I've had my conure for about 5 months and he use to bite in the beginning but not too hard. I could handle the pain and I would never flinch. I made the biggest mistake today with him because I was having a bad day. I feel he's getting too cocky from being out so much and when he is out he needs my attention which I try not to give all the time because then he cries when I leave the room or don't pay attention to him. A couple days ago I was getting ready to leave and he saw me putting my shoes on while I was talking to my boyfriend. Normally he just cries but this time he was screaming. I stopped talking and turned around to face him and he stopped. I try to continue talking to my boyfriend and he started screaming over and over again until I stopped. So like I said I think he's getting too cocky and comfortable. I let him out of his cage and he jumps onto me beyond happy to see me but today was different. I stayed home from school today and took him out early. He was on the top of his cage and I had to put him back because I wanted to get something to eat. As soon as my finger went up and bit down hard enough to break my skin so I was like screw it and I walked away. I was getting so worked up and angry I had no idea what to do. When I first got him from his previous owner he only bit a little hard but I could take it. So I head back to him and he's already looking fiesty like he's gonna bite so I get beyond angry and did something so stupid. I know he's afraid of drums sticks or any stick for that matter so I held it up by him because he was attacking me and I didn't know what to do. I wanted him off the cage and to realize he was wrong but now he just fears me. I got him back in his cage with a lot of biting happening. I covered his cage and ignored him. 15 minutes later I came back and stuck my finger towards him and said "up up." He literally had his neck pushed in to his body. Fluffed up and he was trying to take a chunk out of my hand. I was so afraid to even let him bite and just take it. For the past couple hours I've been sticking my hand in and if he bites I shut the cage and leave the room. He cries when I leave like he wants me there but then I'm back at his cage asking him to step and he looks like he's possessed. Im getting really annoyed. I've tried so many things. I can tell he's tense when I come up to his cage so this time I though why not beat box or make a tune he likes. So he changes his evil looking posture and is dancing. He looks so happy and I go to open the cage and he changed completely. I tried this again with my hand outside of the cage and hell still bite me as hard as he can through the bars. I don't know what to do. Treats will not help. I feel like I killed our trust by doing positive punishment. I don't know where to go from here. He's a year old and has been nippy inside his cage and on my boyfriend sometimes but never ever this bad. Normally he'll stop biting because he knows I won't give him attention. What do I do? And I'm not gonna ever involve anything that scares him. I was just super impatient and I honestly shouldn't have been because I think I broke him.