My bird used to bite when I asked for a step up. What I started doing was holding my hand far enough that she couldn't bite it, and wait for her to show me that she intends on stepping up (usually a foot reaching forward). She also would bite my hand while I was holding her if she wanted to go down. I started paying more attention to her subtle cues that she wanted to go down, and if she resorted to biting without showing any cues, I would wait for her to stop before putting her down. She very quickly learned that biting isn't the way to communicate her wants, and so she now leans towards where she wants to be put down when she's done with me.
My bird is a baby so idk how to tell Bc he only gives warning bites but he’s very playful and likes to chew on fingernails and on calluses and he goes hard asf sometimes
My problem is that every step onto the hand involves the beak first lightly on my finger and 95% of the time it's not a bite but ... when it is it's a hard one. I used to think I was brave!
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else is searching for parrot training cd try Parrot Ploy Plan ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend got amazing results with it.
@@maiguelmoreno9027 great.... but pls don't advertise other stuff here. We get great results with these guys advice. And I am certain of the advice given here. It is gold, spot on, A1 plan that I, not my friend, but me, personally, get great results from. Cheers.
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else needs to find out about parrot training tips try Dalz Parrot Tips Discovery (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my colleague got cool results with it.
@@divierteteconmanuel3669 errr, you are on one of the pre-eminent parrot trainers vids, maybe advertising another trainer is possibly not the best thing to do? We get great results following Birdtricks. Cheers.
'dont forget to reward your bird when they're being nice and quiet' Me immediately petting my green cheek and telling him that he's a good boy while munching on his dried banana
I constantly tell my gcc she's a good bird and so gentle when she's with me. But when she indicates it's time for her to go back to her cage, she'll start biting but once she's on, she clenches my finger with one foot - she *has* to have one more bite.
3:52 - 4:30 *looks at my african grey as I watch this who I haven't taken out yet, making the happy cute content sounds. Shrugs shoulders, opens cage, gives scritches and a treat, grey makes happier sounds and flys to his favorite spot* P.s. my grey is the sweetest and has no history of biting, and is very responsive to me. I just thought it was a sweet moment as I was watching your video. Keep up the good work!
The biggest difference in aggression for my rescue severe was the diet change. When she finally started accepting the seasonal chop within a week she was like a different bird. It fixed so many seemingly random aggression issues.
We just took a course on parrot nutrition and they said that some foods encourage sexual behavior and can be turned into aggression. I wonder if that was the case. So happy for your progress!
How did you get your severe to eat the chop? I am dealing with a 4 year old severe macaw that I got 3 weeks ago, he was apparently on a crappy diet. I can't get him to eat much of anything besides nuts. I have tried A LOT. I continue to give him chop, even have tried fruit. I bought the seasonal feeding system but there aren't many tips in there for diet conversion. So I could make it all up, but it's getting him to eat it. He bit me this evening when I was trying to hand him a mango. I immediately put him back in his cage. He's lucky I am hard headed. I won't give up on him. I think his big issue is DIET. I can't even clicker train him at this point because I have no treat value.
It's hard for people who can barely afford to feed themselves buying all those veggies and fruits just to make chop and have them refuse it for awhile isn't exactly efficient
That’s what I love about you Jamie!! You’re so willing to admit your mistakes. It shows everyone makes mistakes but you can always stop it and change it,
I found that with smaller parrots and parrakeets (Its all I have) , if I am copping a bite, I do NOT pull away, as hard as that is to do. Rather, I push into the bite. This achieves two things for me. The bird does not get rid of me WITH the bite (I'm not stupid, I do stop whatever it is, but I do not allow the bite to be successful in the birds mind). And by pushing into it, the bird HAS to let go. They find it uncomfortable and it has been my experience that - for untamed birds and established biters - they tend to dislike that and stop doing it because it does not work
Love your videos. Practical information presented in an accessible and easily understandable way. Lots of excellent advice. As parrot parents it really is essential for us to understand the behaviour, body language and psychology of our little friends. Experts say that parrots don’t respond to punishment or discipline so the best way to train them is to ignore bad behaviour and reward them when they behave well. As you so rightly say: Remember and reward good behaviour! Also I love that you mentioned the importance of health - I found out the hard way that parrots bite when they’re in pain. I had a beautiful little girl Green Cheek Conure who was 4yo and had always been an absolute angel but suddenly started biting me so hard that she’d draw blood (which was totally uncharacteristic behaviour). I took her to the vet and discovered that she had an inoperable brain tumour that would’ve been causing her a great deal of physical pain - which was apparently the reason she was biting. She had no other way to let me know she was in pain. Admittedly that’s an extreme case, but I think it’s important to consider a bird’s baseline health when trying to work out why they might be biting.
I "tamed" 3 totally untangled budgies in one week and didn't get bit once using the same tips you talk about here. I honestly started out wondering how I would avoid getting bitten and immediately thought of your words that birds bite when they feel like they have no other way to communicate what they want. My solution: let them free in my house with every possible way of getting away from me. Not only did this jump start their flight training by allowing them to practice/learn flying skills, but it means that if I push too hard there's no need to bite because they ALWAYS have the option to fly away. It has been one week since I got them, changed them over to chop instead of seed, and now they fly to me willingly (for some spray millet!) instead of flying away. Since it's hard to hide spray millet around, I committed to wearing my treat pouch around the house ALL THE TIME for a week so I could quickly reward movement toward me and it has 100% been worth it.
This is exactly what I tell new bird owners where I work because everyone thinks it can’t be done with budgies but that’s exactly how I did it with all of mine. I tell them pick a small area like a bathroom and bird proof it before releasing them and then just sit in there talking to them for a while. Once fear is gone, they can step up.
In another note on biting and bad behavior, I got your 3 books of feeding for parrots. They have been truly amazing for me- our African gray no longer throws food or seed which he has done for years. he so excited every day for his “lunch”. . I am so glad to have expanded his diet. Thank you his overall behavior has improved in most areas. .🐦🐦
Great Video! I teach parenting and one of my favorite qoutes is, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. So encourage parents to pay more attention to the good behaviors. Which as you pointed out are so easily ignored. I would love to see more examples of #4. As a new bird owner, I have yet to recognize what "cute behaviors actually are precursors of trouble.. CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT? THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
I recommend watching their video “Parrot body language 101” as it goes over the ‘cute’ behaviours that could be aggressive th-cam.com/video/B_BKExLup_s/w-d-xo.html
When my friend's son's parrots bit he grabbed their beak, held it closed, and firmly said "No bite!". Four learned not to bite, but one bites before thinking the hangs its head in shame and apologizes by saying "no bite". It feels so human how it does that.
I don’t have a bird yet but I’m planning on getting one in the next few years and your videos have been great help with research (I’ve also started a journal of bird tips to help remember everything)
Great video as always. We have had our parrot 26 years since he was a baby. He is in cage at night and a parrot tower during day. Both have toys, and good food- but the premium food and fav toys are on his parrot tower. He is “my bird” and usually only bites me if he is upset about something. In that case I leave him in his cage for several hours and he usually has a change in attitude. My husband takes him out in the am because he usually looks forward to the parrot tower, he has used a combination of a clicker and treat for not biting, and giving a very large scream when he acts like he is going to bite- which also has worked. Another thing we taught him, is to ask if he wants to go to bed- he will call “me here” when he is ready to go to cage or to parrot tower. If he doesn’t give us the call, we don’t. Move him...have had minimal bites lately☺️☺️
Thank you so much I've been trying to make my parrot stop biting, I've gotten her for about a month now and she still bites, but I saw your video and it really made me happy. Thanks
I’m so glad I got to see Rocco. I love his talking. Or bird noises or whatever you call the sounds they make. Your videos make me so happy! Thank you! Hi Capri!! Nana Janet 🐣😘❤️
Wonderful. How can 80 people thumbs down this? Wtf is wrong with people? Do they not have the discipline to follow directions or something. Ugh. Great video. Thank you, Jamie.
