My conure attacks me randomly ???

I have a Pineapple Cheek Conure who is 2 years old. She is very friendly and loves cuddles and talks A LOT (like A LOT). But sometimes, she just randomly attacks and bites really hard. It's starting to become a major problem because I become too afraid to take her out of her cage sometimes. She's usually always outside of her cage, on my shoulder. But out of nowhere, she'll attack. Like, she literally will be so calm and peaceful one minute and then super violent the next. I dont know what to do!! Help!!

You need to figure out the triggers to her biting and then either avoid or redirect the unwanted behavior.

It could be something as simple as she's bored or something startled her. Maybe she's getting cranky because she's getting too much stimuli and needs a break?



Instead of just having her sit on you, what else could she be doing? Could she... be playing with toys? Foraging for food? Learning new behaviors?

When raising kids it's tempting to do everything for them and with them. The result is that they don't learn to amuse themselves and end up being even more demanding so that they need entertaining every minute of the day, and still get bored.

I was letting Syd sit on my shoulder whenever he felt like it which was most of the time and got bitten hard over the last 2/3 weeks. On advice from here I stopped shoulder privileges for a while and since then I have drastically limited it. If Syd looks grumpy, overexcited, or anything but totally placid he is not on my shoulder. If he is, it is limited to just a few minutes, not treated as a roosting spot. I have always treated cage time as the equivalent to rest time in a toddler. I think sometimes he just gets overtired.

Over the last few days it has worked and I am finding that he is getting much better at playing on his stands but more importantly I think he is happier. So far....!

Our little girl (GCC, 8 months) typically only bites us harder when she wants something and needs to get my attention... This is always accompanied with a cute sideways look. I often think she's saying SNIP "Looks here stupid, can't you see that I want....". It take a bit of figuring out on our end, but inevitably it's always a immediate want for something currently in view in the end. We typically just hold her beak lightly with a stern no, pause, then work on her end goal a bit indirectly. We're always learning to speak "conure" at our house.

are you sure she's "attacking" you? That beak is more than a weapon, it's their main tool. They use it to play, use it as a hand, a way of communicating, for cleaning, for eating (duh) and yes as a weapon but they will never attack without reason.

Step 1. It is NEVER the parrots fault
Step 2. Remove all shoulder privileges until she is trustworthy.
Step 3. Figure out why she bites. Is it fear of something? Over-stimulation? Tired and cranky?
Step 4. If found to be for a reason such as fear ETC then remove the trigger, if scared then remove what is scaring her, if cranky then let her nap more, if over-excited give her a couple minutes in her cage to cool off.
Step 5. work on bite training and timeouts. When she bites too hard (you need to allow her to use her beak and be able to nibble and pinch) you tell her "no!" in a calm but stern voice, then pick her up and put her either on the floor or the back of a chair (wherever is safe) and leave her there for a minute without any attention from you.

Hopefully that should help you out with her