Biting during hand feeding.

[Octodonk]

Hey,

I month back I bought a 5 month old Ringneck, she wasn't tame. It has taken a month but now she's starting to take food out of my hands from behind the bars. She will take apple, etc from my grip when I put them through and will take peas off my hand when I put it in. The problem is though, when I do the pea one she bites my fingers before she takes the peas. She doesn't bite if I just hold something in there, it's only if I sit something on my hand. She does a few soft bites then gets harder then takes the food, I try my hardest to ignore it, but it huuurts.

Is this to be expected?

[MissK]

In a nutshell, yes,

She's unsure of your hand in that position (maybe flat vs closed, in cage vs out, yes?) so she's testing it.

[Melika]

Welcome to the forum!

[Dixie-1]

I have had better luck with a piece between 2 fingers rather than an open hand, maybe that big open hand seems scary or some how threatening Oh & welcome too !