cinderelly
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Post by cinderelly on Mar 3, 2018 13:35:48 GMT -7
I adopted an older African grey a few weeks ago and she is very mouthy when she steps up. Actually she’s just very mouthy in general. When I put my hand out she will step up and she likes to sit in my hand but the bite is too hard. If I try to pull away she won’t let go either but I can tell it’s not aggressive biting. Is there anything I can do about this? I’ve been using leather gloves.
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Post by beakertrout on Mar 3, 2018 13:52:19 GMT -7
Welcome.
Ditch the gloves and bite your lower lip.
Get the bird manicured.
When I was training Beaker to step up, if he clomped down to hard, I made him do it again.
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Post by cinderelly on Mar 4, 2018 9:20:49 GMT -7
Welcome. Ditch the gloves and bite your lower lip. Get the bird manicured. When I was training Beaker to step up, if he clomped down to hard, I made him do it again. I feel like getting her beak trimmed would make it hurt worse. |
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Post by beakertrout on Mar 4, 2018 10:48:15 GMT -7
I recommend you practice stepping up away from the cage and on the floor.
AG's seem to be easier to handle when they are away from their "safe space".
Here is a video of Beaker and I doing step up and various other methods of handling.
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Post by cinderelly on Mar 4, 2018 12:36:07 GMT -7
I recommend you practice stepping up away from the cage and on the floor. AG's seem to be easier to handle when they are away from their "safe space". Here is a video of Beaker and I doing step up and various other methods of handling. On the floor is actually when she wouldn’t let go. Luckily her beak is full and it doesn’t really hurt but I had to pry her beak off. And she was the one that approached me and we were both on the floor. |
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Post by Haz on Mar 5, 2018 8:36:56 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum.
She might like the texture of the gloves and enjoy chomping them. It is rare for a grey owner to use gloves. Greys are usually frightened of them.
As Beakertrout says, they are more cooperative away from the cage. Try training her in an unfamiliar room where she cannot see her cage.
Haz
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Post by Thomas on Mar 5, 2018 14:20:54 GMT -7
Ditch the gloves, all the parrots I've owned see them as a challenge and will bite the heck out of them. Getting the beak trimmed may help, somewhat. My grey, Sheeba, always bites down when stepping up. Usually it's not too bad, except when her beak is in need of a trim. She knows not to bite too hard, she even says, "No biting, es muy malo."
Thomas
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Post by cinderelly on Mar 5, 2018 15:24:22 GMT -7
Ditch the gloves, all the parrots I've owned see them as a challenge and will bite the heck out of them. Getting the beak trimmed may help, somewhat. My grey, Sheeba, always bites down when stepping up. Usually it's not too bad, except when her beak is in need of a trim. She knows not to bite too hard, she even says, "No biting, es muy malo." Thomas Yea sometimes she just bites too hard getting up and she will do the thing where she’s like testing the strength of my hand I guess. Is there like any way to do bite pressure training or something so she knows not to do it as hard? |
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Post by cinderelly on Mar 5, 2018 16:15:42 GMT -7
I think we are just going to go back to the basics and start with a perch and work up from there. I think I still have some ptsd from an amazon I fostered. She was downright aggressive and would draw blood every time.
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