Hi all
I’ve had my conure a few days (he’s only about 8 weeks old) and all is going well apart from he likes biting my hands.
He’s very keen to come out, flies out of his cage and comes and perches on me, hands, head or shoulder.
He’s not at all afraid of hands, he’ll happily sit there and take food off me, let me stroke his head and he’ll step up fine, but he makes a bee line for my fingers and starts off tasting them with his tongue but once he gets to a fleshy part he bites quite hard.
Now I’ve tried putting him down onto something and ignoring him...I’ve tried gently saying no...I’ve gently removed his beak from my hands...but he will still continue to do it. He’s not particularly interested in toys, but then he is still young.
Is it that he is just young or is this just normal behaviour, he’ll also do the same with my ears given the chance. I obviously don’t want it to become an issue as he gets older and stronger so I’m just looking for suggestions.
Thanks
Dave
I’ve had my conure a few days (he’s only about 8 weeks old) and all is going well apart from he likes biting my hands.
He’s very keen to come out, flies out of his cage and comes and perches on me, hands, head or shoulder.
He’s not at all afraid of hands, he’ll happily sit there and take food off me, let me stroke his head and he’ll step up fine, but he makes a bee line for my fingers and starts off tasting them with his tongue but once he gets to a fleshy part he bites quite hard.
Now I’ve tried putting him down onto something and ignoring him...I’ve tried gently saying no...I’ve gently removed his beak from my hands...but he will still continue to do it. He’s not particularly interested in toys, but then he is still young.
Is it that he is just young or is this just normal behaviour, he’ll also do the same with my ears given the chance. I obviously don’t want it to become an issue as he gets older and stronger so I’m just looking for suggestions.
Thanks
Dave