Star my QP is 13 weeks old and everytime she comes out of the cage she flys to me gets on my neck or arm and bites me and my husband I tried to take the bite push into her to see if she would stop but she wont she just keeps biting and it hurts please what can I do to stop this now.

Yeah I have the exact same problem my bird doesn't lunge at me or anything he just likes nibbleing everything and whenever he's on my shoulder or arm he bites me like a maniac. I don't think he's being malicious but it's annoying.

I think it will help some people to understand if it is typical Q.P. "mouthiness" biting, or if she is really chomping down. Q.P.s do have a tendency to be what I call a "mouthy" bird. But aggressive biting is a whole other thing! You have to keep in mind that a birds mouth and tongue are sort of like their fingers that can feel things. Once you know what kind of biting it is, maybe some one can tell you how to stop it. I read a book on Q.P. behavior, and that was how I trained Peanut Butter.

Well she doesnt bite me whn I put my hands in the cage or anything just when she is sitting on my shoulders she will like pinch my neck when im scratching her neck she swacks at me like crazy to

Could she just be grooming you?

I dont think so she was biting the tip of my finger to day I pulled away and she kept comming back to bite me again I dont really know what shes doing when she is out of her cage she is biting everything my chair my wires the buttons on my remote or cell phone everything she stands on she bites

that sounds like normal quaker "mouthy" behavior to me.....

is she hissing when she bites things?

Yes indeed quakers can be mouthy. It's their way of exploring their world, holding on, cleaning, etc.. Now a real bite is unmistakeable! I got my first real bite from Tobey this morning. When he's gotten a little overzealous before I tell him no bite and put him in his cage. Give him a minute and go back. I continue that until he's in a less riled mood. This morning I was late getting him uncovered so he was miffed to begin with. I took him out and he latched on but good and made a grumble sound. Yeah he was mad! So back in he went. I waited for quiet and repeated our morning routine and when he opened and went after my hand again back in he went. It took four repeats to get him to calm down. They're like people in the respect that they do have their moods.
As for mouthing, I make sure Tobey has a lot to chew on, hold on, just play with around him. We have a table top perch set on it's lowest setting and he climbs up and down and plays with toys. He also has a lot of shreddables in his cage. Only issue I'm working on is leaving my diamond earrings actually in my ears. Unbelievable how adept he is in removing them! I say OW! Not yours! and take it away and he usually hangs his head and gurgles at me. He can't help it, they're shiney, but he's learning Mommy says those aren't toys. LOL Hope people here have helped you figure out what's going on.

Lisa & Tobey

I have to take off every bit of jewelry, rings, earrings, necklace, and can't even wear my glasses or Clyde removes them -- or tries, OUCH.

Sounds to me like maybe your birdy is behaving like babies do. Puppies, kittens, human babies, they all want to put everything in their mouths. Maybe she's just tasting her world. Still hurts, though. Have you tried rocking her back and forth just a little when she bites, so she has to shift her weight to keep her balance? That helps my husband with Clyde, who loves to chew on Daddy. Hubby has adopted what he calls a "pirate walk" as if he's on the deck of a ship, and Clyde can't bite when he's on his shoulder because he's busy rocking. When Clyde's on my hand and decides to bite me, I tip my hand a little and he stops. At the same time I say "don't bite Mommy. That's not nice." I don't think he cares what's nice, but I hope eventually he'll associate "don't bite Mommy" with the tipping motion. AND the stopping.

You do have to remember their beak is an extra hand, if you will, and they're used to using them for climbing and grasping and everything else. She might not mean to bite. On the other hand, they're also mean little stinkers, so maybe she does.

i just got wasabi yesterday and he thinks he needs to remove all the graphics from whatever t-shirt i am wearing
boogie doesnt care about that kind of stuff but wasabi is a nibberling fool

he seems to test how hard he is allowed to chew on me (i say chew because there is no striking, just grinding and squeezing) and i can tell already that he is starting to notice the boundaries ive been setting up for this type of behavior (or maybe i should call it mama's pain threshold lol)

he is very gentle most of the time but it seems like he gets carried away when he is grooming me, especially my tattoos on my arms - he seems to think they are removable like the t-shirt graphics
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I have noticed that these guys can get VERY crabby and nippy (biting hard)when overtired too.


I had a day like that with Pretty Boy. So I just put his crabby little butt back into his cage, covered him up, and put him to bed two hours early (at 7pm).

I uncovered him the next morning at 8:30am, and his whole crabititude was gone and he was much happier.

I think that he had, had broken sleep the night before due to husband staying up all night with the tv blaring.

Oh ya, Peanut Butter LOVES to peel the shirt graphics off!! thank goodness my tattoos aren't in a place where she can chew them!!!