A few months ago as my budgie reached sexual maturity he started biting me for it's own amusement.
It will climb up my clothes and sit next to my mouth then just bite my lips really hard, if I shoo him away he comes back and tries to do it again. He'll fly to the top of my phone and when I'm using my finger on the screen he will bite it. He will sit on my shoulder and when I go to get him off he will make angry noises and bite my hand.
I'm not sure what his problem is, because he's a tame budgie and likes me. All the guides I can find for budgies biting online seem to be about the bird being scared.. so they bite. But nothing about the budgie being a little bum and doing it for fun.
What can I do? When it was younger the bites didn't hurt, but now they are starting to hurt and he's almost breaking the skin.
It will climb up my clothes and sit next to my mouth then just bite my lips really hard, if I shoo him away he comes back and tries to do it again. He'll fly to the top of my phone and when I'm using my finger on the screen he will bite it. He will sit on my shoulder and when I go to get him off he will make angry noises and bite my hand.
I'm not sure what his problem is, because he's a tame budgie and likes me. All the guides I can find for budgies biting online seem to be about the bird being scared.. so they bite. But nothing about the budgie being a little bum and doing it for fun.
What can I do? When it was younger the bites didn't hurt, but now they are starting to hurt and he's almost breaking the skin.