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CAG chewing on clothing!


PekingeseMama

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Hi all! I'm new to this wonderful group and I wondered, does anyone else have any issues with their CAG chewing on their shirts while being held? My CAG loves to sit on my shoulder. While I'm completely fine with this, I wish my shirts didn't end up with holes all around my shoulder! Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can get her to stop chewing on me? Thank you in advance!;)<br><br>Post edited by: PekingeseMama, at: 2009/02/04 19:09

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Oh yesssssss!! Alcazar chewed up some good shirts of my son's.Couple Ambercrombes and more.He tends to do this w/my son.No one else.I told my son its his Nautica cologne.He needs to stop bathing in it then maybe Alcazar will stop chewing his shirts.

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A favorite is going after the bra straps and yes sometimes she gets a little flesh with it.:pinch:

 

My sun conure is the one who chews holes in my T-shirts as she spends a lot of the time out of her cage on me and I have some with holes in some embarrassing places.

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There is no way to stop her from chewing on your clothing just like there is no way to stop a bird from picking at ear lobes or jewelry or hair or other visible skin. As opposed to other birds, your bird is a chewer when she's up there and the onl;y way to stop it is by keeping her off your shoulder. Many birds do as yours does and many don't.

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My TAG doesn't chew on my clothes but because she uses her beak to get from place to place on my body, from floor to leg, from lap to shoulder, etc. I have holes in my pants legs and shirts. I never wear anything I really love when she is out of her cage, which is usually always. I wear old jeans, sweats or tee shirts, which now have lots of ventilation for that cool look!

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Our routine is as soon as I get home I change into old pajamas or t-shirts. There are buttons missing from all my pajamas. The best thing I have found is distraction. And yeah she can feel that little plastic hook on the front of my bra strap and digs after it like she looking for gold. Ouch!

 

I save plastic tops from milk jugs and stuff like that and give it to her when she starts. A piece of paper works too.

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As soon as I get home I change into old clothes before I even let the birds out for what I wear to work may be nice sweaters and I don't want them chewed up or pulled.

 

Josey also likes playing with the colored tops off of soda bottles, she has quite a colorful assortment.

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Yes, I believe most of us have or "Go out in public" and "Stay at home Parrot chewing" clothes.

 

One trick I have learned my wife was pulling though, is "Oh look, darn he just chewed a hole through my nice blouse, now I need a new one!".

 

So watch out for this one guys.... ;-)

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I've noticed Dorian chews when he is frightened, like with a vet visit. If he's wrapped in a towel he'll chew it, or if there's a lot of activity around him, like when my brother and a friend moved our HUGE broken freezer out of the basement, he'll chew on the supreme rope on his swing. It seems to be a way of self-soothing for him.

 

I'll bet we all have grey friendly clothes. I hope the day Publishers Clearing House shows up on my door with a huge cheque I'm wearing my 'be seen in public' clothes:silly:

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I have an old sweater that I wouldn't be caught dead in outside its beige and it has fake fur around the neck and sleeve. All my birds just love it so I wear it when its time to spend time with them and they can do what ever they want and I don't have to worry about them wrecking something that I like to wear. Gizmo is the only real chewer I have and your right it hurts when they get skin along with the sweater. Thank goodness it doen't happen all the time.

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