hi there! I'm new here
I got a lovebird about two months ago, he's super adorable. When I got him he was about 8 weeks old only. He normally behaves in a very good way - he has his mischevous moments but if I wasn't expecting that to happen then I shouldn't even get a bird in the first place hahaha. Even his singing/chirping is actually pretty ok, he sings when he's happy and when the sun is shining and that's about it. I find it very cute and it doesn't bother me in the slightest
He doesn't like hands in general and I'm slowly getting him used to it. He lets you pet him with your nose or chin, but not with the finger hahaha. I think that's a process so I'm taking my time with him. You can hand feed him and recently he started to perch on my finger to eat millet, so I think he's making progress.
Anyways, my issue with Pepe is that he has a really annoying habit of sometimes climbing up to your shoulder to bite your ears. sometimes my fianc? is feeding him and he just randomly climbs down from the forearm to the hand to bite his fingers and then fly away immediately cause he knows he shouldn't do it.
I don't know how to discipline him. I try to always reinforce positive behavior with the millet and that's how I trained him to even fly to me. So while on one hand he behaves in a generally good manner, sometimes he simply likes to climb up to you and bite you for absolutely no reason (it's not a reaction to lack of food/water, someone speaking loud or moving fast, it's literally out of pure evil!)
I say "no" to him in a serious voice and lately I tried to see if spraying water would help with that, but I don't want to do negative things or, idk, make the bird afraid of water at some point and stop bathing. since he really dislikes hands, it's impossible to just grab him and put him in the cage for a time out, unless I want my hands to turn into swiss cheese!
Can anybody help me please? He's got plenty of toys and since I work from home, he spends almost the whole day with the cage door open, so he's not stressed out at all. He's a sweet bird, but sometimes he just wakes up and chooses violence.
Thanks in advance!!
I got a lovebird about two months ago, he's super adorable. When I got him he was about 8 weeks old only. He normally behaves in a very good way - he has his mischevous moments but if I wasn't expecting that to happen then I shouldn't even get a bird in the first place hahaha. Even his singing/chirping is actually pretty ok, he sings when he's happy and when the sun is shining and that's about it. I find it very cute and it doesn't bother me in the slightest
He doesn't like hands in general and I'm slowly getting him used to it. He lets you pet him with your nose or chin, but not with the finger hahaha. I think that's a process so I'm taking my time with him. You can hand feed him and recently he started to perch on my finger to eat millet, so I think he's making progress.
Anyways, my issue with Pepe is that he has a really annoying habit of sometimes climbing up to your shoulder to bite your ears. sometimes my fianc? is feeding him and he just randomly climbs down from the forearm to the hand to bite his fingers and then fly away immediately cause he knows he shouldn't do it.
I don't know how to discipline him. I try to always reinforce positive behavior with the millet and that's how I trained him to even fly to me. So while on one hand he behaves in a generally good manner, sometimes he simply likes to climb up to you and bite you for absolutely no reason (it's not a reaction to lack of food/water, someone speaking loud or moving fast, it's literally out of pure evil!)
I say "no" to him in a serious voice and lately I tried to see if spraying water would help with that, but I don't want to do negative things or, idk, make the bird afraid of water at some point and stop bathing. since he really dislikes hands, it's impossible to just grab him and put him in the cage for a time out, unless I want my hands to turn into swiss cheese!
Can anybody help me please? He's got plenty of toys and since I work from home, he spends almost the whole day with the cage door open, so he's not stressed out at all. He's a sweet bird, but sometimes he just wakes up and chooses violence.
Thanks in advance!!
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