I just adopted 2 congo african greys from a really bad situation. One is 20 years old, she's been plucking for 10 years from what I'm told, the other one is 17 years old & he is very aggressive. They've been locked in their cages their entire lives, on an all seed diet.. I've had them for for 5 days. Introducing them to organic produce & been making mash. I let them out of their cages & they are willing. They stay on their cage doors (2 separate cages) I know I have a LOOONG road to build trust. The female doesn't show aggressive behavior, but doesn't want anything hands on besides taking treats gently from my hand. The male that is 17 is extreme aggressive & is out to bite me every moment he has. He's very territorial & full of anxiety. I'm hoping their diet change (I ordered 5 different pellets that were highly recommended to slowly covert off of seed) & out of cage interaction helps. I feel a little discouraged & overwhelmed, but I'm committed for life. Can you do a video on gaining trust from an abused older parrot? Maybe more would be willing to adopt rehomed birds in need. Thank you for this! ❤❤
Such sweet Rocko footage! I feel like I’ve learned so much about how to read bird body language from this channel, but I still find toucans really difficult to read. Nice to see him so obviously content!
My bird came to me a biter. I have had him 3 months. He is 10 yrs old. He bites with no warnings. Can you do a video about pre established biters? Thank you
Have you had any luck fixing the problems? My family's bird is okay with me but flys and bites any human walking by. Sometimes she even tries to get my dogs. No one else wants to work on training with her in cage, and they give her treats despite her lunging while they walk by. Now she lunges when ever someone walks by.
I have a Java sparrow which is not exactly a parrot... but he is SUPER aggressive. We first thought it was a good thing that he was biting in everything and everyone (because he’s only 6 weeks old and needs to explore everything) but now I’m starting to think he could use a little no-biting training haha! Thank you for this video, it’s very helpful!
A couple days ago, I adopted an African Grey that a deceased woman got in 1987. Her husband re-hpmed the 3 birds she had gotten since 1987 and then his rescuer gave me the bird. At first it would bite (with no pressure) and was reluctant to come out of its' cage. It liked blanched almonds and would step up when outside its' cage. So, now I have a bird and wanted to say "again", I like your channel. jh
Great advice, thank you! Can you discuss what to do if you make a mistake, don't read body language, get in a situation accidentally, etc, and your bird actually DOES bite you? People say not to react, but I've had some pretty severe damage from B&G Macaw bites, and it's hard not to pull away and react when they bite HARD and latch on! Then what do I do after the bite? Try to just stay calm, not cry, and act like nothing happened? I need advice! Thank you!
I'm glad I found your channel. Thank you for posting such amazing information! Changing my birds diet to your pallets I feel horrible for feeding him what I've been feeding him BUT I'm glad I have the information now. Thank you! God bless!
Thank you thank you thank you! I would love to see a part two also because I am shamefully admitting to doing all five things that you talked about. Good thing I’m getting a consultation. You guys are so awesome!
My pigeon just pecks, he especially pecks at freckles/ moles, and he swoops everyone including myself (around feeding times) my bird doesn’t really like males and flies away in fear, have you had any birds like that?
Squid Fry but training methods and some foods for pigeon and doves are the same as parrots. Me personally have had a lot of success with this channel, my bird was super hormonal.
Squid Fry information: ex racer pigeon, kept in large fast growing flock, we rescued 2 I didn’t make it, 3 years later, all I asked was if anyone had a bird scared of a specific gender, parrots also have this problem and training methods to resolve this are almost exactly the same.
@@franchescamadden442 pigeons are not like parrots. While yes, some training is the same, diet is wildly different (pigeons are strict seed and grain eaters, and cannot digest plant matter). Pigeons are also not like parrots in their social behaviors, and behavior varies a LOT by gender. Male attract female by displays of physical strength, and are promiscuous (though they bond with one bird as their "wife" and will raise any peeps she produces, whether it's from him or a different male). Male pigeons very very rarely want any kind of contact like cuddling, since pigeon makes do not allow anyone but their wife to preen them. Males will be aggressive to anyone that they have not chosen as their wife (and they WILL chose someone), no matter training, because thats how males show female that they are worthy mates. Females are more cuddly, and more likely to be social with multiple people, since they mate with multiple males, and do not much have to worry about impressing their husband. They will lay a clutch of two eggs and brood them. Pigeons and parrots are very very different and you cannot expect one to act like the other.
My baby macaw was chilling on my lap throughout the video that I played on the TV, then when Rocko started making noise she literally jumped in my arms and was inconsolable. She never reacts to anything (breeder desensitized her very well) so it was unexpected and quite entertaining but I shouldn't laugh because she was really upset. Thanks for putting out the information since most bites are the fault of the human! Good tips!
Avoiding the bite resonates with me! My girl started lunging when I’d try to get her out of the cage, her & I came to a mutual agreement I’d open her cage & she’d either come to me when she’s ready OR stand at her door & let’s me pick her up from there. I’ve noticed also, that, our girl mostly gets Jekyll & Hyde moments when her sleep is thrown off for 2+ days. It doesn’t happen often usually only 1/year when we have an annual event where we leave our home really early & get back home really late. We’re looking into possibly boarding next year for 4 days so she doesn’t have to go through that.
I acquired a rehomed Congo African grey a few weeks ago. Everything was going very smoothly until a few days ago. He is not a morning person and prefers to be up late. I’m trying to get his sleep more in line with ours and my other birds. I have started to put him away earlier and he has started biting me every time I put him in his cage. It’s to the point that he latches on HARD and I have to pull his beak off me. he had never bit me before and this is really becoming an issue. He now rarely steps up and prefers my husband because my husband never does anything with him except give him the occasional treat. My husband put him in the cage last night and he didn’t bite, but I think he was confused as to what was happening. I did not punish him or even act bothered when he did bite me and continued doing what I was doing. I knew he wasn’t biting out of fear, but just to get his way. I understand a fearful bird, but this is not that and I am at a loss. Please help! I am tired of having bloodied and bruised hands.
I am going to start implementing these right away - I have 2 maroon bellied conures and one bites for everything! She never used too so I know its something I am doing - I will journal and see, thanks for the tips!
I have an African Grey that only bites me, and draws blood. He's about 23yo and we adopted him about 5 months ago. The first month was amazing. He was super friendly and climbed on my hand very gently. After taking him to his first very visit for a check up they attempted to clean out "stones"that developed in his nostrils after years of neglect and poor diet. Because they were so dry and hard, the vet instructed me inject purified water in his nostrils for two weeks, to soften the stones so they would be easier to remove on a follow up visit. Essentially i had to water board Walter (The Grey's name). Since then trust has been broken and he bites me very hard, understandably so. I'm the one who gives him his food, snacks and takes him in and out of his cage daily (with a rolled up towel). Although he has a fondness for me.... Follows me everywhere, walks up to me, and doesn't appear to be afraid of me, he'll walk up and bite my toes hard. He bites nobody else. I can carefully scratch the back of his head but not for too long and i have to watch carefully that he doesn't bite me quickly. Any ideas on how to build trust again? Is it just a game of patience? PS- It's been about 4 months since I've injected his nose with water and no traumatic incidences since then.
Have two rescue BFAs. The male I got 2yrs ago and the female 3wks ago. Both have horrendous back stories. Today, they both got overly hormonal which resulted in a fight. When I separated them, she then started flying AT me and attacking. I'll NEVER give up on them! I have time and plenty of patience to turn these birds around, with help on training of course!
