Need help!!

Hey, I'm a new GCC owners, and I've been having some troubles with my baby boy. He's about 7 months old, and I got him maybe 3 months ago. At first it started out great, he was very sweet, very shy, and extremely curious.
However, now he's gotten into a biting habit. He knows how to step up, and I continue to work with him as much as I can, but when he doesn't want to do it, or when he's on top of his cage and doesn't want to come down, he'll bite me, and keep biting me until I draw my finger away, usually puffing up his feathers as he does so. He actually drew blood the other day.
And when he's made a 'nest' in my hair he absolutely hates it when anyone (including me) puts their finger anywhere near it, and will bite it. Also, if I've gotten too busy and haven't been able to let him out for the day, or only for a few minutes, he will be absolutely pissed at me and will bite me really any time my finger comes close to him until he calms down.
He goes from being the sweetest thing ever to being a absolute brat, and I'm hoping some of you might have some advice for me. Please! I've tried things I've seen on YouTube, such as putting them in their cage when they bite, but everything requires them to be on your finger, and when getting him on my finger in the first place is becoming a problem, what can I do?
I'm running out of ideas and getting desperate!

Your Parrot has been allowed to control its life and clearly doing a poor job of it! And worst, its not the Parrot's fault! It is never the fault of the Parrot and always the fault of the Human(s). By viewing it from this position, it become easier for you to see the errors you have been making and correct them.

Time to Start-Over!
Be Consistent!
Bite Pressure Train!
Socialize!

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Shortly, one of the Conure Experts will be around to take this further.

While I'm no Conure Expert, I can shed some light on this situation for you. Try your best to avoid the situations when he bites. If he bites when he makes a nest in your hair, don't let him (It may sound harsh, even though it's very cute, you could be allowing for bad behaviour). When he's on top of the cage, it's quite likely that he could be feeling like the dominant animal in the situation, my advice for a young bird like your GCC is to set some ground rules.

Don't react to the biting. When he bites, don't pull it away or yell. It makes him associate biting with you leaving him alone.
Calmly put him in his cage. Maybe you should consider a perch when taking him back to his cage. Instead of holding him on your finger and having him bite you, use the perch (maybe even a long stick, but I hope it doesn't get to that stage though).


Also, just re-enforce him when he doesn't bite! It sounds simple enough, and it's probably the simplest and easiest method I've used (and still use) especially with younger birds. Find his favourite treat, and whenever he does something treat worthy, reward him! This is also a great time to start clicker training (it comes in very handy during training).

I hope these methods help you! I really hope that you and Momo Eliot become great companions! Best of Luck,

We have to assert ourselves as the person of authority. If we don't teach them that, they will become overly-possessive. By letting them have their way all the time, they get to thinking if they bite you, you leave them alone

I wouldn't have been as blunt as Sailboat (no offense ) but the general idea of his post is pretty accurate. We can't let them have control, they'll take it and run with it. You have to assert boundaries and limits and be persistent with them.

You also have to be persistent with you training. If you spend, say two hours a day with your parrot doing training and taming and then you suddenly stop for a day or two the parrot is going to have a reaction.

Skittles is free flighted, but I have to cage him when I leave the house. I do this only a few days a week in the afternoon and I"m not gone for more than 4-5hrs, so when I am home, around that same time, he goes into his cage on his own for a few hours and its something I let him do at his own pace. He's come to associate that time of day with 'in the cage time'.

EDIT: To further explain this, I should tell you that I had major issues with boundaries and limits. I was letting Skittles do whatever he wanted and he gained control over me. He was training me and it led to two years of hell! LOL. Once I changed tactics, it was like night and day.

He still has his moods and 'tests' his limits but I NEVER let him get away with something he isnt' supposed to be doing. It's easy for us to say, "oh its just this one time, I'll let it go" and then they think they can do it.

For example, Skittles likes to fly onto the curtain rods, which is a no-no. When I catch him there, I point to his playstand by my desk and snap my fingers and say "go" and 9/10 he obliges. But there are the few occasions now and then where he has this attitude like "just a few more minutes" and I have to assert authority and he obliges. If he didn't, it'd be 'time-out' time. But thats something I haven't had to do for the longest time and it used to be a regular thing with him.