Hello! First time posting!
My 2 year old sennie, Booker is a fantastically sweet and trusting bird!
He steps up nicely most of the time, doesn't bite without being provoked, and allows lots of chin tickles and even lets me hold him on his back or pick him up without objection. He's friendly to new people and takes treats nicely. What luck!!!
But his one issue is that every so often, he lands on us inappropriately. Sometimes it's fine and makes sense, like when I'm getting the bag of carrots out of (his own personal) minifridge. Or I'm walking out of the room without him and he wants to catch up. Recently he's taken to it while I'm just sitting at my desk with my back turned. He lands on anything he can: shirts, hair, heads, and worst of all: shoulders. Once he's grappled on, he's bound to start biting.
He's taken chomps at my ears, hands, arms, and puts holes in clothing.
The way I'm currently dealing with it: I don't respond, just shimmy my shoulders until I (gently) shake him off. He then flies back to his tree. If he persists, I either try to get him targeted back in his cage, or I resort to wearing a towel shawl. That scares him off. Trying to target him off/pick him up results in an angry bite. If I turn around and raise a hand quick enough, sometimes he'll peacefully perch there. But my family and friends don't have those parront reflexes.
Hats, hoods, and different hair/clothing doesn't deter him. He has a 6ft tree, a large flight cage with play top, a play gym, and lots of toys to play with!!! How can I teach him that it is NOT an appropriate way to get my attention? It's starting to HURT!