i've had my parrotlet for a week now..he's 8 weeks.. and the first few days.. though he was timid, he was still adjusting well. However, in the last 2 days.. he's turned into a maniac!!! He keeps ludging at me and my family as in attacking us!! He literally LUDGES at us with his beak wide open.. I dont kno why it got so bad. At first whenever he bit anyone, we'd all say NO BITE really angerily, but then.. everything went downhill.. now he just doesnt listen. and he HATES coming out of his cage. i have to drag him out!!! and then once he's out, all he wants to do is go bak in! He doesnt play with his toys.. and he doesnt seem to like me very much at all. I dont kno wht to do and am feeling incredibly hopeless. How can I make this situation better? and please I need to know whts worked for U because this no bite thing doesnt seem to do be doing very much...
2006-10-01
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patience is a virtue...You now have a new wonderful little being to add to your family. Please put yourself in his or her shoes for a moment or two. He's in a new house, new people, new lighting, new dishes, possibly new food, totally new surroundings. Everything is foreign to him. Sounds to me like he's not eating. Birds do tend to get nippy when they are unsatisfied with their food. Are you feeding him the same thing as they were feeding him where he came from. 8 weeks is a baby still. Please investigate doing some hand feeding by finding out what variety he was getting, warming it up and feeding him in your hands with an eyedropper, or a needle-less syringe. Babies need tender loving care. This poor little creature is scared out of his wits. Please be gentle, calm and try to see it from his point of view
2006-10-01 16:35:47
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answered by robyn.lynn0@sbcglobal.net 1
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To start with, the more that you react to his biting, the more he will do it. That is called "Negative Reinforcement". He knows that you are afraid of him (and I know how bad a bite hurts), and he is playing on it.
He is definately cage ridden. He needs to get out of his cage more...take him out and lose the cage door so that he can't go back into it.
Have you moved his cage recently? Have there been ANY changes in your house, including moving furniture, different carpeting or drapes, and so on?
If so, he may be objecting to the changes. Something as simple as a picture being hung the wrong way can make your bird suddenly turn mean.
2006-10-01 17:26:08
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answered by karmor_22 3
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Nail biter - No - i'm getting too grimy at artwork Lip biter - No - I easily produce different worried affecttions Pillow biter - No - yet i might desire to make you chew it human beings biter - No - I only desire to nibble sensuously
2016-10-18 08:05:14
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FIRST IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR PARROTLETT HAS BECOME TERRITORIAL. YOU MAY NEED TO REARRANGE HIS CAGE TO KIND OF BREAK THIS. ANOTHER THING IS PATIENCES. I HAD A PARROT THAT WAS A KNOWN BITER WHEN WE BOUGHT HIM. THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I WOULD OPEN HIS DOOR AND PLACE HIS FOOD ON TOP OF THE CAGE. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU DO, THAT YOU WATCH YOUR HANDS AS HE/SHE MAY LUNGE TO BITE THEN. THEN SIT BACK. ALSO I WOULD NEVER REACH INTO THE CAGE BACK THEN. I USED A STICK TO STEP UP TO BRING OUT DAKOTA OR PLACE IN CAGE. THIS HELPED PREVENT BITES AS WELL. DO NOT LET YOUR BIRD GO ONTO YOUR SHOULDER WHEN YOU START BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP. DO ALOT OF TALKING TO YOUR BIRD AND MOST OF ALL PATIENCES IS A VIRTUE. IT TOOK US ALMOST A YEAR TO GAIN DAKOTA'S TRUST AND BEFORE ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, HE WAS NUZZLING MY CHEEK AND I COULD CRADLE HIM IN MY ARM.
2006-10-01 17:53:15
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answered by baptism_by_fire_2000 6
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I have a little Quaker parrot like that. A lot of people will flick their beaks. WRONG. I just take ahold of my bird's beak very gently and tell her no.
2006-10-01 20:05:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Lots of patience. When you put your hand in the cage don't yank it back. I know hard but use a glove if you need to. Work with him daily. He is still young enough to fix this behavior.
2006-10-01 15:00:38
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answered by Anonymous
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I inherited a wonderful little bird, he would let you pet him, but he would bite, I was told to pinch him a bit on the back of his neck, not to hurt him, but he will know that will happen when he bites, I had a couple of others, they weren't tame, but the male would beat up his mate, I had to seperate them
2006-10-01 15:28:38
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answered by kathy c 1
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