question on behavior

[Neravas]

codex recently has started gnawing on my fingers when i pet her. it normally isnt too bad but sometimes it kind of hurts. it doent ever really seem to be agressive, but it reminds me of a baby teething. any thoughts?

 

[Mare Miller]

My birds do this. Sometimes it gets a little intense, I'll just move my hand away and pet another area of their head. I, personally, think that they are just being touchy, feely.

 

[MikeyTN]

Is Codex going through molting right now? How old is he? Sometimes they will test their limits, you must nip it right away cause it can get a lot worse....

 

[Neravas]

She will be a year old next month

 

[charliesmommy]

I have a 5 month old male indian ringneck and all of a sudden he went from being my sweet cuddly baby to not wanting anything to do with me what-so-ever. He squawks at me and RUNS away from me. When I do hold him, he squirms, screams and he tries to bite me. He will go to my husband but he isn't affectionate with him either. Nothing has happened to him, no traumatizing event. He gets plenty of attention and he has a well balanced diet. It doesn't make any sense! I don't know why he has changed so much, I'm heart broken. Will he love me again ?

 

[MikeyTN]

They go through that rebellious syndrome....Some of them anyways, not all....You must steer him in the right direction and when he tries to nip, you must just tell him NO. A customer of mine whom also got one of the babies from me awhile back came to me last week with the same issue and she started drawing blood and they were afraid of her. I told her to be stern and tell her no and give it a tap on her beak when she's mouthy and tell her a stern NO at the same right and hold up your finger like your saying number 1. They will learn very quickly. She came to me yesterday morning to my work telling me it worked and the little sassy girl stopped drawing blood. They WILL run you over if you give them the chance. You must nip that issue before they mature otherwise it's hard to get it out of their system.

 

[BoomBoom]

I'm interested in what Mikey suggested. Anyone have any luck or opinion on this method? Our BOomer has been biting harder and harder as the weeks go by (we've had him a month) so we must be doing something wrong. I think it's because I play chase with him using my finger.

I've been doingthat number 1 gesture and I noticed when I say 'No' sternly and do the number 1 gesture close to his face, he takes notice and stops but then he'd lunge again later. I don't tap his beak, I don't know if he might think I'm attacking him.

Any tips?

 

[Neravas]

She is still a total sweetheart, and i do make sure she knows she isnt the boss. perhaps she is a bit hormonal, she has been acting bizzarro lately.