WHY BIRDS BITE! | Top 2 Reasons Parrots BITE Their Owners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- In today's video I am talking about the 2 reasons pet birds bite us! The #1 reason is either ignoring their subtle signs of body language OR not being able to read that body language in the first place! When the subtle signs go ignored on a consistent basis, birds learn not to bother with them anymore and go straight to a biting response.
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Your hair matches your sun conure it's so cute💛
Who else was not listening to anything Jamie was saying and was admiring Lily and Berry? 🤣🤣🤣
Need to watch it twice. Lol
😂
Lily is making sun conures look quiet, cuddly, and cooperative... We know you're a noise maker though you cutie!
Lillie is such a baby with that wing flapping. Adorable😍
has a fluffy head to
And the nut she was eating
Last week I brought home a just weaned hand raised baby gcc and she is super friendly, brave and very comfortable with hands. She BITES when she gets overstimulated and she needs an outlet for the energy. I’m learning to read her body language and end training/play sessions before that happens. When she does bite, I put her down and walk away. She flies back to me and we sit quietly for a bit. I never say anything to her because I want her to read MY body language. I never use her cage as a timeout or punishment. Recording my interactions with her has been very helpful too.
My grey Coco was totally talking to Blueberry and Lily and Jamie while I played this video. He even said bye bye when it was over. I think he thought it was a Zoom call.
Blue berry was probably like why is mom not letting me on her 🤣🤣
One of our rescue conures, Olive, has clearly had her biting pre-cursors ignored in her previous homes. Her body language to warn of a bite is so subtle now that we have to watch her so carefully so we set her up for success! Great video with important tips! 🦜
Same with our budgie, Snow! We also think that Snow might be partially blind, so she tends to be more fearful of the things around her since she can’t see them clearly. It’s really difficult to figure out whether she really wants the treat you’re holding or is scared of it and about to lunge to bite your hand.
HII Sophie well basically one of my 4 budgies died these were my first birds one white on bit a lot and in the beginning one of the yellow budgies of mine got suffocated and died my second bird is a full white cockatiel who is 💯 % aggressive she always hisses and bites and my conure my last newest bird is starting to copy my cockatiel but actually let’s just say they all bite and are scared my budgies are not alot
As soon as I saw the title to this video, I said “out loud”....birds bite because that’s how they talk to us humans. They are fed up with some type of behavior that is going on around them, and they’ve had enough. So, that’s how they talk to us, they bite when they need us to really listen! Chomp, chomp on whatever they can get! Our, fingers, heads, arms, etc.
Thank you Jamieleigh, another great learning video!👍🏻👍🏻NJ🦜
Your hair matches with Lily! Thats so adorable, she still looks like a little baby to me
Yeah half my time is spent un-teaching my rescues that biting is their only option. The quaker parrot I’ve had the longest is getting there, she doesn’t bite much anymore, just song friendly nibbles that I don’t mind too much, and I’m very proud of her.
Maybe you can answer my question I wrote above? How to make your bird use warning signs again before biting after he stopped using them, because you or a previous owner, overlooked them in the past. That's what I missed in this video.
My Indian Ringneck was abused by his previous owners, and I think he only knows biting as a last resort. Though he does often bite when showing positive signs, such as happy vocalizations. How can I unteach him so he knows I’ll listen to his signs? I do my best to respect his space, but sometimes he comes over to me when I’m just sitting nearby and he’ll bite me hard enough for me to bleed.
I have an african grey too. He's a rescue, 14 years old, a plucker and has aggression issues. He never bit me because I always recognize his warnings and the last warning is a loud clicking sound that he does with his beak. If you don't take a step back after this sound you'll probably get bit.
I love how you made the 'come here' hand motion when talking about making it worth the bird's while and before you even told Lily to come she already started to fly up to you
I always tell people. It is key to read their body language, and the only way you will learn that overtime, is spending a lot of time with them, watching and observing their interaction with different things and surroundings. Hormonal biting is definitely more apparent in my bird, but there is so much more to it. Great video 😊
I see you own an Indian Ringneck, i do too and my male Ringneck is one hell of a grump bird atm😂 i totally understand with the hormonal biting🙈
My bird has been biting the back of my neck and it really hurts, and I didn’t understand why. I finally discovered that he found a new mole I didn’t know I had and was “grooming” me. Because of that I’m now going to go get it checked. Thank you for the info about not keeping a space in your home off limits. We have a room that has a giant mirror that we’ve made off limits, and he is OBSESSED with going in there (plus it has a great echo that he loves.) Your talk has prompted me to get a curtain to put over it so we can let him in there
Lilly is so well behaved she makes me want to get a sun conure even tho I live in a big city and an apartment and would get evicted and having a sun conure would destroy my entire life 🤪
Green cheek conures are much quieter by alot! I hsve a green cheek, he talks so quietly and his chirp isn't loud.♥️
I absolutely love the phrase ‘sister sun conures’
It's nice to see the conures. I feel like we don't see them too much. Great video!
