Slackergirl0215
New member
- Mar 14, 2023
- 5
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- Parrots
- Green Cheek Conure
I'm a new conure owner! His name is Phoenix. He's a green cheek conure and he's amazing but I'm having a lot of issues with him bitting. I know they preen their owners for bonding but he bites hard at times leaving marks on my arms! I have tried ignoring it, tried timeout. I don't know what to do. He'd been here a little over 2 weeks now. We got him from a pet store. If he starts getting to hard and I try and get him to step up he yells at me and bites harder. I've been treat training him with adjusting to my hands/fingers and with treats he does great, but if I try without he screeches and bits. I know this is a sign of discomfort but how do I get him out of that? If he wants to step-up it's fine if I need to adjust my hand he's not having it. I have attached pictures 1 where he's being loving and giving kisses the other 2 is where he was preening to hard. Another thing if i try to get him off my neck he begins to bite hard!