If you look up “shunning” using the search function on this website you will find what wrench is talking about. Basically when your bird bites you, you set him down in a boring place like a chair back, and turn your back to him for a few minutes. This is called “shunning”.
It’s also important to notice when your bird is getting really wound up and put him down so he can calm down BEFORE he bites you.
The term "shunning" in the parrot world is new to me but, I am gonna hop on the bandwagon and give my 2 cents because I'm kinda in the same camp.
Elvira (GCC) used to be quite the chomper. The first thing I did was use a braided rope for her to step up onto from outside of her cage or from the top of her cage onto me. I did this because this was almost 100% of the times when she'd start chomping. That helped quite a bit because she does get very excited to come out of her cage so the braided rope gives her that "safe outlet."
So, then I noticed her biting stopped breaking skin but she was still pinching and actually learning that if she pinched "not as hard" that she wouldn't get put back onto the top of her cage (CLEVER BIRD!!!!!) So I started raising the bar (pun intended) slowly in showing my distaste for her "non-bleeding-pinches" by just rolling my hand, arm, finger, or whatever she was on, onto something and walking off for a minute. Then I would return and resume interaction with her. I didn't realize that this is what is called "Shunning," but I was actually using what I used to train the puppies that I have raised to stop nipping and biting.
Another tip from me, they KNOW they can rile you up, but if you make your reaction to the bite low-key and "immediate consequence" (shunning), they will learn very quickly.
Make being on you and around you positive by offering a lot of favorite treats that you do NOT provide them inside their cage. So they learn that being shunned means they don't even get the treats they want.
