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Pajarita wrote:Is that your hand touching Oscar? Because, whoever it was, this person was not reading the bird correctly. It was pretty obvious he did not want to be touched. He leaned back and, when the person still insisted, he made warning noises and grabbed the finger. Be careful about not reading his body language - this is a male amazon and he might now be a baby so he is not going to bite yet but he will grow up and he will remember...
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ParrotsForLife wrote: I let him play with my fingers to show him how to be gentle with the beak and not apply pressure which is how I stopped Tiko biting, No he did not want to be touched so I backed off and tried again because I am teaching him to allow me to touch his head and he's doing good and let me give him some head scratches yesterday.If he wanted to bite he would and he can bite very hard even when he's just playing or is perched on your hand and decides to play with your fingers.He is a baby and he does bite lol though I've never been bitten very hard I know when he wants me to go away because he will push me away with his beak and thats how he shows me and he never did grab my finger I gave it to him.
Pajarita wrote:ParrotsForLife wrote: I let him play with my fingers to show him how to be gentle with the beak and not apply pressure which is how I stopped Tiko biting, No he did not want to be touched so I backed off and tried again because I am teaching him to allow me to touch his head and he's doing good and let me give him some head scratches yesterday.If he wanted to bite he would and he can bite very hard even when he's just playing or is perched on your hand and decides to play with your fingers.He is a baby and he does bite lol though I've never been bitten very hard I know when he wants me to go away because he will push me away with his beak and thats how he shows me and he never did grab my finger I gave it to him.
Brandon, you are so wrong when it comes to parrots... What makes you think that parrots need to be taught to like human touch? The bird either likes it or doesn't like it - you can't teach a bird to like a person or a caress, same that you can't teach a person to like you or your hugs. If a person doesn't like you to hug him/her, do you force your hugs on him/her all the time to 'teach' him/her to like it? Of course not! For one thing it would be terribly disrespectful, and, for another, the only thing you would accomplish is for that person to avoid you like the plague! Parrots are not mindless beings, they know what they like and what they don't like and you cannot force them to like you or your touch. You can win them over with love, patience and respect but forcing your touch on them is exactly the opposite of what you should do because the first step with them is to gain their trust and all you are doing with this is teaching Oscar that you can't be trusted to respect his wishes, that it's your way or the highway, and that, like it or not, you WILL do whatever you want to do (flooding!!!!). Not a good starting point for any relationship, Brandon. And, I am warning you, again, this is not a baby cockatiel or a plummie, reconsider using these flooding techniques on him or you will regret it in a few years.
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