Thank you for this video! Literally was just working with one of our budgies this evening (had her sitting on my hand eating millet spray). I tried to give her scratches on her head and she kept ducking and dodging my finger. I didn't listen to her cues and she squawked at me and nipped. I immediately had her hop off my hand and onto her perch and removed my hand and millet spray as I didn't want her to continue eating the millet and thinking she was being rewarded. Hearing some of this helped me feel I did right by taking away the treat.
Hi there. Have a rescue African grey, Poppy. She bites and refuses to fly. Only 4 years old and gets anxious when I leave the room but bites me, only when she is by her cage. When she is away from her cage she is super sweet. In the beginning when I got hrr she used to aggressively attack me and I did not make anything negative towards her, I just walked away. Thank goodness she doesn't do it anymore.
My cockatiel has been biting a lot recently ever since I had to replace his light with an Arcadia Puresun light. The mounting arm is quite close to the top of the cage, where Tweetie Pie likes to hang out. He is awfully close to the light a good part of the day if he is not flying around the room. Do you think this close proximity (which he loves) could be making him hormonal and thus, more bitey? Thanks
I just started a job at a small private aviary. I have to clean six enormous cages, vacuum, scrub trays, food, water and so on. I talked softly to the six large parrots and cockatoos, moved slowly, but they come after me! They ride on the vacuum hose, nip at my boots-even tearing a metal button off of one. When I slowly reached into a cage to change out a water bowl, one of them latched onto my little finger and crunched for all he was worth. I work with other wildlife, and have gotten bitten many times, but oh man...it was excruciating! The lady I work for is very, very particular about the order I do things and how. The birds move freely about the room. I have to be in their space, and I have to work quickly. What tips can you give me for working around the parrots so that I am not stressing them out and I don't have to worry about getting bitten?
I need to know how to handle my African grey when I bring it home from the pet shop next week please..do I let it get used to the cage for a few days or allow it to come out the same day?
Ah yes the age old question... and everyone seems to always have different answer. Thanks for the 5 inputs! Reminded me to be in tune with their body language :)
We adopted our 16 yr old Congo grey about 6 weeks ago and he is very cage protective and seems to hate to come out and bites anytime we try to get him out. Should I force him out and work with him or just keep being patient and wait until if ever he wants to come out and be handled?
But what about baby birds that are not being aggressive but are just curious and checking you out? I visited the 14-week old baby caique that I will take home once it is weaned today, and it bit me a couple of times very hard (once bruising my skin and breaking the skin leaving beak marks). He was not being vicious in any way at all but just curious - for example biting a freckle on the back of my hand. Caiques are known for nipping but how do you make them understand not to bite your skin too HARD? Being a baby bird he was just innocently exploring with his beak. It hurt bad but I didn’t react at all, but I did put him back in his cage about that time because he seemed to be getting pretty bites/nippy. How do you make baby parrots understand NOT to bite too hard?
My crimson bellied Conure was so nippy and clingy today until I worked out she needed a bath and an afternoon snooze, then she chilled out and was so much better for the rest of the day
The biggest myth I read on EVERY TH-cam training is that budgies only bite because they’re afraid. Mine would literally fly over to me to bite me when he was bored or molting. He was not scared but I was reinforcing the biting following advice he needed reassurance aka reinforcing biting. Then I followed my own gut and figure it out and changed his patterns slightly and would not let him on me when he’d show signs he was going to bite. He broke the pattern for sure.
My budgie bites me for the fun of it. He loves to sit on my hand in his cage and play with his toys from a different angle: Bite the toy, bit the toy, bite the toy, turn and bite the hand, bite the toy, bite the hand harder, ooh that was fun and squishy - bite, bite BITE. I take my hand away - he's mad at me taking my hand away, so he bites and holds on. Or he lands on my head and doesn't to come down (his preening gets very rough - he would tear off my eyebrow or eyelashes if I left him up there), so he bites my hand when I ask him to step up. Or I will treat him for good behavior, then he jumps on me and bites when I take the treat away. "I am boss! Give me treats or else!" Some days I think we're making great progress, but the next day he'll be psycho biting bird again. *sigh* My other budgie is so sweet and gentle.
been clicker/hand training my gf's budgie lately, he's incredibly sweet and social and well taken care of(other than diet, which isn't terrible at all but he is having a hard time switching to pellets) But he HATES fingers My GF and i cuddle and i'll move my hands and the budgie makes lil annoying chirps if hands get too near. However, with how much he loves affection and how much he scritches himself on my knees or shoulders, i can tell he wants cuddles deep down. So i started desensitizing him to fingers using a lot of the techniques from this channel, and within 3 weeks he went from not letting my gf pet him to his top of the head being pet. And when im around he still doesnt want me to pet him but he lets me boop him a bunch!! So rad.
My grey has a perch next to my desk as I work from home. One day out of the blue he jumped on my shoulder and bit the top of my ear so hard i heard the cartledge crunch. I locked him in his cage and kept it next to me and aside from feeding, changing water, and cleaning the bottom of the cage I ignored him. This went on for a week until one day he was able to schmooze his way out by climbing up my arm when I was changing his food dishes. After that he never bit me my ear again and never bites me hard enough to cause injury. He has full flight feathers and to him locking him in his cage is a punishment.
My bird recently started bitting for everything, I try to hold him and he’ll bite, I have him in my shoulder and he’ll bite and I try and respect his space but he won’t stop will try this thank u 🥰
My Quaker is fully flighted. She is not typically a biter HOWEVER, for items around the house that she plays with (i.e. coffee pods on a carousel) she will attack my hand if I pick one up to use OR if she sees something as a threat like when I take the lid off the laundry pods to get one. I have worked on training her to get her to step down and stay while I do some of these things but she is a very determined and tenacious little girl!! I’d have to cage her 24/7 or sit and do nothing all day except pay attention to her to avoid her nipping my arm because she’s picked something up she has decided is hers. 😂
My african grey is 4 months old and he’s a sweetheart. I’ve had him since he was one month old. Coco tends to bite when he’s over excited and playing. I don’t have him in a cage and never have and probably never will. He lives with me freely in my room so he can fly around and have his freedom. He is a good boy and i just want him to not bite because he sometimes bites too hard and I know he doesn’t mean to hurt me. What should i do? Please help.
I've been following you guys for little wile I watch the episode were u told us about get conure 2 years ago now I have to birds now I just wanted to ask u why my bird will not leave my alone when he's out I would like him to fly more many thanks u have lovely parrots
Hi, can you please show how to put harness on a young 12 week old African Grey. I dont want to stress the baby and get it to start biting. I tried looking for a video to show how to harness it, also how often should I try it before gitating it. Thank you
My lovebird eats his chop from birdtricks and his tops pellets, i also mix his food with a little bit of seeds to encourage him to eat. if i touch my clicker and drawer he becomes so aggressive and will charge on me to bite because he wants the millets in the drawer and want to train. i know what he wants but i trained him too much that he doesn't want to eat his pellets so i don't train him that much anymore. if i'm touch my clicker he bites me even if the clicker is on the table she would try to attack the clicker to tell me he wants to train but if i touch the clicker he bites me. so confused how to make him chill with my drawer and clicker
I'm not an expert (I mostly used tip n°1 BTW, and to have a keen eye for over-excitement) but I learned it's also important not to overreact. When he (Oscar, Senegal parrot) was still biting regularly he quickly learned to bite and then shout "OOOUCH! OSCAR!!!" because he knew that's what I was going to say next. The fact that it was hilarious didn't make things easier, as he just tacked the laughter at the end of it. So no matter how much pain, I learned to ignore it and not react emotionally. That really helped: his main drive is always attention, even more than treats. Ignoring bad behaviour takes away the fun for him so he mostly stops doing it.
Is there an easy way to blunt their claws so that they won't stab you? Our double yellow head Amazon sharpens his claws into hypodermic needles. We used to trim and blunt them using a Dremel tool, but this required wrapping him in a towel like a burrito and immobilizing him. He hated this and this got to be too traumatic and so we stopped blunting his claws and we have stopped carrying him around on our arms and shoulders.
