"Mikey" <michael_holstein.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a peach face creamino lovebird that is around 6-8 months old.
> I bought her from a breeder when she was between 3-4 months old. I
> was told that the bird was hand fed. I'm not sure that this is true,
> but I didn't know at the time because this is my first pet bird.
>
> She has always been very timid of hands and fingers but not any other
> body parts. She will fly and land on my head and shoulders and has
> done this for quite a while. Any time I try to get my hand near her,
> she would fly away. I tried putting my hand in her cage and just
> sitting there talking to her to get her use to it. After a few
> months, now she isn't afraid of hands, but she bites them! And her
> bites are getting pretty harsh. She sometimes nibbles on my ear when
> sitting on my shoulder, and I keep yelling 'NO BITES' but it seems to
> just aggravate her and she starts to chirp loudly and keeps biting.
> Its getting so bad that I don't even want to let her out of the cage
> anymore. She loves being out but her bites hurt very much and I don't
> know what else to do to tame her. She is fine sitting on my head or
> shoulder usually but if my hands get anywhere near her, she attacks.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Don't worry too much about the biting. I have a female lovebird that used to
be a little nippy, but now I can pick her up and hold her like a baby in my
hand, and she holds her face against mine. Climbs all over me and never nips
at all anymore. If anyone else gets too close though, they need to watch
their fingers. :-) Point is to not get too worried over the nipping right
now. She will go through phases, and may change quite a bit as she gets
older. You could always get her a male cage mate and just enjoy them as a
pair and forget about handling them very much.
Dave
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