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Post by robert on Oct 14, 2011 11:06:01 GMT
Our buddies love to bite our fingers and lips so I worked the google and found what I was looking for
"What to do if it bites while training
When budgies start to bond some will bite your hands or your lips unexpectedly during training. This is not to be confused with biting when they are afraid of being handled or when they don't want to be picked up. It hurts a little bit but they usually get out of the stage after a year or so. Just keep them far enough away from your face, or cover your mouth with your hand, and that should help. If they get in a little nip in now and then, chalk it up for experience. I have never heard of a budgie causing much more than a pinch and they can seldom draw blood like the larger parrots. Like a puppy or kitten it is their playful nature to do so. If it continues to bite hard after a year or so, then you can start punishing it by putting it in the cage and telling it that it is a bad budgie. It should eventually get the hint and stop doing it after a while."
I kind of knew it wasn't a mean bite but boy does it hurt when they catch your lip. Anybody have any good tips? My book says to blow on them but they seem to like the breeze.
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Post by stace on Oct 14, 2011 11:55:34 GMT
They get particularly nippy in their adolescent stage. When they bite your lip, it does hurt. But there is a difference between a bite when they mean business, and the type of bite you are talking about.
I remember getting a little frustrated when mine suddenly starting biting out of the blue. I tried everything, and thought none of it was working, then he just stopped doing it after a couple of months.
The blowing didn't work for me either. I ended up making an "ah ah ah" noise. It's a bit like their own noise to say 'back off'. If that didn't work he got, ah ah ah, and put away from me and ignored for a while. If he bit my hand, I also tried holding my flat palm up against his beak and sort of pushed against the bite, as if to make it clear that I was actually much bigger than him and the biting would get him nowhere.
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May 16, 2024 16:31:50 GMT
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Post by robert on Oct 14, 2011 12:02:39 GMT
Cool I'll try the "ah ah ah" and see how that goes. Their bites are quickly getting stronger by the day. The worst is when they sit on my glasses and go for the eye-lids. Hope it doesn't last too long.
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Post by stace on Oct 14, 2011 12:09:51 GMT
Ouch. Eyelids. Mine always sensed that eyelids were a no-no. Nose and earlobes were an entirely different matter.
When I did the ah ah ah, I also put my finger up, like to say no. Don't know if this was any help, but it's what I did.
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May 16, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
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Post by robert on Oct 14, 2011 13:04:22 GMT
It must be beginners luck but it worked. Now that I've said that I'm sure to get twice as much tomorrow. I've had the nose, earlobes but they also really love my neck, bright red tonight I've been trying to also just move them off my glasses or chest when they bite but with both of them it becomes a comical act, as soon as I take one of the other replaces them. Here's hoping the "ha ha ha" works. I wish I also have the "where are you call" they do that's a bit like the pool game marco polo.
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Oct 7, 2011 20:13:15 GMT
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Post by bobble on Oct 14, 2011 23:08:54 GMT
my 2 hens peck at my nose but it's not a bite as such - emy is very timid with it, it's more like a tickle on the end of mine nose. but Harpic does tend to have a bit more pressure to her affections they have never bitten me proper though
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May 16, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
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Post by robert on Oct 14, 2011 23:16:40 GMT
I guess once they bite me proper I won't complain about these bites, but I'm a total weakling when it comes to any pain.
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Oct 7, 2011 20:13:15 GMT
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Post by bobble on Oct 14, 2011 23:21:34 GMT
lol ^^ i was at first but its not that bad. worst thing to do is freak out if/when they bite/nibble. as said best way is respond in vocal form rather loudly with "ah ah ah" (try and make it a bit raspy if you can - as they sound it's easier than it sounds if it was a "proper" bite you would definately know about it, I found this out tonight when moving 1 of my cocks - he got me good on the wrist and drew blood (only a scratch really) but they do have a good bite when they mean business
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Post by stace on Oct 15, 2011 0:01:47 GMT
Feeling around with their beak is also a really natural behaviour. It's like a hand and mouth in one.
When they are preening, they can do it quite vigorously. I don't think they realise that our skin doesn't have the same level of barrier as their does with all those feathers.
They like to find an imperfection or crinkle on your skin,and try to remove it, like it was a bit of out of place feather or piece of grit stuck where it shouldn't be. Again, I doubt they realise this is actually attached to us.
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May 16, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
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Post by robert on Oct 15, 2011 9:24:02 GMT
I have a pimple on the back of my neck that I didn't know I had till they started picking at it, every time they are on my shoulder they make a bee-line for the pimple. The Ah ah ah sound is having some success though
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2011 10:24:05 GMT
Yeah, I sometimes get little skin tags on my chest/neck area which look a lot like little seeds to a budgie. Ouch!
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Oct 7, 2011 16:29:59 GMT
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Post by MattJ on Oct 15, 2011 10:48:22 GMT
Thanks for starting the thread Robert, I'd been wondering what do about my Ear being nibbled as well Being off work I'm slacking with shaving (still) and my beard seems to distract him most of the time and its actually quite relaxing being groomed The other thing is his claws on my shoulder hurt when he walks past the collar of my shirt. Is there anything you can do to keep them from walking on your skin? I've found a jumper that helps but it will ne wasking soon ... especially with what he leaves behind on my shoulder Does seem it would be a difficult thing to teach them
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2011 11:09:54 GMT
The other thing is his claws on my shoulder hurt when he walks past the collar of my shirt. Is there anything you can do to keep them from walking on your skin? I've found a jumper that helps but it will ne wasking soon ... especially with what he leaves behind on my shoulder Does seem it would be a difficult thing to teach them Matt, as far as the walking across your bare skin - I think it is an individual thing. I love it! It feels like a little needle massage, and I often wear tops with not much across the shoulders (tropics!) but if my hubby has a singlet on and one walks across his shoulders, it's "ah, get that bird off, please!" As for the "deposits", it is part of being a budgie owner, I am afraid. I do know that a cockateil can be trained to poop on command, but I would be very interested to know if anyone has managed to teach a budgie the same. Any takers?
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May 16, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
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Post by robert on Oct 15, 2011 11:44:41 GMT
What's odd is one of our bird's claws are a lot sharper than the others and you know who's walking on your back just by the pain level. I'm keeping the temps high at 25c for the birds so I'm in t-shirts and their claws go right through. I've taken to wearing my wife's thick hair band on my neck for now.
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Post by stace on Oct 15, 2011 11:49:58 GMT
My bald friend came around the other day, and Boo was walking all over his head with his little midget feet. He said it felt very very weird - and not in a good way.
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