In the last two weeks I have seen this very different but beautiful cockatoo It was call a Black palm cockatoo. Are this rare? Or? Are they different from other cockatoo thanks
I got my budgie 3 months ago, and he is starting to get pretty tame, but he has gotten a biting problem. He can fly to my hand on his own, but it seems like when he gets bored, he starts to bite my hand and fingers really hard. I don’t react to it, because I have seen online that you shouldn’t give it any attention but I don’t really see a change and he keeps on biting harder and harder, and I don’t know what to do.
Thank you for all of your informative videos. I have a green cheek that is very social but occasionally he will attack my ear and nearly always bites when I take him to his cage. Any suggestions?
The last time I fell asleep on the sofa from exhaustion and forgot that the gray parrot was outside on the edge of my sofa. And what happened I could never imagine. She came to wake me up at 4:30 so that I wouldn't be late for work, because she knows exactly when I get out of bed
Could u help me with your advice? My new parrot only have him 8 days she's 2 1/2 years old Indian ringneck....she bites all the time inside the cage and outside...she is territorial of the kitchen counter and if I open cover doors she goes mad and wants to see what's inside specially the washing machine. But I am afraid of her as she doesn't trust me and she bites if a hand is near her. What can I do? Did I give her to much freedom from the beginning? Should I leaver in the cage and take her out for shortest periods until she gets use to us... I would appreciate your help as I am frustrated and I don't know what to do. Thanks.
I just adopted a bonded pair of untame Meyers, last week here in Montana. They're curious, smart but are definitely scared of hands. I did get them to target but that's it. Hoping in a month they will start to take treats from me, I am going slow and allowing them to see I am not a threat.
I got my wife a macaw and I don’t know if the store reinforced the biting or what but the store told us to ignore her biting so we did, she bit my arm like 4times making me bleed but I didn’t move or make a sound when she did then she bit my finger and that’s when I kinda shook her cause it felt like my finger was going to break off. I hope we can get her to stop biting she’s only 3years old, we let her out of the cage at home and couldn’t get her back in she just kept flapping her wings at us and lunging like intimidating us!
From my bird it’s moving quickly. If I try to get her out of the cage and I move my hand too fast I will get bit but if I don’t she’ll probably step up.That even applies to being out of the cage if she sees my hand coming and it comes slowly usually I have no problem. So as you said it’s really important to learn and be in tune with your particular bird and what scares them and avoid those things.
I’ve had my cockatiel for 2 weeks now! I got her at a pet store and they knew nothing about her and didn’t know if she was male or female, not even her age! It’s obvious she was never hand fed or messed with! She hisses and bites when I try to touch her in her cage! We’ve had her out of the cage a few times and she can’t fly very well! I’m working on that part! How do I get her to stop the hissing and biting in or out of cage?
Is the clicker thing necessary? Ive been just raising my voice and saying "good boyyyy" in like a high tone anytime he does good. And a low tone when he bites i say "ow ow owwww" and put him back in the cage.
I have been told that if I gently bounce the hand my conure is perching on when she starts to bite to hard that she will stop because she starts to realize her perch becomes unstable when she does. Is this effective? And is it at all recommended? I do feel I can tell the difference between her “I’m done” bites and the “ I love the tough it giving texture of dongle nails bites. But even they hurt, especially if she gets the cuticle.
I just got cockatiel and she is ok with me for a moment and then she would attack me and bite me. I also have a Conure and the cockatiel is afraid of her. Shall I keep them in separate rooms for now? Please help
As soon as I saw the video I went yes Jamie finally has a fix for my chain saw with feathers! Well I don’t know how “ Mad Max “ fits into the category’s he would move away from your hand if it is in the cage and head for the corner , if your hand got within striking range he would attack , now I don’t know his past since my U2 is a rescue, I don’t know his age , I’ve had him a year and a half and he’s gotten better but he’s deathly scared of my hand , I thought maybe it was cage aggression , so I got him to be able to step up on a branch and get him out but he’ll stay out for awhile and go back inside , I think he just feels safe , haven’t tried a training stand to get him away from the cage , any ideas ? 🤔
I have a big kind of old parrot, Green of course, and he always bites or makes attempts to snap/bite at me or my mother whenever we both always trying and of course making sure that he's fed and comfy in the cage but whenever it comes down to him sleeping we always have a cloth or double cloth to cover him down but he snaps/bites at that to. Any suggestions for that? Plus edit: whenever me or my mother try to train him, he always bites at her mostly because I don't know exactly why. Plus, he's the type to join in to loud talking and makes his own annoyance, our behavior towards is mostly up and down because of reasons to complicated to explain honestly, Maybe due to reasons that our previous pets were dogs and they died in the hand of a person that we still live with..... Please, any suggestions and advice?
My baby conure likes to fly and purch on us but if on our hand , he will nip at our hands. He is not puffed up or aggravated almost seems like he is licking our skin then bites... what do we do to stop this?
Great video! This video reminded me of something I'd been wondering about? I have a question about essential oils. Are diffusing essential oils in the home safe for the birds respiratory tract? Have been considering getting into essential oils which they ( the people who sell them) claim are so good for a multitude of things but before I do, I would like your opinion on their safety for our feathered friends. Thank you
@Gamaw 52 I have a Green Cheeked Conure. Google a d it will tell you which essential oils you cannot use. I use lemon, cedar, and citrus. Stay away from tea tree, peppermint, thieves, etc.
It just likes biting my eyebrows for some reason, and when I try to protect my eyebrows using my hands it bites my hands. Now I cover my eyebrows with a piece of paper or carton. It helps
My bird used to bite when I asked for a step up. What I started doing was holding my hand far enough that she couldn't bite it, and wait for her to show me that she intends on stepping up (usually a foot reaching forward). She also would bite my hand while I was holding her if she wanted to go down. I started paying more attention to her subtle cues that she wanted to go down, and if she resorted to biting without showing any cues, I would wait for her to stop before putting her down. She very quickly learned that biting isn't the way to communicate her wants, and so she now leans towards where she wants to be put down when she's done with me.
I have tried holding my hand far enough as not to be bit. My Catalina lifts her foot, but tries to bite. It's like she is luring me in for the kill.
Haha rekt
My bird is a baby so idk how to tell Bc he only gives warning bites but he’s very playful and likes to chew on fingernails and on calluses and he goes hard asf sometimes
My problem is that every step onto the hand involves the beak first lightly on my finger and 95% of the time it's not a bite but ... when it is it's a hard one. I used to think I was brave!
What kind of species of birds u have
The way Rocko closes his eyes when he's getting pets, you can tell he's in heaven..
Allen Earnest my conure those that too
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else is searching for parrot training cd try Parrot Ploy Plan ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend got amazing results with it.
@@maiguelmoreno9027 great.... but pls don't advertise other stuff here. We get great results with these guys advice. And I am certain of the advice given here. It is gold, spot on, A1 plan that I, not my friend, but me, personally, get great results from. Cheers.
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else needs to find out about parrot training tips try Dalz Parrot Tips Discovery (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my colleague got cool results with it.
@@divierteteconmanuel3669 errr, you are on one of the pre-eminent parrot trainers vids, maybe advertising another trainer is possibly not the best thing to do? We get great results following Birdtricks. Cheers.
'dont forget to reward your bird when they're being nice and quiet'
Me immediately petting my green cheek and telling him that he's a good boy while munching on his dried banana
Well said! I do the same for my GCC 😉🐦💓
I constantly tell my gcc she's a good bird and so gentle when she's with me. But when she indicates it's time for her to go back to her cage, she'll start biting but once she's on, she clenches my finger with one foot - she *has* to have one more bite.
