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Arthur, at about 7 1/2 months, is doing the nippy thing with me, sometimes, too. He loves me to death (almost literally *grins*), and a lot of his nipping seems to be trying to get as close to me as humanly possible, and getting frustrated when I don't let him climb up my nose or something :-). I've found that reminding him to be "easy" helps keep the pinching to a less painful level. Also, he likes to just have my digits in his mouth, and feel them all over, without pinching at all. I've also found that he needs time to burn off energy in the morning, or he's just plain rowdy and beaky! We accomplish this by letting him and Bob have their breakfast together on the Honkin' Huge Perch and the Atom, and wrestle together and flap like maniacs for an hour or so afterwards.

Arthur is also pretty much a "Momma's Bird", but then, so is Bob. But whereas Bob doesn't want anyone touching him if I'm not there to say it's ok (and even then, if you don't know him, forget it!), Arthur is the opposite. He wants me and only me if I'm in the room. Others can hold him if I pass him to them, but except for his buddies Deb and Letitia, he saves the snuggling for me. Usually when others hold him, he just spends his time trying to get back to me, and if they don't hand him back quick, they get a rather nasty welt on an arm or a neck....

Dog, I hope that wasn't too much rambling! LOL!