Kalel
New member
- Jan 2, 2015
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- 8
- Parrots
- Sun conure named Lemon (nickname Moonie) hatched August 28, 2014, BFA Professor Green hatched August 22, 2014, Macaw Flash hatched Sept 15, 2007
So I love playing with my sun conure and when he gets in a really playful and hyper mood one of his favorite games is to kind of roll over sideways and grab my finger or hand and wrestle with it while on his back. He will grab it with his feet and kind chew on it with his beak in a playful way. He has never drawn blood or hurt me very badly but sometimes when he gets super hyper excited he can bite down a little harder then he probably should. I never put him in time out when he bites too hard while playing. I just tell him to play nice and grab his beak to control his bite pressure. I think it's so cute and I love playing with him this way. I've seen many videos online of people playing with their birds this way mainly caiques. Since bite pressure training is one of the essential things a bird needs to learn to be well behaved I am wondering if playing with him this way is a bad idea. Will it teach him that chewing on fingers is okay? Or is it alright because he will understand that it's only okay in this particular situation when he is wrestling with my hand? Also does anybody think it would encourage some sort of sexual aggression when he becomes more mature? He is almost 8 months old now. Thanks!