@@KimBouchard mine does the exact same thing!!
3:52 - 4:30 *looks at my african grey as I watch this who I haven't taken out yet, making the happy cute content sounds. Shrugs shoulders, opens cage, gives scritches and a treat, grey makes happier sounds and flys to his favorite spot*
P.s. my grey is the sweetest and has no history of biting, and is very responsive to me. I just thought it was a sweet moment as I was watching your video. Keep up the good work!
The biggest difference in aggression for my rescue severe was the diet change. When she finally started accepting the seasonal chop within a week she was like a different bird. It fixed so many seemingly random aggression issues.
We just took a course on parrot nutrition and they said that some foods encourage sexual behavior and can be turned into aggression. I wonder if that was the case. So happy for your progress!
Can you explain what is seasonal chop and what diet you provided to your birds??
@Taher its a bird tricks signature diet. Its something that all parrot owners should strive to be able to provide.
How did you get your severe to eat the chop? I am dealing with a 4 year old severe macaw that I got 3 weeks ago, he was apparently on a crappy diet. I can't get him to eat much of anything besides nuts. I have tried A LOT. I continue to give him chop, even have tried fruit. I bought the seasonal feeding system but there aren't many tips in there for diet conversion. So I could make it all up, but it's getting him to eat it. He bit me this evening when I was trying to hand him a mango. I immediately put him back in his cage. He's lucky I am hard headed. I won't give up on him. I think his big issue is DIET. I can't even clicker train him at this point because I have no treat value.
It's hard for people who can barely afford to feed themselves buying all those veggies and fruits just to make chop and have them refuse it for awhile isn't exactly efficient
That’s what I love about you Jamie!! You’re so willing to admit your mistakes. It shows everyone makes mistakes but you can always stop it and change it,
So glad you mentioned reinforcing the quiet bird. So important!!
Hello there, how're you?
I found that with smaller parrots and parrakeets (Its all I have) , if I am copping a bite, I do NOT pull away, as hard as that is to do. Rather, I push into the bite. This achieves two things for me. The bird does not get rid of me WITH the bite (I'm not stupid, I do stop whatever it is, but I do not allow the bite to be successful in the birds mind). And by pushing into it, the bird HAS to let go. They find it uncomfortable and it has been my experience that - for untamed birds and established biters - they tend to dislike that and stop doing it because it does not work
Love your videos. Practical information presented in an accessible and easily understandable way. Lots of excellent advice. As parrot parents it really is essential for us to understand the behaviour, body language and psychology of our little friends. Experts say that parrots don’t respond to punishment or discipline so the best way to train them is to ignore bad behaviour and reward them when they behave well. As you so rightly say: Remember and reward good behaviour! Also I love that you mentioned the importance of health - I found out the hard way that parrots bite when they’re in pain. I had a beautiful little girl Green Cheek Conure who was 4yo and had always been an absolute angel but suddenly started biting me so hard that she’d draw blood (which was totally uncharacteristic behaviour). I took her to the vet and discovered that she had an inoperable brain tumour that would’ve been causing her a great deal of physical pain - which was apparently the reason she was biting. She had no other way to let me know she was in pain. Admittedly that’s an extreme case, but I think it’s important to consider a bird’s baseline health when trying to work out why they might be biting.
I "tamed" 3 totally untangled budgies in one week and didn't get bit once using the same tips you talk about here.
I honestly started out wondering how I would avoid getting bitten and immediately thought of your words that birds bite when they feel like they have no other way to communicate what they want.
My solution: let them free in my house with every possible way of getting away from me. Not only did this jump start their flight training by allowing them to practice/learn flying skills, but it means that if I push too hard there's no need to bite because they ALWAYS have the option to fly away.
It has been one week since I got them, changed them over to chop instead of seed, and now they fly to me willingly (for some spray millet!) instead of flying away.
Since it's hard to hide spray millet around, I committed to wearing my treat pouch around the house ALL THE TIME for a week so I could quickly reward movement toward me and it has 100% been worth it.
This is exactly what I tell new bird owners where I work because everyone thinks it can’t be done with budgies but that’s exactly how I did it with all of mine. I tell them pick a small area like a bathroom and bird proof it before releasing them and then just sit in there talking to them for a while. Once fear is gone, they can step up.
My bird follows me and flies to me, he’s chill for a bit then starts biting me
*Liar.*
The sounds Rocko is making sounds a bit like a cat purring :D That's how happy and content at that moment he is :D
I love how Toucans purr when their happy its so precious
In another note on biting and bad behavior, I got your 3 books of feeding for parrots. They have been truly amazing for me- our African gray no longer throws food or seed which he has done for years. he so excited every day for his “lunch”. . I am so glad to have expanded his diet. Thank you his overall behavior has improved in most areas. .🐦🐦
Hello Kathryn, how're you doing today!!!
Great Video! I teach parenting and one of my favorite qoutes is, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. So encourage parents to pay more attention to the good behaviors. Which as you pointed out are so easily ignored. I would love to see more examples of #4. As a new bird owner, I have yet to recognize what "cute behaviors actually are precursors of trouble.. CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT? THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
I recommend watching their video “Parrot body language 101” as it goes over the ‘cute’ behaviours that could be aggressive
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When my friend's son's parrots bit he grabbed their beak, held it closed, and firmly said "No bite!". Four learned not to bite, but one bites before thinking the hangs its head in shame and apologizes by saying "no bite". It feels so human how it does that.
I don’t have a bird yet but I’m planning on getting one in the next few years and your videos have been great help with research
(I’ve also started a journal of bird tips to help remember everything)
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Great video as always. We have had our parrot 26 years since he was a baby. He is in cage at night and a parrot tower during day. Both have toys, and good food- but the premium food and fav toys are on his parrot tower. He is “my bird” and usually only bites me if he is upset about something. In that case I leave him in his cage for several hours and he usually has a change in attitude.
My husband takes him out in the am because he usually looks forward to the parrot tower, he has used a combination of a clicker and treat for not biting, and giving a very large scream when he acts like he is going to bite- which also has worked.
Another thing we taught him, is to ask if he wants to go to bed- he will call “me here” when he is ready to go to cage or to parrot tower. If he doesn’t give us the call, we don’t. Move him...have had minimal bites lately☺️☺️
Thank you so much I've been trying to make my parrot stop biting, I've gotten her for about a month now and she still bites, but I saw your video and it really made me happy. Thanks
i have been applying 3 of these techniques. i am so proud
I’m so glad I got to see Rocco. I love his talking. Or bird noises or whatever you call the sounds they make. Your videos make me so happy! Thank you! Hi Capri!! Nana Janet 🐣😘❤️
Wonderful. How can 80 people thumbs down this? Wtf is wrong with people? Do they not have the discipline to follow directions or something. Ugh. Great video. Thank you, Jamie.
I just adopted 2 congo african greys from a really bad situation. One is 20 years old, she's been plucking for 10 years from what I'm told, the other one is 17 years old & he is very aggressive. They've been locked in their cages their entire lives, on an all seed diet.. I've had them for for 5 days. Introducing them to organic produce & been making mash. I let them out of their cages & they are willing. They stay on their cage doors (2 separate cages) I know I have a LOOONG road to build trust. The female doesn't show aggressive behavior, but doesn't want anything hands on besides taking treats gently from my hand. The male that is 17 is extreme aggressive & is out to bite me every moment he has. He's very territorial & full of anxiety. I'm hoping their diet change (I ordered 5 different pellets that were highly recommended to slowly covert off of seed) & out of cage interaction helps. I feel a little discouraged & overwhelmed, but I'm committed for life.
Can you do a video on gaining trust from an abused older parrot? Maybe more would be willing to adopt rehomed birds in need. Thank you for this! ❤❤
Such sweet Rocko footage! I feel like I’ve learned so much about how to read bird body language from this channel, but I still find toucans really difficult to read. Nice to see him so obviously content!
