Around a year ago, I adopted a 7-week-old Green Cheek Conure and raised him by hand. He is very friendly and absolutely loves to be around us. In fact, he almost never stays in his play pen area. He just constantly wants to be on my shoulder or around me. He is also super active and has a lot of energy which is why I like keeping him out of his cage for the majority of the day.
However, he has a huge nipping problem. He nips at everything. Fingers, ears, earrings, hands...etc. I know he means no harm but obviously this problem can grow tiresome since I always have him out of the cage. I'm not sure how to go about "disciplining" him. Usually, if his nipping ever gets way too out of hand, I'll place him down and walk away. I hoped that this would make him understand that when he nips, he won't get the attention from me he desires. But he usually just ends up flying back to me and goes back to nipping.
I'm reaching out to anyone who may have experienced a similar problem, and if there are other methods to implement better behaviour in him, because this one doesn't seem to be working much at all. I love him so much and love spending time with him but some of my other family members don't necessarily love being around him because of how nippy he is, and I really wanna change that! Any advice would be greatly appreciated
However, he has a huge nipping problem. He nips at everything. Fingers, ears, earrings, hands...etc. I know he means no harm but obviously this problem can grow tiresome since I always have him out of the cage. I'm not sure how to go about "disciplining" him. Usually, if his nipping ever gets way too out of hand, I'll place him down and walk away. I hoped that this would make him understand that when he nips, he won't get the attention from me he desires. But he usually just ends up flying back to me and goes back to nipping.
I'm reaching out to anyone who may have experienced a similar problem, and if there are other methods to implement better behaviour in him, because this one doesn't seem to be working much at all. I love him so much and love spending time with him but some of my other family members don't necessarily love being around him because of how nippy he is, and I really wanna change that! Any advice would be greatly appreciated