Stephen and toes

JBassset

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Ok, so this is yet another question from me regarding Stephen the Conure I fell into.

He hates toes. I walk around the house barefoot much of the time and if he sees toes he goes right after them.

Not only does this hurt, it worries me for his safety. Often when he bites a toe I jerk my foot away and he holds on only to get flung across the room.

His behavior is much like when he's playing with his ping pong balls so I don't think is malicious but man does it hurt.

Does anyone have any suggestions? (Besides wearing socks all the time.)
 

GaleriaGila

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Ah, my dear friend JD...

*sigh*

The Rbird hates my ol' man's toes... not mine... so after we moved in together (and after a few anxious months of trying EVERYTHING we could think of)... such as...
*stomping to make Rb afraid of the feet
*squirting him with water when he approached
*yelling and screaming
*time-out-attempt failures (he flies away)
*a few other things I've repressed


He wears socks anytime the bird is loose.

I'll follow this thread to see if anybody has any new ideas.
 

goalerjones

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Toes are the devil.

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thekarens

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Our grey attacks my toes and any part of my feet he can get to. There's really only one solution, don't let them be on the floor. It may be a pain to have to keep getting up to put them on a cage, stand etc., But yelling, squirting with water, etc, will not work and actually could make things worse.

I'm a fan of short time time outs and if my bird continues to fly away I'd follow until I could gently and firmly get them and put them back.


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GaleriaGila

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Karens... you're surely right about yellingscreamingsquirtingetc... it just made him madder. I've long since just given in. I'm not fast enough to catch him before he flies up to some out-of-reach spot. Yep. Bird runs the place.
 

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