ive got a female alexandrine, got it handraised, and it was 8 weeks old. had it for about 3 months now. shes fine any time apart from when you try and give her food. if i try and feed her seed or a peice of fruit or something from my palm she just bites my hand. but without food, she gets on my finger, even lets me pat her, but she doesnt really like it, but doesnt bite..but you can tel when shes really pissed off because her pupils go small and she leans back ready to have a go, but this only happens when foods involved..
why is she so aggressive when i try and give food? how can i tame her out of this? i just say no loudly and just chuck the food in the cage. when changing the seed bowls she bashes the cage with her beak trying to bite me! whats the go?
agressive only when fed
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Hey qv123,
You have to break the pattern to how you approach your parrot. Firstly, you mentioned your Alex is biting you when you place food into her dishes, to avoid this, take her from her cage and set her on a stand until you are done refilling the food dishes. By removing her from the cage you are breaking the pattern of her attacking you and you are avoiding the chance of getting bitten. This should always be your new routine now. The goal here is to change her routine and break the old pattern.
If you know she bites when you offer her food, don’t do it then. Each parrot is an individual and all are different. Try offering her food from a spoon instead of your hand as she cannot hurt the metal. As she takes the food, offer her lots of praises and make a big deal about it.
Eventually she will learn to enjoy being given food from the spoon—then slowly work this until she takes it from your fingers. Don’t rush things as I am sure she’ll let you know how far you can push her. Don’t yell at her for negative behavior and only focus on the positive behavior. The key here is positive reinforcement—ignore any biting. Do not look at the bird, yell at the bird, shake the birds; just ignore it all! Ringnecks are VERY perceptive to our facial expressions so making faces can be rewarding as well.
Hope this helps and please keep us updated!
Best of luck my friend
,
Imran
You have to break the pattern to how you approach your parrot. Firstly, you mentioned your Alex is biting you when you place food into her dishes, to avoid this, take her from her cage and set her on a stand until you are done refilling the food dishes. By removing her from the cage you are breaking the pattern of her attacking you and you are avoiding the chance of getting bitten. This should always be your new routine now. The goal here is to change her routine and break the old pattern.
If you know she bites when you offer her food, don’t do it then. Each parrot is an individual and all are different. Try offering her food from a spoon instead of your hand as she cannot hurt the metal. As she takes the food, offer her lots of praises and make a big deal about it.
Eventually she will learn to enjoy being given food from the spoon—then slowly work this until she takes it from your fingers. Don’t rush things as I am sure she’ll let you know how far you can push her. Don’t yell at her for negative behavior and only focus on the positive behavior. The key here is positive reinforcement—ignore any biting. Do not look at the bird, yell at the bird, shake the birds; just ignore it all! Ringnecks are VERY perceptive to our facial expressions so making faces can be rewarding as well.
Hope this helps and please keep us updated!
Best of luck my friend
,Imran
