We have had our parrot for a year and it seems since we have 3 other animals, it seems like our bird is mad bites us hard then we get frustrated then put him on his perch but he wants attention what activities can we do with him?
2007-03-14 16:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by J's Place 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
My opinion is that you need to teach him the three basic laws of obedience, and then from there, you will be able to teach anything.
Those are to step up from a t-stand or perch reliably, to step up from within the cage reliably and then to step up from on top of the cage reliably. In that order.
Call your library and see if they have the book by Bonnie Munro Doane called Trick Training For Parrots. It teaches you how to do this (which isn't hard at all, Grey's are very intelligent and catch on very quickly) and then it explores about 25 different tricks you can teach.
The key is gaining the bird's trust. He's biting because he knows that will make you leave him alone. If you can get him to allow you to rest the back of your hand gently on his beak, reward him with food or whatever it is that makes him happy. Work on this until he does, and then keep going with it. Next, scratch the top of his head. When he allows it, praise him lavishly and continue this. If you can get past the nipping, you are going to find that you have one of the best birds in the world...I promise. Patience and understanding that he's a bird and trying to see things from his perspective will take you a long, long way.
Get that book...seriously. It's phenomenal.
2007-03-15 05:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by sdkramer76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have an African Grey and he also used to bite us. We found that he nips you after you gave the other birds some attention. What we done was let my wife be his main handler.
He seems very happy with this arrangement as i read somewhere African Greys are really a one person bird. We only cage Albie ( African Grey ) at night, and during the day he sits on his open perch or bench or he follows my wife around the house as long as he sees her or hears her talking back to him he is happy. When Albie is out of sight she gives our other birds some attention ( We have a Sun Conure and a Rainbow Loorikeet ). I don't know how Albie is going to react when we get a Macaw.
2007-03-14 22:50:42 · answer #2 · answered by hlx099 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he have toys? Do you give him time that is just one on one? Have you tried to teach him tricks?
He sounds like he is biting out of frustration and boredom. I reccomend that you get him some new toys. Puzzle ones are great. Work with him for 15 minutes at a time to train him not to bite. Give him treats when he does something well.
Look on the Bird Talk website. They have all kinds of tricks that you can teach your bird and how to do it.
2007-03-14 17:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by Christie D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmm it seems to me, that your bird does want attention.
You should try holding seeds in your hand and when he tries biting for it, open your hand and let him.
This might help the biting, and atttention problem.
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2007-03-14 18:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by mandakay<3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, i accept as true with TIM, additionally in the event that they bite you only forget approximately approximately them, using fact then they're going to learn that it doesnt count number and that they're going to lead to few months or weeks. yet be sure you spend little bit of time with him and talk softly and crawl whilst coping with him, surprising strikes can scare them . it take somewhat time and guidance to win their believe. fortunate you which you have the suited parrot :)
2016-10-18 10:16:38 · answer #5 · answered by olis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm sounds like a cool bird i duno tho.
2007-03-14 16:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