I LOVEEEE your hair!!! It looks so cute! Anddddd you match the little sun conures!
Great video, thank you for the information
Thank you for your videos! I've had my GCSC for 8 months now. He came to me an aggressive biter, which was "normalized" by his last owner. I've watched hours of your's and other's videos. I am happy to say he no longer bites aggressively! Only nibbles when disapproving. I wanted to let you know the videos are awesome and helpful! Thanks again!
Oh I love everything you said plus it's sòo fun when your hair matches the bird or birds your showing, so cool!♥️♥️
This was so instructive, thank you!😊
I've respected my conures boundaries and consistently gained new ones. Not one bite yet. I've learned though, his version of saying "no", is a polite touch on my finger with his beak.
Wow. I never thought about some of these things. Such great ideas. Thank you so much.
I love lilly! She reminds me of my sunny, Charlie. And the outside perches is what got my baby to finally come out of his cage and start to bond and train with me. He is a rescue that i had known for two years and finally just bought off the owner to bring him home. He was super cage bound and now he still prefers it but will come out and climb around his house, tru to climb down his house, and whwn he feels like it fly to me and hang out with me for a little while. He's like a completwly different bird!
anyone else notice how Jamie's hair matches Lily ❤️💛
Thanks for your advice
Love from two budgies here ❤️
You Always Have Great Videos 👍
Just recently lost my sun conure. Yours make me smile so much. They act a little bit like babies. There so happy
That Conure cuddled up to you was the cutest 🥰
Great vid❤️
I'm so glad I found this channel before I got a budgie a few years back, only in the first week I managed to get a serious bite in my nose, and I immediately recognized what I did wrong. It's never happened again, he didn't need to. Pecks do sometimes happen though, subtle signs can be tough to read inside the cage (especially for people who aren't me), but never a full on bite, so I'm pleased with that
I think it was good Lily was in baby mode,haha! This was so cute
Yes, also love the way Jamie co-ordinates her hair colour with the bird. OK we were listening !??
thank you! this video helped me a lot! : )
I have always loved your videos. Plus I'm trying to learn all that I can before I get my own feathered baby. I was wondering if you could do a video on sprouting seeds and what seeds are best to sprout?
Your conures match your hair 🤣
Lol yeah
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So much cuteness!!
Love ur vids 🧡
Lily is very cute! I think she abandoned your left shoulder at one point because the neck on your shirt started slipping that she was standing on. She looked uncomfortable as it kept slipping 😄
Amazing ♥️
Thanks for the vid btw
Looking beautiful, Jamieleigh!
love your vid
you are smart when it comes to birds
My male rehomed green cheek conures biting was accidentally reinforced in his previous home. He (generally) didn’t give a warning and even associated the phrase step up with biting. He would tell me step up so I would go over to attempt step up just so he could bite me. Learned fast not to attempt that lol. I’ve put loads of work into him and while it’s still a process we’ve made major progress. He had been clipped and working on flight training honestly helped loads as he didn’t feel as though biting was his only option. He still occasionally gets some good bites in but it’s not nearly as bad as the training we’ve done has helped a crazy amount!
Thanks have more questions but work is calling thank you
Thanks for the video so much i don't no if this idea i have will work but i will try
Beautiful bird morning 🧡
Budgies are too bold for their own good, when it comes to other birds. One of my budgies will go after my kakariki, and will start arguments with my Rosellas, that are over 5 times their size 🤦
My budgie always tries to befriend my ringnecks, they’ve been aggressive towards him but he never learns 😭
@@aminahhanima8710 oh I totally understand. I have a hand raised budgie that's the dumbest bird ever (same one as mentioned above). He's had the tip of his toe bitten off twice because he didn't learn the first time it happened, that that bird in the cage he kept landing on, loved to grab toes 🤦
@@GraceT wow I guess budgies have a thing for landing on other birds cages 😂 that’s exactly how my budgie has had dangerous, close encounters before
There is a bird instagrammer(i forget who) who has a budgie and a cockatoo and she has to separate them because they budgie kept on bullying the the cockatoo. Budgies are just sooo bold
Hi, I noticed your awesome perch stand in this video I've looked online like Amazon and I cant find one like it. What are those tree perches called? I so want to get one for my conures...
