My Indian ringneck has been having some weird habits going on for the past week or so. He used to be very scared of me but now he comes over and crawls on me and then starts nibbling at me! The first two nibbles he uses his tongue like he is exploring the feel of my skin and then he pinches! I can't help but flinch, especially when I'm not expecting it. I don't take it out on him, especially because it could be MY fault that is making him do this. He's 15 months so he's still a baby, maybe this is part of the "growing up" process?
I have been giving him other things to chew on when he flies onto me like pieces of clean cardboard and clean bottle caps, he LOVES chewing on them.
What's weird is when he comes over he will climb on me out of his own free will but when I ask him to step up most of the time he will run or fly away from me
He also recently has been pinning a lot more, I thought he was bluffing earlier this year but he started biting and not letting me touch him even more. He is showing more aggression than fear when it comes to me trying to scritch his head. A couple weeks ago he was fine with me giving him scritches before bed. I'd have to "chase" him a bit until he was tired (he would fly between his cage and the curtain rod in the next room) but he would eventually step up and be fine with me sitting with him, petting his head. I'm not sure what's going on now. Now he's doing the whole "head pulled back, beak open, eyes pinned, hissing" motion when I try to scritch him and even when I ask him to step up sometimes!
I have been giving him other things to chew on when he flies onto me like pieces of clean cardboard and clean bottle caps, he LOVES chewing on them.
What's weird is when he comes over he will climb on me out of his own free will but when I ask him to step up most of the time he will run or fly away from me
He also recently has been pinning a lot more, I thought he was bluffing earlier this year but he started biting and not letting me touch him even more. He is showing more aggression than fear when it comes to me trying to scritch his head. A couple weeks ago he was fine with me giving him scritches before bed. I'd have to "chase" him a bit until he was tired (he would fly between his cage and the curtain rod in the next room) but he would eventually step up and be fine with me sitting with him, petting his head. I'm not sure what's going on now. Now he's doing the whole "head pulled back, beak open, eyes pinned, hissing" motion when I try to scritch him and even when I ask him to step up sometimes!
