Bad Attitude

[GreyGoose]

I haven't posted in a while because I wasn't getting much feedback and Goose is been doing great. Until now...

Goose is always in my face when I get home or sometimes just playing and hes good and he knows what is a play bite that doesn't hurt and he just loves to get in my face and make nosies and play. Well last night he was doing the same thing and he got from in my face and went down to the end of the bed and bit my toe and drew blood. I thought he was just playing and I know toes have to be tempting but he has never drew blood. Anyway I told him no and didn't do anything more because I thought maybe he didn't understand what he had done. Well after that he came up to my face and he sat there for a few minutes and bit my lip so hard that the blood was pouring in my hand. Of course I cried because it hurt, but I just think that this is strange because he has never done that especially not twice in one day, and I know that he didn't realize what he done and that he is a parrot so hes going to bite, but I thought he had pretty good control over playing and not biting hard. The only reason I dont think he was playing was because it wasnt long in between bites. I put him on his cage and left the room to clean up the blood and told him he was bad, I'm the dominate person to him so I know he didnt do it because I'm not. He has also bit me before but not like that. I just thought it was odd and if anyone has experienced something like this or has advice.
Thanks

[mmr]

Originally Posted by GreyGoose

Iwent down to the end of the bed and bit my toe and drew blood. I thought he was just playing and I know toes have to be tempting but he has never drew blood.Anyway I told him no and didn't do anything more because I thought maybe he didn't understand what he had done

You reacted to him biting. Obviously you weren't paying enough attention to him so he deffinetly got it then. NEVER (and I am not yelling) respond to a bite...no matter how friggin bad it hirt. No yelp, no words, no (pointing, smaking beak etc. Any reaction is a responce as negative as it may be he is still getting it!

Originally Posted by GreyGoose

sat there for a few minutes and bit my lip so hard that the blood was pouring in my hand.

Well he got a responce out of you befroe so he did it again!

Trust me by saying I truly know how much it hurts (I have a b&G macaw and an Umbrella cockatoo), but you really have to try with all your might to not react.

So when he does this make every effort to not make a peep, then just pick him up and put him IN his cage for a bit, or if he is safe just get up and walk away for a minute. After a while he will get the point that you will not respond to him if he bites and the "GAME" isn't fun for him anymore!


Trust me it is terribly hard to do, but that is how I trained my U2 to stop!

[mmr]

not sure how I got my message on her twice! Sorry!

[GreyGoose]

I feel like he didn't bite my toe because I wasn't paying him attention because we were just playing and he jumped off me onto the bed and went to the end and thats when he bit me. I know I shouldn't have reacted even if all I did was tell him no but I feel like I have told him that before and that didn't make him bite me again. After he bit my lip though I left the room and he stayed off me for a while.

[mmr]

maybe he got really excited. They get bitty sometimes when they are overstimulated!

[babypiggy]

this may be a different situation
BUT

i find ajax rarely bites me
but he seems to bite my fiancee a bit more (he use to react to it till i told him that he thought his reaction to the bites must of been fun for u and him so he will still conftinue to bite)


if ajax bites me harder after i tell him to be gentle
i say "bad boy box" and he will stop

hhehehe