Quite often, the owners of parrots complain that the pets began to bite them. The reasons for this behavior may be different, the main thing is to correctly solve them. Then it will be easier to wean, and build a line of correct reaction is not difficult.
The reasons
Parrots - birds are emotional, noisy, but at the same time very intelligent and intelligent. Just like that, “having nothing to do”, they will not bite their owners - there will be some reason for that..
- Scare A sharp sound or an unexpected movement can, by its suddenness, frighten a bird, and it will react with a bite.
- Protect your territory or (during the mating season) nests.
- Unmerited offense.
- Dissatisfaction with host behavior. For example, if a feathery lacks attention, in this way it can try to attract it.
- Character. It is also not worth discounting - malicious, hooligan parrots can be so entertained. In this case, you need to pay special attention to education.
Sometimes even calm, educated birds can behave inadequately (from the point of view of the owners). If the parrot began to bite, first of all you need to find out what bothers him. This may be natural for the marriage period, nervousness, irritability, the desire to protect their territory and nest - so you need to clearly know when such a period comes in a feathered pet. In wavy parrots, this behavior means that they are ready to start a family.
Perhaps the pet does not feel well and in this way pays the host’s attention to its discomfort. Then it must be shown to a specialist in order to fix the problems in time.
Young parrots can thus explore the world around them. In general, the beak of these birds is not only for eating food. With it, they study objects and even show love, friendly disposition. Exactly because of this reason You can not respond to such advances to respond with aggression - it may offend the feathered, and as a result, trust between the pet and the owner will disappear.
It happens that during training for the hands of the parrot does not immediately sit on the hand, but first bites her. The reason - in the instincts. In the wild, before sitting down on a branch, intelligent birds first test its strength with a beak. Similarly, domestic parrots instinctively continue the "traditions of their ancestors." In this case, you do not need to sharply withdraw your hand - the pet will decide that it was not sufficiently agile and the next time it will snap more strongly.
The same reaction can be provoked if you stretch your hand in a cage or try to take your favorite toy.
How to wean?
Parrots are very intelligent birds, they not only distinguish the emotional tint of the voice, but are also capable of “reading” the facial expression. They are in many ways reminiscent of children, and you need to act with them the same way - neat, delicate, but at the same time persistent and uncompromising.
Aggression here will be a bad ally. This will either offend the bird, frighten it or make it angry. In any case, the result will be even more active attacks.
Loud screams are perceived by these mischievous men as signs of pleasure, since they themselves like to make some noise. So shouting at them does not make any sense - it will be perceived as encouragement and approval of their actions.
It is best to strictly, calmly say to the bird "It is impossible" and leave the room, leaving her alone. Of course, not the first time, but after the third and fourth, but the feathered will understand that they are dissatisfied with his actions, and will stop hooligans.
You can do the following. As soon as the parrot's “biting” intent was revealed, you need to try to divert his attention to something else - a toy, treats, etc. And so time after time, gradually weaning feathered from this bad habit.
Often the cause of bites becomes fright. Sharp sounds can frighten a bird — for example, a working vacuum cleaner, a coffee grinder, a hairdryer, a washing machine, and so on. In order not to be attacked each time during washing or cleaning, you need to teach your pet to these sounds. This is done as follows. As soon as the household appliance is turned on, and the sound of a frightening bird is heard, you need to approach her, to talk affectionately and treat you with something tasty, so that the disturbing noise becomes associated with the caress of the host and food.
If the parrot is young, then in case of bites you can gently squeeze his beak and protractedly utter "Not-e-it-I-I." The chicks thus study the world, so if the bites are not very painful, it may be worth it and suffer a little.
Do not interfere with patience and in the marriage period. At this time, parrots become more irritable, nervous, capricious. It is better to wait until they calm down, and to take no action - just leave the birds alone.
Generally, weaning a parrot is not too difficult to bite, if there is a warm, trusting relationship between him and the owner. These birds are very clever, they quickly realize that their behavior offends the owner or causes his displeasure. As soon as they realize this, they immediately stop their “sabotage” actions. Or continue - if the owner for some reason causes them negative emotions.
Regardless of the breed, parrots are intelligent and quick-witted. If the reason for the bites is sporadic - a sharp noise, an attempt to take a toy, a bad mood - to wean them from this habit is not difficult. Yes, and a bad character is amenable to adjustment. All the rest - indisposition, mating period, young age - requires only timely detection, patience and (in the case of illness) - immediate treatment to a specialist.
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