Hey there,
I've just gotten a new yellow sided green cheek conure. He is very sweet and loves people, he always wants to come out and play but is a huge biter. I don't think he knows that it hurts and he has broke skin many times. I've tried many techniques like blowing in the face, holding the beak, and swaying my hand slightly but these make him bite harder. After he bites he sort of licks the wound and then bites again. He's not affraid of hands as he'll go looking for them and if any of you have heard of the power pause from bird tricks this certainly does not work because he'll reach or fly up to my hand and then bite. But he also doesn't only bite hands, he bites any skin he can find.
I don't really know what to do. Do you guys think something like this could just go away with time? I just wrapped him in a thin little cloth napkin and was giving him scratches and he loved that, he even fell asleep for about five minutes. But when I was putting him away again he just bit me. It doesn't really matter where we are he just bites
I have read about learned aggression and do you think maybe this is what he has? Maybe the breeder accidentaly taught him learned aggression?
This is only my second day in having him and the breeded said he was handfed but lately had not been getting much attention.
Thanks so much!