Your toco toucan is so gorgeous! I can tell how healthy he is just by looking at him. You are taking excellent care of him!
your birds are adorable. i have issues with noise or id be all about getting a bird.. love em. your videos are great to watch.
My bird came to me a biter. I have had him 3 months. He is 10 yrs old. He bites with no warnings. Can you do a video about pre established biters? Thank you
Have you had any luck fixing the problems? My family's bird is okay with me but flys and bites any human walking by. Sometimes she even tries to get my dogs. No one else wants to work on training with her in cage, and they give her treats despite her lunging while they walk by. Now she lunges when ever someone walks by.
@@Cat-di9lg both of you target train. Get into target training. TARGET TRAINING. It will help a lot.
I have a Java sparrow which is not exactly a parrot... but he is SUPER aggressive. We first thought it was a good thing that he was biting in everything and everyone (because he’s only 6 weeks old and needs to explore everything) but now I’m starting to think he could use a little no-biting training haha! Thank you for this video, it’s very helpful!
Hello shanna, how're you doing okay....
You are the best 🥰
A couple days ago, I adopted an African Grey that a deceased woman got in 1987. Her husband re-hpmed the 3 birds she had gotten since 1987 and then his rescuer gave me the bird. At first it would bite (with no pressure) and was reluctant to come out of its' cage. It liked blanched almonds and would step up when outside its' cage. So, now I have a bird and wanted to say "again", I like your channel. jh
Great advice, thank you! Can you discuss what to do if you make a mistake, don't read body language, get in a situation accidentally, etc, and your bird actually DOES bite you? People say not to react, but I've had some pretty severe damage from B&G Macaw bites, and it's hard not to pull away and react when they bite HARD and latch on! Then what do I do after the bite? Try to just stay calm, not cry, and act like nothing happened? I need advice! Thank you!
I'm glad I found your channel. Thank you for posting such amazing information! Changing my birds diet to your pallets I feel horrible for feeding him what I've been feeding him BUT I'm glad I have the information now. Thank you! God bless!
Thank you thank you thank you! I would love to see a part two also because I am shamefully admitting to doing all five things that you talked about. Good thing I’m getting a consultation. You guys are so awesome!
Hello Connie, how're you doing today??
I always watch my sun conures body language. He hasn’t ever bit me luckily!
Do you have any recommendations for the treat? My 'too seems doesn't like those treats that I bought. Thanks
Congrats on 230K subs, Jamieleigh!
My pigeon just pecks, he especially pecks at freckles/ moles, and he swoops everyone including myself (around feeding times) my bird doesn’t really like males and flies away in fear, have you had any birds like that?
I had bird like that he was male and hated males his past owner probably was a male and did something to him that made the bird scared of males.
Pigeons are wildly different than parrots (and even ringneck doves). I would recommend theramseyloft on Tumblr and here on TH-cam for info about them.
Squid Fry but training methods and some foods for pigeon and doves are the same as parrots. Me personally have had a lot of success with this channel, my bird was super hormonal.
Squid Fry information: ex racer pigeon, kept in large fast growing flock, we rescued 2 I didn’t make it, 3 years later, all I asked was if anyone had a bird scared of a specific gender, parrots also have this problem and training methods to resolve this are almost exactly the same.
@@franchescamadden442 pigeons are not like parrots. While yes, some training is the same, diet is wildly different (pigeons are strict seed and grain eaters, and cannot digest plant matter). Pigeons are also not like parrots in their social behaviors, and behavior varies a LOT by gender. Male attract female by displays of physical strength, and are promiscuous (though they bond with one bird as their "wife" and will raise any peeps she produces, whether it's from him or a different male). Male pigeons very very rarely want any kind of contact like cuddling, since pigeon makes do not allow anyone but their wife to preen them. Males will be aggressive to anyone that they have not chosen as their wife (and they WILL chose someone), no matter training, because thats how males show female that they are worthy mates. Females are more cuddly, and more likely to be social with multiple people, since they mate with multiple males, and do not much have to worry about impressing their husband. They will lay a clutch of two eggs and brood them. Pigeons and parrots are very very different and you cannot expect one to act like the other.
i always love the screaming cockatoo in the corner
We have a hormonal female eclectus, so you can imagine how much we appreciate this video
My baby macaw was chilling on my lap throughout the video that I played on the TV, then when Rocko started making noise she literally jumped in my arms and was inconsolable. She never reacts to anything (breeder desensitized her very well) so it was unexpected and quite entertaining but I shouldn't laugh because she was really upset. Thanks for putting out the information since most bites are the fault of the human! Good tips!
Hello there!!!
Avoiding the bite resonates with me! My girl started lunging when I’d try to get her out of the cage, her & I came to a mutual agreement I’d open her cage & she’d either come to me when she’s ready OR stand at her door & let’s me pick her up from there.
I’ve noticed also, that, our girl mostly gets Jekyll & Hyde moments when her sleep is thrown off for 2+ days. It doesn’t happen often usually only 1/year when we have an annual event where we leave our home really early & get back home really late. We’re looking into possibly boarding next year for 4 days so she doesn’t have to go through that.
I acquired a rehomed Congo African grey a few weeks ago. Everything was going very smoothly until a few days ago. He is not a morning person and prefers to be up late. I’m trying to get his sleep more in line with ours and my other birds. I have started to put him away earlier and he has started biting me every time I put him in his cage. It’s to the point that he latches on HARD and I have to pull his beak off me. he had never bit me before and this is really becoming an issue. He now rarely steps up and prefers my husband because my husband never does anything with him except give him the occasional treat. My husband put him in the cage last night and he didn’t bite, but I think he was confused as to what was happening. I did not punish him or even act bothered when he did bite me and continued doing what I was doing. I knew he wasn’t biting out of fear, but just to get his way. I understand a fearful bird, but this is not that and I am at a loss. Please help! I am tired of having bloodied and bruised hands.
I am going to start implementing these right away - I have 2 maroon bellied conures and one bites for everything! She never used too so I know its something I am doing - I will journal and see, thanks for the tips!
I have an African Grey that only bites me, and draws blood. He's about 23yo and we adopted him about 5 months ago. The first month was amazing. He was super friendly and climbed on my hand very gently. After taking him to his first very visit for a check up they attempted to clean out "stones"that developed in his nostrils after years of neglect and poor diet. Because they were so dry and hard, the vet instructed me inject purified water in his nostrils for two weeks, to soften the stones so they would be easier to remove on a follow up visit. Essentially i had to water board Walter (The Grey's name). Since then trust has been broken and he bites me very hard, understandably so.
I'm the one who gives him his food, snacks and takes him in and out of his cage daily (with a rolled up towel).
Although he has a fondness for me.... Follows me everywhere, walks up to me, and doesn't appear to be afraid of me, he'll walk up and bite my toes hard.
He bites nobody else.
I can carefully scratch the back of his head but not for too long and i have to watch carefully that he doesn't bite me quickly.
Any ideas on how to build trust again? Is it just a game of patience?
PS- It's been about 4 months since I've injected his nose with water and no traumatic incidences since then.
Have two rescue BFAs. The male I got 2yrs ago and the female 3wks ago. Both have horrendous back stories.
Today, they both got overly hormonal which resulted in a fight. When I separated them, she then started flying AT me and attacking.
I'll NEVER give up on them! I have time and plenty of patience to turn these birds around, with help on training of course!
A random question:have you ever had cockatiels?If yes can you please do a video about them?
