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[Priscilla26]

so im fairly new to the bird world.. i have a white bellied caique that i got from a friend of a friend that wasnt given much attention. since ive gotten her (2 months ago) ive spoiled her and always spent time with her. i swear to god she is bipolar. she literally just attacked my hand not even 5 minuets ago. and before that she was perfectly fine. had her out went and got her a slice of apple and put her back in her cage with it. she dropped it and i went to pick it up to give it to her again and she went crazy. its not the first time shes spazzed out on me before. night 1 she bit me bad. but i expected it. she didnt know who i was, i was new to her and she was new to me. but this past saturday i was cleaning her cage... putting everything back in it,she was on top and just charged after me with her beak open trying to bite me.

can anyone help me tame my bird.. please???????

 

[Priscilla26]

and now shes fine..
i dont get it.

 

[Remy]

Puck does this too!! I made a post a few days ago about his "demon mode ". There might be some good advice for you there.

Does she have any body language that you can identify, so you can know when NOT to touch her? Puck gets crazy-eyed, puffs up his feathers ALL OVER, including his legs, and sometimes hunches over in an evil-looking manner. He will then make cutesy noises to lure me over, and then launch himself, beak first, at my flesh.

And then a few minutes later, he's a perfect angel!

I just avoid him when he's like this. I like put him in his cage (with assistance from a towel), so I don't get accidentally bitten. It usually passes after a few minutes.

He started doing it a lot when I gave him better lighting. It turned out that I was leaving his light on too long, and he's acting pretty normal again now. He's still moody, but caiques are known for moodiness, but he's not attacking now.

Sometimes he also just plays too hard! I take my hand away when he's play-biting too hard. He seems like he just gets carried away sometimes.

 

[IcyWolf]

I do not have a lot of experience with caiques but from what I have seen and heard, mood swings are pretty common. We are having a similar problem with our black capped conure, he will be as sweet as can be and then nail you without warning. And most of the time he bites me is when he flies to me, lands on my finger, always says something cute and then is sinking his beak into my hand :/

 

[Priscilla26]

thanks remy.. i just got home and went to give her a new seed stick that i got her and she climbed up my sweatshirt.. i wanted her off and to go onto her cage but she had other plans and bit me AGAIN. other hand this time. now shes bouncing up and down in her cage trying to get my attention..

 

[Remy]

Yeah, Puck doesn't get it sometimes. Sometimes he does. Sometimes he only plays nice to try and mate with me. He's been moody today, I think because I had his light on too late last night. He's not boring!

BITE = TIME OUT!

 

[ceejay]

i do not have alot of experience either but i can tell you this i had the same issue with my galah for about 3 weeks when i brought him home now he dosent bite anymore i think it will take sometime for her to get to know you as i was told its small steps. i can however offer a suggestion i used a pair of garden gloves which helps alot. then i suddenly noticed i didnt need them anymore because sheldon stopped biting me he still gives the occasional nip (not too bad) when he dosent want to train or he wants to just be left alone. i have now had him going on 5 weeks and he is doing much better. i wasent even able to touch him the first 2 weeks now he lets me give him a scratch. it takes time to build trust with your bird i still have a long way to go myself. but each day gets a tiny bit better i would use the gloves for a bit to keep from getting a nasty bite once sheldon learned that biting me wasent getting a reaction out of me he gave up.do you react like jerk your hand away or say ouch or anything when she does this? i know its hard believe me i do but dont let her think shes hurt you or like sheldon did he figured well all i got to do is bite and she will stop touching me. as soon as he realized it wasent going to work he stopped also from what ive learned birds cages are their safe zone and alot of them(not saying all) dont want your hands in their space. i would also suggest touch training you can look it up on the net. good luck keep us posted cheers ceejay

 

[lene1949]

thanks remy.. i just got home and went to give her a new seed stick that i got her and she climbed up my sweatshirt.. i wanted her off and to go onto her cage but she had other plans and bit me AGAIN. other hand this time. now shes bouncing up and down in her cage trying to get my attention..

You just got home and she wanted out... Of course she wants to come out... Any reason she can't come out...?? Parrots need a lot of out of cage time, whether they want to be with you or just exploring...

 

[Priscilla26]

lene, yea i wanted to take her out and spend time with her

 

[Priscilla26]

there wasnt a reason why i didnt want to take her out. i was trying to and thats when she bit me.. both times. lastnight and the night before

 

[suebee]

Blogger: User Profile: Mary

this lady an her flock gives me a lot of insite into handling nut when she is well, goin nuts

she mostly empathises reading body language, remembering these birds are wild creatures and are mostly doin what comes naturally, and as she has kept her blog goin for a few yrs you get the see the long term benifits of how she manages her birds

 

[Artaire]

I have the same issue with my conure, one moment he is as cute as can be cuddling or whatever and then he will turn aggresive and start biting. I have no idea why he does it, but I know when hes about to do it.

He fluffs his feathers up around his head (To make him look bigger maybe?)

Best thing for you to do really is to learn their body language so you can try and see when they are and aren't in a nippy mood. One thing ive found is that as soon as I get him and open my door, he can be overly excited. I can see his feathers around his head are fluffed up and he is going bonkers to get to me. So if I let him out within a minute or two of me walking through the door he will start nipping and clamping down hard.

Once he has settled down a bit I will let him out and 9/10 he is as good as gold until he finds something to play with lol

Hope this helps