she bites after she steps up

[neil270289]

my african grey is great she does most things. she talks, takes food of us, lets us stroke her, steps up and even kisses us. the problem is after we stroke her for a while she bites us and once she steps up she bites us i dont understand it she only just started. she comes from a loving home please help. if any one has suggestions on how to stop then please help

 

my email address is neil_270289@hotmail.co.uk please help

[Connie]

http://www.greyforums.net/understanding-your-grey/my-grey-is-biting--what-should-i-do.html

[judygram]

I have to ask a few questions before I can be able to help you with your problem.

 

How old is your grey, how long have you had her? I assume she is a rehomed grey since you mention a previous home. What is her name?

[chapala]

If she bites after awhile of stroking, you may have missed her body language that she had had enough. She may have tried to tell you through shaking her head, moving a bit, slicking her feathers down instead of fluffed. If you didn't notice, she probably thought she had no choice other than to bite in order to communicate with you.

 

If she bites on the step-up, she may not have wanted to step up right then. I often give my Grey bird a choice (unless I need to move him right then), and ask if he wants to come up. If he doesn't, that is fine, and I leave him alone. If he does, that's fine too.

 

Please tell us more about the circumstances and how long you've had the bird, and maybe we can help a bit more.

Reta

[Zazoo]

zazoo dose the same she is two and have only had her tree days

[neil270289]

she is 4 months only we had her for three we brought her from my local shop were i worked. it is her first and last home we will never get rid of her.

 

she is well love and not scared of us. she is comfident and trusts us but she just turns around and bites us for no reason. she runs over to us and flys over too for strokes but after we start to stroke her on her head and neck she bites. it is confussing i have searched the net and what i found just doesnt fit wat the say becauce they say its because shes scared or fearful but she isnt she comes to us which proves she ent scared. please help lol. thank you so much for replying thank you.

[Not2bmartyred]

i know i'm new here and don't know much about this or any subject yet but I have a theory that you may want to take into consideration.

 

I take care of my 2 year old nephew and so have done alot of research about behavior of young children and some experts say that when I child starts to bite that they don't realize that it's painful and they are trying to show affection. I don't know if this could possibly be what's going on because I'm by no mean an expert on birds but it's just a theory I wanted to put out.