Ok if I will have I will
she has at least one. It's "how to tain a frightened cockatiel" but its not on this format, its a client's bird i believe
Thank you for this video! Literally was just working with one of our budgies this evening (had her sitting on my hand eating millet spray). I tried to give her scratches on her head and she kept ducking and dodging my finger. I didn't listen to her cues and she squawked at me and nipped. I immediately had her hop off my hand and onto her perch and removed my hand and millet spray as I didn't want her to continue eating the millet and thinking she was being rewarded. Hearing some of this helped me feel I did right by taking away the treat.
Hey Cheryl, how're you doing...
Hi there. Have a rescue African grey, Poppy. She bites and refuses to fly. Only 4 years old and gets anxious when I leave the room but bites me, only when she is by her cage. When she is away from her cage she is super sweet. In the beginning when I got hrr she used to aggressively attack me and I did not make anything negative towards her, I just walked away. Thank goodness she doesn't do it anymore.
Thanks for your advice. Appreciate you and the videos you have done. Has helped me understand my bird more and he is much happier.
My cockatiel has been biting a lot recently ever since I had to replace his light with an Arcadia Puresun light. The mounting arm is quite close to the top of the cage, where Tweetie Pie likes to hang out. He is awfully close to the light a good part of the day if he is not flying around the room. Do you think this close proximity (which he loves) could be making him hormonal and thus, more bitey? Thanks
I just started a job at a small private aviary. I have to clean six enormous cages, vacuum, scrub trays, food, water and so on. I talked softly to the six large parrots and cockatoos, moved slowly, but they come after me! They ride on the vacuum hose, nip at my boots-even tearing a metal button off of one. When I slowly reached into a cage to change out a water bowl, one of them latched onto my little finger and crunched for all he was worth. I work with other wildlife, and have gotten bitten many times, but oh man...it was excruciating! The lady I work for is very, very particular about the order I do things and how. The birds move freely about the room. I have to be in their space, and I have to work quickly. What tips can you give me for working around the parrots so that I am not stressing them out and I don't have to worry about getting bitten?
Where can I get one of those aviaries for my backyard? Thanks!
Where can I get one of those outdoor enclosures for my macaw and how much can I expect to pay for it? Thanks
I need to know how to handle my African grey when I bring it home from the pet shop next week please..do I let it get used to the cage for a few days or allow it to come out the same day?
Ah yes the age old question... and everyone seems to always have different answer. Thanks for the 5 inputs! Reminded me to be in tune with their body language :)
We adopted our 16 yr old Congo grey about 6 weeks ago and he is very cage protective and seems to hate to come out and bites anytime we try to get him out. Should I force him out and work with him or just keep being patient and wait until if ever he wants to come out and be handled?
hi i have a got a bird and i am thinking about getting a clicker where did u get your clicker form thank you i love your videos
But what about baby birds that are not being aggressive but are just curious and checking you out? I visited the 14-week old baby caique that I will take home once it is weaned today, and it bit me a couple of times very hard (once bruising my skin and breaking the skin leaving beak marks). He was not being vicious in any way at all but just curious - for example biting a freckle on the back of my hand. Caiques are known for nipping but how do you make them understand not to bite your skin too HARD? Being a baby bird he was just innocently exploring with his beak. It hurt bad but I didn’t react at all, but I did put him back in his cage about that time because he seemed to be getting pretty bites/nippy. How do you make baby parrots understand NOT to bite too hard?
Awww! Rocco is so haapy and content with you petting him!
My crimson bellied Conure was so nippy and clingy today until I worked out she needed a bath and an afternoon snooze, then she chilled out and was so much better for the rest of the day
The biggest myth I read on EVERY TH-cam training is that budgies only bite because they’re afraid. Mine would literally fly over to me to bite me when he was bored or molting. He was not scared but I was reinforcing the biting following advice he needed reassurance aka reinforcing biting. Then I followed my own gut and figure it out and changed his patterns slightly and would not let him on me when he’d show signs he was going to bite. He broke the pattern for sure.
My budgie bites me for the fun of it. He loves to sit on my hand in his cage and play with his toys from a different angle: Bite the toy, bit the toy, bite the toy, turn and bite the hand, bite the toy, bite the hand harder, ooh that was fun and squishy - bite, bite BITE. I take my hand away - he's mad at me taking my hand away, so he bites and holds on. Or he lands on my head and doesn't to come down (his preening gets very rough - he would tear off my eyebrow or eyelashes if I left him up there), so he bites my hand when I ask him to step up. Or I will treat him for good behavior, then he jumps on me and bites when I take the treat away. "I am boss! Give me treats or else!" Some days I think we're making great progress, but the next day he'll be psycho biting bird again. *sigh* My other budgie is so sweet and gentle.
I keep trying to train my hird not to bote ect but he doesnt doesn't like food that much do u have any tips ❤
Dakota Hodge what’s his diet? If he is on a seed mix he might not be as motivated because treats are in his everyday diet
If he's on a good diet and treats still aren't high value, there are other motivators. You can try praise, toys, or scratching their head.
Mackenzie Harper wow, no one cares
I had a seizure trying to read that
Mackenzie, profane language is unacceptable. Dakota is asking for help, be nice or be quiet.
been clicker/hand training my gf's budgie lately, he's incredibly sweet and social and well taken care of(other than diet, which isn't terrible at all but he is having a hard time switching to pellets) But he HATES fingers
My GF and i cuddle and i'll move my hands and the budgie makes lil annoying chirps if hands get too near. However, with how much he loves affection and how much he scritches himself on my knees or shoulders, i can tell he wants cuddles deep down. So i started desensitizing him to fingers using a lot of the techniques from this channel, and within 3 weeks he went from not letting my gf pet him to his top of the head being pet. And when im around he still doesnt want me to pet him but he lets me boop him a bunch!! So rad.
I love your guys videos! I recently got a new IRN and he's very nippy! He's only 15 weeks, and i've been working on it since he has gotten here.
Hello Chloe, how're you doing today...I hope all's well with you?
My grey has a perch next to my desk as I work from home. One day out of the blue he jumped on my shoulder and bit the top of my ear so hard i heard the cartledge crunch. I locked him in his cage and kept it next to me and aside from feeding, changing water, and cleaning the bottom of the cage I ignored him. This went on for a week until one day he was able to schmooze his way out by climbing up my arm when I was changing his food dishes. After that he never bit me my ear again and never bites me hard enough to cause injury. He has full flight feathers and to him locking him in his cage is a punishment.
My bird recently started bitting for everything, I try to hold him and he’ll bite, I have him in my shoulder and he’ll bite and I try and respect his space but he won’t stop will try this thank u 🥰
My Quaker is fully flighted. She is not typically a biter HOWEVER, for items around the house that she plays with (i.e. coffee pods on a carousel) she will attack my hand if I pick one up to use OR if she sees something as a threat like when I take the lid off the laundry pods to get one. I have worked on training her to get her to step down and stay while I do some of these things but she is a very determined and tenacious little girl!! I’d have to cage her 24/7 or sit and do nothing all day except pay attention to her to avoid her nipping my arm because she’s picked something up she has decided is hers. 😂
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My african grey is 4 months old and he’s a sweetheart. I’ve had him since he was one month old. Coco tends to bite when he’s over excited and playing. I don’t have him in a cage and never have and probably never will. He lives with me freely in my room so he can fly around and have his freedom. He is a good boy and i just want him to not bite because he sometimes bites too hard and I know he doesn’t mean to hurt me. What should i do? Please help.
Thanks this REALLY helped
I've been following you guys for little wile I watch the episode were u told us about get conure 2 years ago now I have to birds now I just wanted to ask u why my bird will not leave my alone when he's out I would like him to fly more many thanks u have lovely parrots
Thanks for these tips it works!
My Cockatoo bites me alot I tried millet that didn't work but ur tricks worked so ty!!!!
