How to stop your bird from biting! | Aggressive bird behavior 

My grandma got a conure from a friend that couldn't keep it maybe 4 or 5 years ago. I go up there to help her with her own stuff, so poor Charlie wasn't getting anything he needed at all. He's never been out of his cage, she didn't interact with him. I was finally able to convince her and my parents to let me bring him home. He's pretty aggressive but I'm guna go to the local pet store in a couple days and see if someone can come out to my house and assess our situation. I'm lost unfortunately. I know it's guna be a long road, I just Wana make sure I'm going in the right direction. I really appreciate these videos! Thank you so much!

We got our GCC as a weaned baby . The breeder had clipped her wings but we let them grow out and she is free to fly about the inside of our home. I’m home all the time and she participates in everything we do. I’ve commented before that she will nip at my hands and arms when I use any implement from a brushing my hair to mopping the floor. I can understand why she might hate scissors since her wings were clipped, but I’m baffled about everything else. I’ve been giving her time to explore the objects and that has helped a bit, but not always. I thought there might be something instinctive that she’s reacting to, but I haven’t heard any other GCC parents mention this type of issue. She can be involved in something across the room and fly over to try and stop me if I’m writing with a pencil, using a screwdriver, sweeping , etc.

Thank you for the great video and looking Forward to seeing more! I'm going in my 3rd week with my first bird, a black capped conure, Rubie Raine.

I recently got a sun conure named Apollo and he’s becoming my best Buddy! Your videos have been super helpful!!! Thank you! ❤

I ❤ your video from so many others!

Omgoodness, I love ❤️ your advice SO BAD!!!! My bird actually changed her own name.....I am following you to the T!!!! Tytyty

My cockatiel Pete will not return to his cage even using treats for recall. Therefore I put my hand on his back when he is on my hand to return him to his cage. Is that a bad thing? He likes to come out but doesn’t like to go back. It’s a perfectly good cage with lots of toys and good healthy food. He’s always been this way. He’s now 6 months. Thanks for your helpful videos

Grazie per il video! Molto interessante!!

I'm watching this because our 7 month old Quaker parrot is very bitey. She even runs at me with her mouth open to bite . I hope this video has some good tips. Fingers crossed. Gonna watch it now.

My bird sits on my head 24/7 and still bites me

Recently saved a conure from a home where because of her noise was put into a dark bedroom for I don’t know how long. They say she is 9 months old. We have had her only a month and I have already more vibrant Color in her feathers. I have named her hope. In just a month she is already starting to say a few words, as well as scream when in a room alone. Is there anything I can do with her to help her trust me enough to be held without gloves on. We love her so much and have no intentions on ever re home ing her

Excellent!!!

We got this sun conure from a local pet shop. Everything about it was fine when we just bought him so we were like, okay he can hang out with the other birds and other people. But slowly he becomes more aggressive each day. We tried training him but he was just too stubborn, remember, we tried training him for so long but he just wont get tamed. Then, one of my other birds feet got bitten really bad that she was bleeding so much. At that point i knew i really need to get some help from youtube and clicked this video.

I've had my pineapple conure for 9 years since I was hand feeding him, but he has always been a cranky little stinker from the start. This video is going to help me SO MUCH though, because I never really quite knew how to discourage and prevent his aggressive behavior, and I really didn't know yelling just makes it worse. But after seeing this I will try to start feeding him better since he is mainly on a seed diet. I've always thought about getting him a friend because I feel like it would make him happier, but then I'd have double the mess and double the noise in my room.

Thank you for your video❤ what kind of hand gestures may be considered threatening to birds? My bird really hate my hand/finger. They like hanging out on my shoulder sometimes on my forearm. If i move my finger/hand closer to them, One of them fly away the other bite my finger HARD.

Do you have any suggestions for birds who have come to dislike hands from abuse from previous owner? One of my pineapple girls loves me and always wants to sit on me and do tricks for me to clap for her but as soon as my hand comes near her in any way shape or form (even is she’s happy on my shoulder and I touch my face for any reason) she attacks them with such anger as she was abused and actually has come a very long way with me but I just cannot shake the hand issue no matter what I’ve had her 2 years now. I also have a new baby Caique and she is so protective of him she won’t let me touch him if they are both sitting on me.

Utterly love your videos. 🖤 Always so informative. I have a Sun Conure and an Indian Ringneck. My IRN is aggressive at the moment. (Bluffing stage) I do all of these all the time. My sun is the biggest sweetie but my IRN is a little devil and I hand raised him. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hopefully he will come around and stop with being a butt head. 🤣

Thanks!

