heartbreaking to do it but...

[krissyg1989]

the last week or so kona has been a major...well..witch to use a nice word. biting like crazy! so everytime she'd bite i'd say NO and put her in her cage. well the last 2 days everytime she'd come out she'd bite so she ended up being in her cage the entirety of the last two days. well tonight i took her out and she was such a good little girl and if she'd get a bit nippy a simple 'no' would do it. i think shes learning

[Cindy215]

Sorry I don't think she's learning about biting she's just learning that she keeps ending up in her cage. I'd try and figure out why she's biting. Example would be not enough sleep. Most captive parrots are kept up way too late at night and sleep deprived, imo. I'd give her a dark long nights sleep from dawn to dusk with no artificial lighting or noises, computers flashing, tv's himans talking and in a dark room. She should be following a strict natural daylight schedule including dusk and dawn doing what it's doing outside.

Another example would be exactly what does she have to do when she IS out of her cage. If she's just sitting on top of the cage with nothing to do or if she has enrichment.

When she's out I'd be trying to give enrichment in a play area with foods, toys and interesting things for her to do. I see in her photo she's clipped so she's sort of limited in what she can do and usually a clipped bird is more restless and unsatisfied because they are stuck in one place and cant get around or exercise.

How is it she was biting? Coming at you and biting for no reason, or playing then biting unexpected, or biting when you try and pick her up? It's these details that'll get to the bottom of her behavior and help you help HER by changing the things that are causing it. Postitive reinforcement is always better than negative. After all, leaving her in the cage isn't exactly helping her learn anything, imo.

[krissyg1989]

actually she's full flighted, even in that picture. and i play with her constantly and she has tons of toys, inside and outside of the cage. she loves to sit ontop of my lamp and look at herself in the mirror and she'll fly from room to room to find me. it's just that sometimes she'll be sitting on my hand and she'll just bite me, and not a testing bite but a real bite. she'll lay on her back for a bit and i'll play with her feet but then when she gets bored she bites hard. the fact is though whether she gets bored or not she needs to learn not to bite hard like that. im not forcing her to stay down, most of the time she lays on my bed while i do this so she can easily get up and move away.

[Valo's Moirana]

one of the things a lot of people run into is rushing into the play stage with the birds right away without establishing the flock order... i'm not saying it IS the case in this situation, but it might be...

when we got valo, he was NOT allowed on the shoulder the first month... we'd play with him, but keep it "nice play with toys" instead of roughing up with our hands... step-up training twice a day for 5-10min CONSISTANTLY... avoid the bite instead of reacting - watch the bird closely, they hardly ever bite without some indication what's about to follow.... as cindy said, pay attention to what stimulates her to bite... and i personally prefer the evil eye and/or short time spans on the floor to putting the bird back in the cage...

hope these comments are a little useful

[Sally]

There is usually a reason for a bite. Tired, overstimulated, etc. I try to just find the reason. I never blame a bird.