Hi, can you please show how to put harness on a young 12 week old African Grey. I dont want to stress the baby and get it to start biting. I tried looking for a video to show how to harness it, also how often should I try it before gitating it. Thank you
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You guys are soooo great😍
My lovebird eats his chop from birdtricks and his tops pellets, i also mix his food with a little bit of seeds to encourage him to eat. if i touch my clicker and drawer he becomes so aggressive and will charge on me to bite because he wants the millets in the drawer and want to train. i know what he wants but i trained him too much that he doesn't want to eat his pellets so i don't train him that much anymore. if i'm touch my clicker he bites me even if the clicker is on the table she would try to attack the clicker to tell me he wants to train but if i touch the clicker he bites me. so confused how to make him chill with my drawer and clicker
Thank you Jamie
I'm not an expert (I mostly used tip n°1 BTW, and to have a keen eye for over-excitement) but I learned it's also important not to overreact. When he (Oscar, Senegal parrot) was still biting regularly he quickly learned to bite and then shout "OOOUCH! OSCAR!!!" because he knew that's what I was going to say next. The fact that it was hilarious didn't make things easier, as he just tacked the laughter at the end of it. So no matter how much pain, I learned to ignore it and not react emotionally. That really helped: his main drive is always attention, even more than treats. Ignoring bad behaviour takes away the fun for him so he mostly stops doing it.
Is there an easy way to blunt their claws so that they won't stab you? Our double yellow head Amazon sharpens his claws into hypodermic needles. We used to trim and blunt them using a Dremel tool, but this required wrapping him in a towel like a burrito and immobilizing him. He hated this and this got to be too traumatic and so we stopped blunting his claws and we have stopped carrying him around on our arms and shoulders.
In the last two weeks I have seen this very different but beautiful cockatoo
It was call a Black palm cockatoo. Are this rare? Or? Are they different from other cockatoo thanks
I got my budgie 3 months ago, and he is starting to get pretty tame, but he has gotten a biting problem. He can fly to my hand on his own, but it seems like when he gets bored, he starts to bite my hand and fingers really hard. I don’t react to it, because I have seen online that you shouldn’t give it any attention but I don’t really see a change and he keeps on biting harder and harder, and I don’t know what to do.
Thank you for all of your informative videos. I have a green cheek that is very social but occasionally he will attack my ear and nearly always bites when I take him to his cage. Any suggestions?
The last time I fell asleep on the sofa from exhaustion and forgot that the gray parrot was outside on the edge of my sofa. And what happened I could never imagine. She came to wake me up at 4:30 so that I wouldn't be late for work, because she knows exactly when I get out of bed
Could u help me with your advice? My new parrot only have him 8 days she's 2 1/2 years old Indian ringneck....she bites all the time inside the cage and outside...she is territorial of the kitchen counter and if I open cover doors she goes mad and wants to see what's inside specially the washing machine. But I am afraid of her as she doesn't trust me and she bites if a hand is near her. What can I do? Did I give her to much freedom from the beginning?
Should I leaver in the cage and take her out for shortest periods until she gets use to us...
I would appreciate your help as I am frustrated and I don't know what to do. Thanks.
Just got a love bird.. any tips?
I just adopted a bonded pair of untame Meyers, last week here in Montana. They're curious, smart but are definitely scared of hands. I did get them to target but that's it. Hoping in a month they will start to take treats from me, I am going slow and allowing them to see I am not a threat.
Hi I’ve been binge watching your videos and I was wondering if you have any videos on how you train your birds to free flight.
I got my wife a macaw and I don’t know if the store reinforced the biting or what but the store told us to ignore her biting so we did, she bit my arm like 4times making me bleed but I didn’t move or make a sound when she did then she bit my finger and that’s when I kinda shook her cause it felt like my finger was going to break off. I hope we can get her to stop biting she’s only 3years old, we let her out of the cage at home and couldn’t get her back in she just kept flapping her wings at us and lunging like intimidating us!
Thank you so much for this!
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Rocky is so beautiful and perfect. He almost doesn’t look real, cause he’s so soft looking. Awww 🥰
I have a female and I cannot get close to her. I have tried so many things. Do you have any idea?
Thanks for the information. Our Birdy is growing into adolescence and likes to chew on Mom and Dad.
How did you transition the capturing for "rock out" from aggression to calm?
How do you keep your house disinfected and still keep it safe for your flock's respiratory systems during a pandemic?
There are disinfectant sprays that are safe for birds, you can get them at pet supply stores.
From my bird it’s moving quickly. If I try to get her out of the cage and I move my hand too fast I will get bit but if I don’t she’ll probably step up.That even applies to being out of the cage if she sees my hand coming and it comes slowly usually I have no problem. So as you said it’s really important to learn and be in tune with your particular bird and what scares them and avoid those things.
I’ve had my cockatiel for 2 weeks now! I got her at a pet store and they knew nothing about her and didn’t know if she was male or female, not even her age! It’s obvious she was never hand fed or messed with! She hisses and bites when I try to touch her in her cage! We’ve had her out of the cage a few times and she can’t fly very well! I’m working on that part! How do I get her to stop the hissing and biting in or out of cage?
Is the clicker thing necessary? Ive been just raising my voice and saying "good boyyyy" in like a high tone anytime he does good. And a low tone when he bites i say "ow ow owwww" and put him back in the cage.
I have been told that if I gently bounce the hand my conure is perching on when she starts to bite to hard that she will stop because she starts to realize her perch becomes unstable when she does. Is this effective? And is it at all recommended? I do feel I can tell the difference between her “I’m done” bites and the “ I love the tough it giving texture of dongle nails bites. But even they hurt, especially if she gets the cuticle.
I just got cockatiel and she is ok with me for a moment and then she would attack me and bite me. I also have a Conure and the cockatiel is afraid of her. Shall I keep them in separate rooms for now? Please help
As soon as I saw the video I went yes Jamie finally has a fix for my chain saw with feathers! Well I don’t know how “ Mad Max “ fits into the category’s he would move away from your hand if it is in the cage and head for the corner , if your hand got within striking range he would attack , now I don’t know his past since my U2 is a rescue, I don’t know his age , I’ve had him a year and a half and he’s gotten better but he’s deathly scared of my hand , I thought maybe it was cage aggression , so I got him to be able to step up on a branch and get him out but he’ll stay out for awhile and go back inside , I think he just feels safe , haven’t tried a training stand to get him away from the cage , any ideas ? 🤔
I have a big kind of old parrot, Green of course, and he always bites or makes attempts to snap/bite at me or my mother whenever we both always trying and of course making sure that he's fed and comfy in the cage but whenever it comes down to him sleeping we always have a cloth or double cloth to cover him down but he snaps/bites at that to. Any
suggestions for that?
Plus edit: whenever me or my mother try to train him, he always bites at her mostly because I don't know exactly why.
Plus, he's the type to join in to loud talking and makes his own annoyance, our behavior towards is mostly up and down because of reasons to complicated to explain honestly, Maybe due to reasons that our previous pets were dogs and they died in the hand of a person that we still live with.....
Please, any suggestions and advice?
My baby conure likes to fly and purch on us but if on our hand , he will nip at our hands. He is not puffed up or aggravated almost seems like he is licking our skin then bites... what do we do to stop this?
Great video! This video reminded me of something I'd been wondering about? I have a question about essential oils. Are diffusing essential oils in the home safe for the birds respiratory tract? Have been considering getting into essential oils which they ( the people who sell them) claim are so good for a multitude of things but before I do, I would like your opinion on their safety for our feathered friends. Thank you
@Gamaw 52 I have a Green Cheeked Conure. Google a d it will tell you which essential oils you cannot use. I use lemon, cedar, and citrus. Stay away from tea tree, peppermint, thieves, etc.
It just likes biting my eyebrows for some reason, and when I try to protect my eyebrows using my hands it bites my hands. Now I cover my eyebrows with a piece of paper or carton. It helps