Yours is awesome i bet they love it!!
We just took on 2 love birds that are 4 and have never been handled in a positive meaningful way. One is seriously plucked and has a shoulder wound. We have a vet appointment already set up for them. I know it's going to be a long road but it will be worth it.
My cinnamon conure kiwi and turquoise conure Atlantic really loves to bite. but since getting them a lot of shredding toys they started to stop bitting (not completely) But your videos has helped them a lot and especially videos about the galah cockatoo since my parents are planning to get them for my birthday, the small toy box is also really amazing and Atlantic absolutely love them. and my parents has also been thinking to get my brothers a conure but she dose not know what type of conure
What about a 17yr old rescued African Grey.. he sneaks up & bites me! I try not to react.. He LOVES my husband, but he hates me. Gorgeous hair by the way!
My young cockatiel Lui doesn't bite at all besides a little nip suddenly during head scrittches, and then afterwards he usually asks for more petting. If he bites, the scrittches are over, but this happens alot. What I've done is simply only give pets in little 5-6 second sections and let him ask for more. I also choose when the pets end -before he gets frustrated. We have longer, happier cuddle times this way, but I wish he'd naturally give me some sort of hint of his discomfort before nipping. He's really good at communicating nicely in all other aspects.
how often can you say to a woman "wow your bird matches your hair! love it!" well I love it! :D
I'm jealous of your conure being so tame, my green cheek bites fingers whenever I put them on his cage or get them near him
The hair and bird got together perfectly
I don't know what to do as I would love to get the beginners course and many others however I just wanted to know if there will be any deals soon.
could you do a video on bringing home a baby? I got a handfed conure last week and she's started to get nippy. Just covering things of how to best handle bringing them home and the first few weeks, food conversion, ect?
I have the same issue with biting curiously on the hands and ears or any soft skin and he bites then gradually does it harder and latches more so on my partner then me but I’m still not sure as most times she walks to us we don’t walk to her
@@rocheller1501 yah as she's gotten older some of her tenancies can...hurt. Over all she doesn't bite hard but she often bites and regurgitates on my ears if they are visible, and will find my chest or near my arm bit and start softly biting then going harder. She doesn't typically latch though. And if I lean back she will rush my face and start nibbling at my lip, nose, and eyelids and if I dont stop her(I do) she starts trying to regurgitate. She doesn't do this all the time it's just these actions that she starts to. I need to break her of this. I would love her to cuddle not try to eat my face if I lean back @.@;
those dislikes are Phoebe, Detka, and Blue because they're jealous they couldn't hang out with you 🤣🤣
Your makeup really makes your eyes pop in this video, Jamie 🙂
And aww, Lily!! Looking so cute and cuddly! ♥️ My conure just turned 10 too! But would definitely take a big chomp out of my neck if I snuggled him like that lol
I absolutely love this hairstyle on you looks super young and girly!!
Question: should I separate my budgies? I’m in the early process of diet conversion (your organic seed mix) and trying to associate myself positively and just really observing my birds but I’ve noticed they don’t really get along and are constantly competing with each other and getting in scuffles... should I give it more time or should they go in separate cages? Sorry for the long question love your content ❤️
Creating "pet quality" birds is much easier when keeping them in separate cages. You just cannot compete with the 24/7/365 that they give each other. 😊
I've had my budgies (5-6mo old) for 2-3 months now, and they were from the pet store (I didn't buy it but the responsibility of taking care of them landed on me), thus they were extremely afraid of humans in the beginning.
Now they tolerate going on my hands to eat treats (only when very hungry), but otherwise they are scared of EVERYTHING! New toys, new food. meaning they will not eat anything that isn't seeds and millet.
I've tried eating fresh food in front of them, leaving it in their food bowl, mixing seeds with pellets, nothing is working.
I want to get my birds a better diet but at the moment it is near impossible as the birds are scared of everything...
I have a Sun Conure who is 17 years old this May. I'm giving a little treat or peacans for good behavior. What treat do you suggest to give? He also loves apples and I feed hum Zupreem Parrot diet. Thanks!
Can you possibly do a video regarding taking care of birds with injuries? I have an African grey who has an already compromised toe on his foot. I rescued him from a previous home where he suffered quite a bit of abuse. He HATES hands but allows me to pick him up from the floor only as a last resort. But he's doing good overall. He has problems with wooden perches because he can't grip as well but he loves just roosting on the couch but does well on his big perch in his cage.
