Leahzebelle
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My Goffins has been getting progressively worse with his 'baby bird' attitude. He'll sit up top his rope ball and moan incessantly, when i try to get him down he bites me. I was told that when he puffed up, starting whining, and followed my hand around that he was looking for baby food. So i've fed him oatmeal, cream of rice, mashed warmed banana etc. He still eats plenty of seed in his cage, so he's not starving.
Should i stop feeding him warm mashes? Is it only encouraging the biting? Today he bit my hand, shook it, and screeched while he did it, absolutely refusing to come down from his rope ball. How do you deal with a bird that big biting? I've always pushed past it with my other birds, all they could do was break the skin, which isn't a big deal to me. This one could break my finger if he wanted.
So i can't exactly just let him have his little tantrum without reacting.
Should i stop feeding him warm mashes? Is it only encouraging the biting? Today he bit my hand, shook it, and screeched while he did it, absolutely refusing to come down from his rope ball. How do you deal with a bird that big biting? I've always pushed past it with my other birds, all they could do was break the skin, which isn't a big deal to me. This one could break my finger if he wanted.
So i can't exactly just let him have his little tantrum without reacting.
