I also don't think it is territorial of its cage, which I heard Quakers can be, because when I took it to my budgies play gym away from its cage and it still tried to bite. I'm wondering if young Quakers or parrots in general go through a stage where they like to chew on things? My budgie Jay used to chew on my hand but he stopped doing it when he got older. If this is just a stage it will it get past it eventually? Should I just wait for it to stop or is there anything I can do to teach her it is wrong? So far I have tried ignoring it, but it is too sore to let it continue as it just chews harder. I have also tried waiting until it stops trying to chew on me then rewarding it with a treat for stopping. Now I just try and push its beak away from my skin with my finger and say no. If you have any idea how I can handle this problem I would really appreciate it! 