Ugh my two quaker parrots bite out of nowhere. They tend to bite my other family members but they occasionally bite me too. Fortunately, I've watched your videos and I've learned to interpret my baby's body language. You def gotta respect their lil space bubble. Also, my mom gets mad and yells at them for being loud, maybe that's why they're also aggressive? I'm not sure, I'm lost
I'm in the same boat with my indian ringneck, he bites at every occasion besides when his mood is good
i got your clickers things it really help thanks
Where do you get your bird tree stands all around your house?
Quick question. I have just got a kakariki who seems to scared of hands and bit me a few times 🤦🏼♀️ iv just purchased a target stick and clicker so waiting for that 2 arrive before I try anymore but what treats do I use? When I do start
How would I know which treat will my Blue like ?
what would be the ideal age/time to start giving seeds to a sun conure ? My baby is just 50 days old. 🙂
Where’s the Beginning bird training one oh one link I need it
Hi!!🤗😊. I have had a buggie for 3 or 4 months and he just died last month i loved him very much I was not edadcated enough to have one I did not know anything about them AT ALL I have liked birds a very long time I love them so much. I have been doing as much research on parrots and bird care thinking about all the things it takes to own a happier healthy bird I am turning into a bird I do that much research I have been researching for 4 days non stop I research for hours on end .I have been looking at all bird breeds and have found non to fit in my family . My neighbour got a new bird she found her flying around and she was not chipped or anything so they put up flyers and no show up of the owners it's been a few years now and they still have her she is a Bobble yellow headed Amazon parrot and her name is polly she is super friendly .I decided to look into them and do research on them and I think I found the one . I have a big family with 3 siblings and I have 3 dogs a rabbit and tortoise. I have fitted in the time I will be able to spent with each one and the bird sholed get around 3 or 4 hours flying time if good eith being handled I woled probably spend 6 or 5 hours time with it .I have do lots of research on them and I seen that they get very hormonal and aggressive I woled love to know what age they get to that stage at and if I got it older woled it be grown out of that stage??. 🍓🐦
So sorry for your loss! Keep learning. Rescue if you can.
HELLO i gave a question where can i buy an African grey parrot when im in the market
I have a question, so my GCC does these little wing twitches when I pet him (or snuggle with him) for a while.
Is this normal, or is this hormones?
Hello ^^
My lil cockatiel Got a blood feather.
Since I don't have any medicine To APPLY I will add corn starch as it is safe and It will Help to stop bleeding.
He isn't bleeding too much but Still I have to keep an eye on it.
Anyways, getting straight to the point.
How do I apply corn starch on a bird's feather.
Please respond as fast as possible.
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My bird just doesnt want to get out of his cage... or well interact with me or any other human. It came to a point where I just have to drag him out of his cage where he starts biting(and i just ignore the biting). And the next thing he does is to search for his cage and fly towards it when he gets the chance. Ive tried multiple trics to lure him out of his cage: using his favorite toy, food, just my finger(which he just doesnt seem to like at all)
I really want to train and play around with him but it seems almost impossible:( what can i do to change this behaviour?
2 out of 3 of budgies will having "crazy biting attacks" while their perched on my hand and I'm literally not doing. They get all hyper, start flapping their wings very fast, and just biting on my nails, fingers, or knuckles. It doesn't hurt usually but I wonder if this is hormonal?
One of mine do the same thing. He flies to me (uncalled sometimes) and does it, so I don’t think his scared. Suddenly he gets “flirty” so I think it could be hormones too, but it’d be nice to know for sure.
Since I bonded more with one of my budgies, often he comes on my arm, while I'm fetching their food and just does little random bites in my skin. Or I'm feeding them and he jumps on my arm or hand an bites here or there and walks on, doing his normal stuff. It's so out of nothing always. Just like, he comes to me, does a bite and check for food or vice versa. I don't know, if he is mad, if I'm not fast enough, to give him something or if the other bird block the feeding bowl/hand, but sometimes I realy can't find any reason and he also does nothing. No signs with his feathers, no sound ... I then actually feel like my skin would be made of millet.
I have a question I just got two sun conures they are about two months old. They are very aggressive what can I do.
Sun conure's are always cool. I have lots of sun conure's
My new budgie (2 weeks) has recently bonded with me. It has just become attached to being by my mouth. It didn't get as much time with me today and has begun biting my lip. Now is it much more aggressive or agitated with it's toys too. I'm not sure what's up.
This video is exactly what I need. One of my two budgies bites quite often and both birds always fly to our degus' cage but are not allowed to because the biting budgie once bit the degu's tail off 😢 they are just not interested in treats when they fly there so we always have to cover the cage with blankets to protect our other animals. Now I'm wondering whether I have to take the degus to a different place and while the cage is empty let the budgies out so the cage can loose its magic?...