My baby conure is never aggresive. The only times he bites gently is when im paying attention to my budgies. Its amazing to see

What if the bird is aggressively stealing things from you and full on attacking (flying at you, biting to the point of drawing blood) where the only choice is to restrain until it calms down enough to avoid being seriously injured. I need a better solution because I know this action stresses him out but he calms if I stroke the top of his head and talk gently. I feel perhaps doing that was what made it worse, cuddling him after. My intent was to calm him down, I’m guessing he now feels if he bites hard enough I’ll do it again? 😓 Learning the hard way then, can I undo this? The behaviour keeps happening though. He has a playroom which is his territory but leaving it regardless of his mood is difficult- if Im holding something he wants he follows and won’t stop attacking till he either gets it (due usually to nipped fingers) or a towel is thrown on him. He’s faster than me. Is there anything better we can do? I suspect he has this behaviour from when he was still young fighting to survive. We are trying to teach him he is safe, that we don’t want his food and he won’t go hungry anymore. This bird was abandoned by its parents, attacked by its family so it cannot be socialised with other birds. I care about this animal, I don’t want to see him put down. He is territorial atm so he has been given space but if he sees any human with something he wants he becomes aggressive to have it. I will be trying a few things listed above first. I don’t want him to feel uncomfortable in his cage but I also need to protect my family as well. Any advice you can suggest what to do when he does attack I would appreciate.

My parrot used to barely bite, but now the second I take him out of his cage and he's just on my finger and I'm not doing anything he's biting like there's no tomorrow, my fingers are all red because of him😭 and I don't know why he is biting as much as he is There is no environment change, we feed him veggies, fruit and seeds, he has toys, and he is let out of his cage every day for a few hours, idk why he results in only biting.

Mine instantly went from friendly to biting me constantly within a day but are both almost 2 years old so wondering if hormones

have order a loot of toys +6 and think she will love it and only play with one toy of 2, only issue I have is she need more toys. her play style is like slick and bite and jumpfrom my hand to shoulder and back whole time but does not hurt me, when she get enoyed she bite or yalling

My cinnamon conure name Mirri is male. I rescued him from a bird sanctuary in 2019. There was a sign in his CAGE "HE BITES". At the beginning, he was very friendly with my husband, but one day my husband chased him, and forces him to go with him and the relationship changed. Mirri is afraid of him. He chase him and bite him hard. To be able to live in peace, I make sure they are not at the same room. I am trying your videos, but I haven't tried to the step up training because Mirri fly and attack my husband and bite him. How can my husband gain MIrri's trust back again?

My bird has decided my daughter is enemy #1, Im not sure what happened to cause this. My conure is 10yrs old and is not abused or has ever experienced trauma that i am aware of. Should i have the two of them try to interact without me around?

We just got a pyrrhura parrot, he was hand fed. He doesn’t leave us. He follows you from room to room…but he is constantly biting everything he sees. We feed him well but still…he bites our hands and necks…I think when he sees bare skin he just wants to bite……I don’t know what is it

A wonderful video, but does not solve my concern. Sunshine and I have had a marvelous relationship for 10 years. Lately, he has started biting me, and viciously, for no APPARENT reason. I do not show fear with him, always talk in soft tones, always ask before I give him a "tickle tickle" as sometimes he does not want that. I am taking him asap (damn New Years on a Monday) to a vet clinic an hour away that specializes in exotics (as opposed to cats and dogs only). I have been trying to restore the trust between us, but within ten minutes, he lashes out. My hands, ears, even lips and other areas are a sight. I fear he has a disease causing this behavior or he no longer trusts me. In either case, I will be losing him to a new family or something worse.

I am retired stay home much of the time, my 7 month sun conure will scream every time I get up to go to a different room, he will scream until I come back and sit down. I tired to delay coming back, but that is not working, help 😮

What about if my 5 month old bird bites when I try to get him off my shoulder on to my hand or when I try to pull my clothing away that he’s trying to chew on?

