What do you do if the bird is biting you?
What do you do if the bird is biting you? -From "Guide to a well behaved parrot" Mattie Sue Athan Of course, the best way to deal with biting is to prevent it, but if all efforts have failed and you are looking down at a hard, pointed beak grinding into your flesh and unwilling to quit, what do you do? Dianalee Deter suggest that if the bird is sitting on your hand or on a perch, it is pretty easy to get the bird to release by pushing the hand being bitten toward the bird. Of course, this is absolutely counterintuitive, anyone who knows how human reflexes work probably knows that most human experiencing a painful bite want to pull their hand away. A human who pulls away run the risk of ripping flesh, injuring the bird, or actually teaching the bird to bite with a response that can reinforce the behavior. In addition to the wobble correction, some relief may be seen by putting the bird quickly, gently, and unceremoniously on floor. Some birds will release if light blocking fabric is placed over their heads. If the bird is hanging on and grinding, you may try forcing something else into the beak, deflecting the bird to bite down on a magazine or a handy pair of eye glasses. Eye contact is really important here, for if you can catch the bird's eye, it will usually release the bite. A manufactured distraction may be necessary to change the determined bird's focus on the bite. That could mean slapping a magazine loudly against a table with the other hand, popping a balloon, or suddenly turning the television volume way up with the remote. Addition note : I am having my mid-year exam! So I have no time to translate it, read it as your will, To Joesph : Translate it then!
