Yoshi is starting to learn to use his beak. He is testing his limits and is biting harder and harder. I will go to step him up out of his cage and he will chomp down on my hand really hard. I do not pull away, because I did that a couple times with Joey and it became a game of "chase." When he is out, he will start cooing and get fluffy and be all happy, then the next second CHOMP! I cannot come up with a reason as to why he is doing this, other than he is growing up and learning to use his beak and testing his limits. I remember Joey doing this when he was a baby, but he grew out of it pretty quick. Yoshi will be 1 year old in December and he has been doing this for the last month. Yoshi's beak is a lot bigger than Joey's and it hurts a lot more. I have tried many different things to discourage him from biting. I have made him do the "ladder" (6 step-ups in a row really quick), I have tried the "earthquake" (shaking hand enough to throw him off balance), I have tried ignoring him (he doesn't stop and I get bitten harder), I have tried distractinghim with a toy. I don't know what I am doing wrong, and I don't know what else to do to try to get him to stop. I now let him come out of the cage on his own time(is that ok?), but I don't know what to do about the biting when he is out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am in a pickle. Thanks!

Hmmm....Senegals aren't really known for cage aggression, so I don't know if this advice will help you. Chewy has gotten cage agressive with me, so I wait for him to come out on his own then pick him up using a perch and bring him to another room, then he's fine.

As senegals grow up they do tend to bond to 1 person and of course they can change their minds on which 1 person it is.

Elvis is an *** to me and everybody else. He'll rip me a new one if I'm not careful.

But, hubby can do anything with that bird and I mean anything. And he will just coo and make kissy noises and chatter away and fluff up for him.

We have come to an understanding. He can be an *** all day if he wants but, as long as he steps up on the stick I use to pick him up with he can be out of his cage.

I've never had a bite worse than a senegal and have the scars to prove it. LOL...senegals are like little pit bulls with feathers. Once they grab on they don't let go and keep munching. I'd rather be bitten by a macaw than another attack by this little monster.

I do love him though and it's gotten better. He talks to me all day long,just doesn't want me to touch him. Hubby comes home and he sits there like a perch potato. It's hysterical. I've started taking pics and video of him and sending it to hubby during the day to prove he's not so bad during the day when he's not home LOL..

Ive had this same problem with my GCC lately. When i got her about a month ago she was soo good at stepping up on her own but the past week when i try to get her to step up she decideds to chomp into my finger. It doesnt really hurt... I dont think she is trying to hurt me but she just wont let go.

My quaker and her have become very close lately too and by close i mean they have been mating any chance they get! Im not sure if this has to do with the biting or if its just a stage cause she is still very young (about 16 weeks)