Help Jamie! My quaker parrot keeps biting at her metal armband and she's starting to crack her beak! one side of her beak is growing because she always bites and rubs the one side, and now theres a dent where her beak has chipped away from her constant biting of the armband. I'm at a loss, the vet says she needs to keep the band on but she just won't stop. I'm worried she will crack it severely. Is it worth keeping the band on?
thank you for the advice, my budgie pickles bites less now hopefully not at all
Omgosh did you make this after my consult with Dave last month? Lol. (Jk)
I was given a pineapple cheek that learned to communicate with biting. All that he knew for the first years of his life because I think the previous home would always ignore the signs of when he didn't want something. When I brought him home he wasn't even able to be held by anyone. He has come so far. I can hold him and he's very affectionate with me. I had to endure many bites without reacting and pretend i didn't need the missing flesh. Lol he does still sometimes bite so I need to start recording and that's what Dave said too. Plus they had him on a seed only diet and I've gotten some pellets in there but he's still VERY picky and the diet conversion has been tough but not giving up.
Also have 2 rescue tiels from a hoarded situation that aren't very tame and I messed up and made their cage where they feel safe when I brought them home because they weren't tame and so scared. But they've also come SO far also with diet and coming out of their cages. Excited for whenever their tiny toy box will be here! Yay!
Great video!
What about the biting occurs when they come to you? I don't mean aggression, but being demanding or thinking it's fun to bite you. I know the whole "ignore the behaviour you don't like" if they do it for entertainment, but bites can be hard to ignore (my birds are small, but it would be a huge problem if it was a big bird because then it would straight up injure you.) They have wooden toys they are shredding, I try to train with them at least once a day, and generally they are close to being tame. Could it be hormonal, since they just 1 year old?
And do they climb to head instead of sitting on shoulder ? I have an African gray he likes to sit on my head and I want him to sit on shoulder so can you help me in that please ?
how do you know which of your conures is which? they all look the same to me :D
Their personalities are different
I have two pineapple conures i tell them apart from the colours on their breast one has more yellow then the other they have similar personalities
Its not so hard when you see them every day
@@87.l9 one has more red, the other has more yellow, and third has normal colors
@@susangotshmann1489 I see my boys hours on end one talks one doesn’t one only chuckles from time to time otherwise they act similar like when they hop up and down and start bobbing their heads when you talk to them
My little gcc bites a lot, although I can usually manage the reasons mentioned in this video. The bites that flummox me are the ones when he is excited about what my hands are doing or holding. I just got nailed this morning when I was holding a paper cup that he wanted. He also gets all wound up when I am washing dishes, pouring coffee, drinking from a can. Any suggestions?
I like the idea of a bird teaches us to give and take lol. They are living creatures not a robot.
We have a 10 month conure at first it was curious to see what we want now i want open its cage and she attacks my fingers without allowing me to open it we got it in Aug it was 4 months now we have a baby of 7 weeksi dont want it to learn to bite as well
My daughters bird absolutely hates cell phones, cameras, computers. Her bird gets puffy and cocking head if she has her phone to warn her. If she has phone put away but is about 3 or feet near her and she gets a text or a call (any noise from phone) it will literally suddenly bite her. If anyone else has phone it’s ok except for video or phone calls, then the bird gets upset and shows warning signs basically telling us to get that contraption out of the room I’m in. The biggest issue is if anyone records or tries to take a picture there will be no warning signs because he will fly directly at the phone and bite anything that may be holding the phone. Many of times people throw the phone down at which point the phone is severely under attack by Soren. He is a Nansen conure and is the sweetest loving bird except when it comes to technology devices, especially camera devices.
My lovebird like to stand on my shoulder. Whenever I put my hand asking him to step on my hand, most of the time he will want to bite me. Sometimes, he bites first then step on my hand.
i think mine is too young is like 3 moth old and there is no interest on treats, so how long can i wait to start some treats to try and a better relation with it
So I’m bringing home my 3 month old ringneck spend the last month bonding but she still bites randomly and I believe it’s due to her being a baby still but how do I correct this it’s just when she sits on my hand or if she’s on my shoulder she goes for my ear!?
I have a parakeet and Amazon. I would like to have another bird. I was wondering if you could tell what kind of bird I could get that Is easy to handle , loving and can learn to talk also. I can’t really hold my parrot
Hi my bird is scared of my target stick and clicker . What should I do? Im trying to bond with him more by training . I have had him for 2 years now . He is a cockatiel but he is upset with me since i got a new flock member so he is not acting like his usual cuddly self and I just want my friend back . Please help thank you !!!