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Biting Behavior

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Question
My male parrots keeps on biting me as hard as he can and he wont stop.

Whenenver i hold a water bottle it just gets afraid and when i hold a balloon it just flys everywhere so i just thought it wasent a good idea to hold a balloon -_-

What should i do for it to stop biting me


And what can i do to make the "Green cheek conure" to start talking.
i been talking to it the past year and it still isent talking.

Answer
Hi, David.  Thanks for posting!

What are you doing when your bird bites you?  

Your bird is scared when you hold a water bottle and a balloon near him/her because s/he doesn't know what those items are, so don't hold them near your bird.  You are making matters of biting worse doing these things.

All parrots have the ability to mimic (they don't actually talk), but there are no guarantees when you buy a bird that it will mimic.  It just depends on the bird.  

Chrys