beaktomie
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- Joined
- 8/21/22
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- Tomie Davis
I am new to owning lorikeets, and let me preface this by saying I love this baby. I’ve never met a more confident bird, maybe that’s a lorikeet thing..
But thing is, she beaks and licks EVERYTHING, and she does it quite hard. My fingers and phone are her favourites, there is no rest. When she beaks too hard I snatch my fingers away, say “No, too hard” in a low voice and place her away from me, and ignore her. She just runs back to me and continues to beak.
Is there anything else I could be doing, and will this behaviour get better with age?
I’ve owned four cockatiels in the past and never had this problem with any of them, so I realise it’s probably a lorikeet thing. She’s only 14 weeks old, so is it baby exploring behaviour?
But thing is, she beaks and licks EVERYTHING, and she does it quite hard. My fingers and phone are her favourites, there is no rest. When she beaks too hard I snatch my fingers away, say “No, too hard” in a low voice and place her away from me, and ignore her. She just runs back to me and continues to beak.
Is there anything else I could be doing, and will this behaviour get better with age?
I’ve owned four cockatiels in the past and never had this problem with any of them, so I realise it’s probably a lorikeet thing. She’s only 14 weeks old, so is it baby exploring behaviour?