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[lilgiggles1012]

Hello my name is Christina. I am new to the site. I am a proud owner of a 4 month Indian Ringneck. His name is Izzet and he is a blue, he is at the nipping stage and has been for about a month now does anyone got any advise on it other then what the article said.

[kyria]

Welcome to the family. Congratulations on your new baby. Nipping should be ignored, push past the nip or simply leave the bird for a short time and try again a few minutes later. Most of the time you can move past the nip to step them up or roll out of the nip if you understand what I am trying to say. Do not yell at the bird as this will reinforce the bad behaviour, the yelling is seen as attention. Anyway I will move the post into an area where you will get much more advice and experiences from others.

Take care.

Angie

[lilgiggles1012]

He got over pretty fast.

[ellieelectrons]

That's great. Would love to hear how you approached it.

Ellie.

[Doodlebug]

This can be difficult if you're not used to bites and the body language leading up to the bite, so good to hear he got the message pretty fast- I'm sure other members or guests would love to know your secret!

Loo

[lilgiggles1012]

All I did was ignore the fact he was trying to bit and while I had him out I kept him busy the whole time. Like we played what I call the step up game just keep having him step up hand the hand like he was climbing stairs and then he just stopped took like 2 or 3 weeks

[MissK]

You done great!

[Dixie-1]

Welcome sounds like you did a good job of re-directing his unwanted behavior .

[lilgiggles1012]

I work with children everyday and I felt that its pretty much working with a child. Thank you very much...