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PeekabooSammy
Egg
Joined: 04 Jul 2006
Posts: 8
Location: St. Catharine, Ontario |
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Ok so here is the thing. I have a Rainbow/Green Naped Lory who I love very much. He is extremely smart, and an excellent miimicer. I bought him from the pet store where I work because he had attached him self to me, literally. When he was with me, on my finger or on me(he likes to hang on my shirt) if anyone tried to touch him, he would practically rip their finger off. Even if I was trying to put him back in the cage he would do the same. But when it was just me and him, he was a sweet heart. So I convinced my parents and I brought him home, hoping to teach him some manners. He has gotten better, I can now get him to step up for other people, as long as he is on my finger. But he still has the same problems if I go to put him back, or take him off me. The worst part is due to his lory beak, pointy and very sharp, he does major damage. So if you have any advice, I don't mind getting bit if it will end up solving this problem. Thank you very much!
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Monday July 24, 2006 1:54 am |
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Chaquita's Mom
Experienced flier
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1028
Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
I think what you need to do is whenever you remove him to put him back into his cage, use a dowel for him to step-up onto. Causing you no pain and he'll eventually give up biting and then you can reintroduce your hand slowly. He will have developed the habit of not biting, not getting a reaction from biting the perch (dowel), then it will be a habit to not bite your hand. Do you get what I mean? This should help with time. Give it a good month or so. When you see he isn't biting the dowel any longer, give the not biting a few weeks to imprint the habit then start introducing your hand to see how he does. Let us know how it goes if you decide on this approach  |
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Monday July 24, 2006 2:33 am |
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