PapayaTheQuaker
New member
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this community but I'm very excited to be a part of it. I have an 8-month-old quaker that I've had for a couple of months now. I got Papaya from Petco they were actually about to transfer him to a different store and I told them to stop because I am getting him.
Nevertheless, he was super sweet when we first got him. He would step up etc but I rushed the process and tried handling him too much when I shouldn't have. Now I created a very aggressive bird. He bites and he hisses and he screams. I used to work a lot so I didn't have time to train him to fix these behaviors like I have been wanting too but now I have all the time in the world and these behaviors need to stop.
I have been able to gain his trust back slowly, he lets me pet him and give him treats, etc. I bought him another cage so it will be his sleep cage so he will have his daytime cage with all his toys and at night he will go to the other cage, I read that was good.
I cannot stop the biting though. I cannot stop the hissing and screaming if he's mad at me. He refuses to step up. He bites my fingers and bites any perch that goes near him. I'm trying clicker training but how can I do that if I can't get him to do the behavior? How can I make my bird stop biting me? And I mean truly biting me like all he does is bite everything. I don't know if I gave him too many toys and I need to remove some? Please help I've watched so many videos and I tried saying no, but that doesn't work and I dont want to spray water. If you have any advice I would really appreciate it!
I'm new to this community but I'm very excited to be a part of it. I have an 8-month-old quaker that I've had for a couple of months now. I got Papaya from Petco they were actually about to transfer him to a different store and I told them to stop because I am getting him.
Nevertheless, he was super sweet when we first got him. He would step up etc but I rushed the process and tried handling him too much when I shouldn't have. Now I created a very aggressive bird. He bites and he hisses and he screams. I used to work a lot so I didn't have time to train him to fix these behaviors like I have been wanting too but now I have all the time in the world and these behaviors need to stop.
I have been able to gain his trust back slowly, he lets me pet him and give him treats, etc. I bought him another cage so it will be his sleep cage so he will have his daytime cage with all his toys and at night he will go to the other cage, I read that was good.
I cannot stop the biting though. I cannot stop the hissing and screaming if he's mad at me. He refuses to step up. He bites my fingers and bites any perch that goes near him. I'm trying clicker training but how can I do that if I can't get him to do the behavior? How can I make my bird stop biting me? And I mean truly biting me like all he does is bite everything. I don't know if I gave him too many toys and I need to remove some? Please help I've watched so many videos and I tried saying no, but that doesn't work and I dont want to spray water. If you have any advice I would really appreciate it!