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Post by Tatianna on Jan 29, 2010 17:24:31 GMT -5
I wanted to know how everyone deal's with Biting, Since we all know that apparently GCC's are the more..Nippier Conures, How do you deal with it ? I seem to get bitten everyday,, and considering how hormonal Cinder is, it is abit unavoidable lol. I go with what i have read and learned, that parrots go off a reaction, so lets say they bite you and you say 'ow!' and make a big fuss over it.. they will keep doing it because they want to see you react ! So I dont give him a reaction, and simply will ignore him for awhile, because he is always waddling around trying to preen or get attention lol ! But i will tell him in a calm, normal tone "no bite" and put him down So,,, how do you deal with it ?
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suzy
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Post by suzy on Feb 1, 2010 9:08:33 GMT -5
When I first got my GCC Sammie he was very sweet....then he started nipping & bitting when it was time to be put back in his cage. The bird store where I got him from said to just flick him on his beak and say no but this just made him bite harder. I spoke with a women who who breeds many different type of birds including GCC & she told me not to flick him in the beak...its very sensitive. She said just tell him in a calm and soft voice "Be gentle" and it worked. He hardly ever bites anymore & if he does I just remind him to be gentle.
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Post by scootersmom on Feb 1, 2010 20:12:59 GMT -5
I am the most rank of novices, I've been owned by Scooter only one week! Given that... he's improved a LOT in a week... here is what we have been doing.
First, we figured out he had three different biting behaviors. The easiest one to deal with is over-zealous grooming of the humans. He is even more adamant about my cuticles than my manicurist. They are imperfect and they should be removed! Gently telling him no, coupled with blowing on him or shaking the body part involved so he slips a hair seems to curtail the activity and I've also been making a point of rewarding him and preening him back when he uses his beak gently. Now if he starts to get a little too rough and I say "take it easy" or "be careful" he often backs off.
The second is to get attention, but this has almost died out already. I think we are giving him so much attention he doesn't crave more!
The third is a tantrum-like "No!" "I don't WANT to!". We most often see this when we want him to go back to the cage or onto the playstand and he'd rather continue to be cuddled (or to attempt to remove the little round button on my Apple mouse). He will even belly down on his feet to make it ultra hard to get a finger where he can step without getting bitten! In these cases a short sharp hiss usually startles him enough to stand up and close his beak, then I can give him a step command and fuss over him when he steps up. I also then tell him, it's time to go home or to go play and make a fuss again when he steps to the playpen or perch in the cage. If he's really stubborn about it, he's fortunately small enough to pick up bodily from behind and set gently inside, ignoring the attempt to bite and uncermoniously closing the door. I've see a BIG improvement in only a week.
I was going to tell people I had a new skin disease called "Conure finger" those first days. Simply ignoring the bites and doing nothing was not very effective. LOL.
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