Ig my sunconcure does have possessiveness....she likes me a lot and hates my mom...it got worse to that whenever she sees my mom nearby, she flies and attacks(bite hard) my mom. Pls reply.❤

What should i do when my bird is on my hand and it randomly bites *reallyhard* withought me doing anything IDK WHAT TO DO

Like why does it always happen to me, so i bought a baby parrot i took care of him he's nice and eats food and play with me but after a certain time like 3-4 month they start screaming like so aggressively my green parrot started shouting alot out or in the cage he just always shouting and also i was hand feeding him at that time but he refuse to eat it for like 3 days i was so confuse whenever i feed him he spits it . And exact same thing happen to me with my other baby birds and its just really made me sad

thanks for the video. my 12 yr old male GCC that i have had for 1.5 years has suddenly become a demon. i am hoping it is just hormones and it will pass, but in the meantime i do not know what to do with him. i adopted him from a friend after he became neglected when she had twins. he used to be mostly free range in the house, and now sadly i have ro keep him caged most of the time. trying to figure out the trigger, but the attacks are very random. he loves cuddles and sitting on my shoulder, but now sometimes, without me doing anything, he will start biting my neck so hard he draws blood, over and over. other times he will suddenly fly from his perch to where i am sitting and bite my face. i have had to grab him and put him in his cage, and i know you said this is the worst thing to do, but he just keeps biting and won't stop so i have to separate myself from him somehow. what other option do i have besides putting him in his cage? i am covered in scabs. help!

I got a sun conure last week, and she is around 7-8 months. Sometimes when I put my hands on her cage, she will put my fingers in her mouth and squeeze them tightly, while other times she’ll squeeze softly. Is this biting or beaking? She never draws blood, she just squeezes really tightly with her beak.

I am newly fostering a green-cheeked conure that was found outside. He loves being petted and loves being on my son's neck and snuggling with him. But when he comes on to me he bites. He has bit my ear, neck, and cheek. But he does let me pet him when he sits on our couch. I just firmly say "No", and push him away from where he is biting. He then bites my fingers. I am now afraid to have him on me. I don't want to feel this way because he loves the attention. Someone told me they think he is a female ( the vet wasn't sure), and the rescue association we got him from thought he was a boy. Anyway, someone told me female conures tend to bite human females more than male conures. Not sure if this is true. I have subscribed to your channel and have been following you since we got "Eddie" as this is a new adventure for us. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hi I have a sun conure he was 6 weeks old when I got him he has bonded with my son and I if someone else in my family try to get close to me he tries to attack that other person but if he can’t to attack that other person he he attacks me. What can I do about that. How can I redirect him to stop that behavior.

My sun conure Skiddles, bites me if I'm on the phone, tv remote, or even getting a glass of water. He bites. I can't do anything when he's on me

I need help my parrot mean and likes to bite plus he doesn’t have one leg I thought him how to dance nd he knows how to whistle but I never take him out how can I work with him he always scream he just likes me and not my family

I give my rainbow lorikeet everything an he was great for about a year an half that don't stop him from biting me an biting really badly.

Why do some birds just like females and not male’s

I've had my lovebird for about 4 months and she still bites my fingers or any skin she can get to

If someone could give me some advice id be very grateful! I have searched the internet for answers and I am just at a loss for what to do.... I'm not sure if my bird is hitting puberty, if he's just simply hormonal right now or if he's gotten territorial. I JUST bought a second cockatiel, I'm pretty positive she's female, based on my males reaction to her, and by looking at other small details too, I have not even had her for a week yet. Ever since I got her my male has just been so mean to me. We had THE BEST bond. And now he's biting me so hard I'm bruising... I know him simply getting used to another bird may be also contributing to this factor, but he isn't even 1 yet... She's not even 3 months.... They're in separate cages but I cant even let him out when she's out anymore.. I just need advice, if this will simply pass too and he'll calm down a bit, or if this is his personality now.. Or if theres anything i need to be doing differently please let me know. If i need to put them in entirely different homes until she's older I can do that, if I need to stop interacting with my boy until he chills out a bit, idk I'm just so confused on what to do.. someone help me please :(

I'm watching this as my bird is chewing on my Thum

My bird is the sweetest to me, my husband and to a calm kid we know. But he bites all other kids, even my daughter. She has scared energy and other kids are kind of hyper. But even other adults have been bit hard. How do I get kids to be safe with him?

I am confused. I always thought that parrots get hormonal in the spring. Is it both spring and fall?

We aropted a 10 year old green cheek conure recently. The conure absolutely loves my boyfriend. Plays with him, relaxes on his shoulder, always ready to play with him. Its awesome. But the bird hates me. I have no idea why. I do the same things my boyfriend does, but my conure keeps biting me really hard and making me bleed. He starts lunging as soon as im anywhere near him. But he'll also step up on my finger and he chooses to run up on my my shoulder sometimes. I can give him treats. But if i just put my hand near him or stand near his cage he gets angry and attacks.

