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From: bjb@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM (Barbara Bowen)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR Biting Conure
Summary: TRY WATER!
Message-ID: <631@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>
Date: 11 Dec 89 13:09:02 GMT
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Reply-To: bjb@ncrorl.UUCP (Barbara Bowen)
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Try a squirt gun or squirt bottle, accompanied by the word, "NO!!!"  Don't
squirt the bird in the nostrils, aim for the chest.  Also, you absolutely
MUST reward the bird when it does NOT bite.  (Most people forget to do this.)
I also agree that using gloves won't work.  Try using a towel to grab the
bird instead.  Once they realize you won't flinch when they bite, they
do give up.  You bleed, you heal, it works.  I always remind mine to be
nice.  I warn them in advance, and it seems to work.
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