Hi everyone! I was hoping if you guys could help me with some more biting problems.
When Sunny's playing with toys, he sometimes drops them and I come over to pick them up and hand them back to him. When I do this, he immediately starts lunging at my fingers as they come closer and tries to grind his beak on them when I come close enough for him to take the toy back. He didn't always do this. My first thought was that it was because he was angry that I was touching his stuff, but I'm not so sure. Any idea how to get him to be okay with getting handed his toys? He doesn't bite my hand on other occasions except for the next one.
This same thing happens when we're training and I try to hand him a treat. When this happens, I think it's because I'm not giving him a seed that he'd rather have. I usually end training as soon as this starts.
When Sunny's playing with toys, he sometimes drops them and I come over to pick them up and hand them back to him. When I do this, he immediately starts lunging at my fingers as they come closer and tries to grind his beak on them when I come close enough for him to take the toy back. He didn't always do this. My first thought was that it was because he was angry that I was touching his stuff, but I'm not so sure. Any idea how to get him to be okay with getting handed his toys? He doesn't bite my hand on other occasions except for the next one.
This same thing happens when we're training and I try to hand him a treat. When this happens, I think it's because I'm not giving him a seed that he'd rather have. I usually end training as soon as this starts.