I have that mango too and named it mango🤣. Do u know why they get puffy when they get mad ? I have a boy who sometimes when new people arrive he gets so aggressive he starts biting everyone like literally for no reason. But other than that he never bites so I don’t understand why that makes him mad and why he gets puffy instead of just biting

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My turn: Aaron is a GCC. Also very aggressive to the point, where you can't interact with him. He was given to me by the original owner. I love Aaron. It could be possible that he doesn't love me back? Aaron has toys all throughout his cage. He was once kept in the dirt for a long time. Now I have Aaron, he is bathed in the house every night before bed time. I never let any of my Bird's sleep in their own mess from all day. Even if I leave Aaron, when I come back, I clean out his house at night. Aaron was very territorial from the time I got him. I did have to reprimand him, "I'm the Mommy, I take care of you, feed you, play with you. Now Aaron allows me to put my hand in his cage to clean it. That's taken care of. Aaron is a violent Parrot. The owners must have not cared much for this Parrot. I give treats, Apple, he loves Apple. Not much food does Aaron like. I tried lettuce, walked away from it. Broccoli pieces, no, Blueberries, no, a very different Parrot from what I watched. Aaron sleeps at 8PM thru 9AM. Not enough time to feel good? My words, a baby is not this problematic, unless it has a Medical condition we don't know of. Same with a GCC, could be tics or flees, but you can't touch their back. So you have to spend thousands to find out the cause? Not very helpful to say the least. What next?🦜

My Conure grandbird bites when it's time for Grandma, that's me, to leave. He knows we're all trying to get him off of me so I can go. He is exactly like the toddler that doesn't want Grandma to llesvr. I love that big heart in a little body.

I didn't take my bird out 1 time, because I had to work late and next she was very aggressive,

My 3.5mth old fischer lovebird bites hard all the time, fingers, hands, ears, neck, face all for no reason.He was great for the first week. Sleeping in my hair etc. Now he's like a little dinosaur. Please help!!

i dk what the issue is but he bites my hands and now he biting like a pinch on my ear, neck and arms. i locked him in his cage because i cant deal with it

I bought new lovebirds where they were supposed to be tamed yet unfortunately they stopped being friendly and one even tried to bite any suggestions?

Hi , my macaw bng last week no bite me , this few day very fiece and bite me

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AVOID YELLING ofc my bird yalling me for no reson as a example: my bird play with my finger and then turn around and back some steps and get her ass to my another finger and get mad when I do not even move, or yalling me when I do not play with her and some times she yalling me to leave house when I have to for some hours

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Where did you buy the turquoise yellow sided conure im trying to get one exactly like this

Thats not normal for a parrot to be upset about change. In the wild, they go through change a lot. That is why it is important to *not* have a routine. I really disagree. They have to learn to adapt to their surrounding. Its survival.

My sisters bird literally just flew into my hair, and then I put her on her cage then walked away then she flew back towards me and landed on my hand and bit the fuck out of the back of my hand and tbh I think she was mad I wasn't giving her attention

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😢😢😢 I punished she bite results she don't bite now

I thought you should not let your bird on your head?

Phew I got 100 BIRDS :(

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My jenday conure bites me very hard every time my sister or niece get near me.. He never bites me when it’s just the 2 of us hanging out.. I understand birds can be territorial but I don’t understand why he attacks me when he sees them walk by or approach me.. My conure gets puffy and will direct his attention to them but he will bite me, I don’t know it’s weird..

I had a bird who bit me ONCE,......he was delicious.

My green cheek just bites out of the blue. He be on my shoulder. Just sitting there . Then he bites.

TOO GOOD AND VERY A HELPFUL TIPS AND TRICKS TO HANDLE BIRDS

I know why my cockatiel is biting me. He will not ever go back in his cage on his own therefore I must grab him to put him back. I understand that is forbidden but most times it is necessary. Therefore he resents my hands. If he had his way he would be out all day long which would be okay except sometimes I have to go away or my elderly dogs need attention too. I believe right now he is hormonal and he just pounces on me and demands kisses then turns around and bites my hands at the first opportunity. I have to hide my hands. He’s 9 months old and he has changed drastically since I got him. He is an only bird and demands lots of attention. I am watching all the videos I can on training and working on it. I’m just very frustrated and needed to vent 😢

My female bird has injured my male bird so i put them away from each other

I don't have a pet conure, I have a dog, he bites anyone he doesn't like and is like another child in the house. 😂😂

It looks like you still don't have Mango, so sad.