Budgerigars are very impressionable and emotional birds that very vividly demonstrate both their mood and attitude towards a particular person. In particular, they can do this with bites, thus showing fear, dislike, excessive excitement, and other emotions.
How to deal with a parrot that bites
First of all, you need to understand why your parrot began to bite. There are several reasons to consider. Budgerigars can behave this way during molting, due to lack of attention, due to fear, or they can play in this way or defend their territory. The choice of a way to solve the problem will also depend on the reason. For example, if we are talking only about a temporary phenomenon, it is better to just wait it out.
You can also begin to pay more attention to the parrot, talk to him more often, put special toys in his cage that he can peck. If you realize that the parrot is just protecting its territory, try not to stick your hand into the cage when the bird is there.
Under no circumstances start shouting loudly at the parrot when it bites, and, of course, do not hit it. A blow can greatly scare the bird, and stress in this case is fraught with great trouble. Screaming will be inappropriate for another reason: parrots love loud noises and often make them themselves, so if you scream, the bird can perceive this as a signal for action. Unfortunately, in this way the owners sometimes, without realizing it, teach their pet to bite. Try to endure the pain steadily and calmly. Pull your hand back without touching the bird.
How to get a parrot to stop biting
To wean a parrot from biting, you need to make it react correctly to the word "no", said in a certain tone. As soon as the bird bites you, quickly drive it away and say strictly: "You can't." From the first time, of course, the parrot will not understand anything, but after 4-5 repetitions it will learn that the word "no" means "you need to stop doing something." In the future, you can wean him from many other leprosy in the same way.
In some cases, it is appropriate to try lightly flicking the parrot's nose. This does not apply to situations when you have to deal with a pugnacious bird, or a pet that protects its cage, otherwise you risk angering the parrot, and he will begin to bite even harder in revenge.
If your parrot misbehaves while playing, try to quickly switch his attention. This will help you quickly and easily solve the problem. In the future, you will learn to immediately distract the parrot as soon as it starts biting you, after which the bird will eventually forget its unpleasant habit and begin to behave better.
