So I've had my cockatiel Rocky for about a month now, and he's super aggressive. If I walk past his cage, he'll hiss and lunge towards me. If I stand by his cage and lift up my hand to say, scratch my face, he'll hiss and start banging his beak on the cage ;;
He really obviously hates hands. If you move your hand he'll start to hiss, so I've been trying to teach him that it's completely safe by putting my hand in his cage. However, when I do this, he will begin my mauling my hand for about a minute before hopping on and starting to masturbate. I try to get him off, but as soon as he's on the perch he hops right back onto my hand and continues. I've been wanting to train him but I always have to take my hand away because of this behaviour, and I can't get anywhere? I've tried holding millet in my hand but he ignores it completely and just starts masturbating. I've heard things like "the bird is bonded to you and sees you as a mate" but that obviously isn't the case for me? He hisses at the sight of me! Plus I've head this behaviour is normal during the spring, but it's the middle of the winter! Any advice on how to get him to stop, and how to start training him without this behaviour? Any help would be appreciated!
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He really obviously hates hands. If you move your hand he'll start to hiss, so I've been trying to teach him that it's completely safe by putting my hand in his cage. However, when I do this, he will begin my mauling my hand for about a minute before hopping on and starting to masturbate. I try to get him off, but as soon as he's on the perch he hops right back onto my hand and continues. I've been wanting to train him but I always have to take my hand away because of this behaviour, and I can't get anywhere? I've tried holding millet in my hand but he ignores it completely and just starts masturbating. I've heard things like "the bird is bonded to you and sees you as a mate" but that obviously isn't the case for me? He hisses at the sight of me! Plus I've head this behaviour is normal during the spring, but it's the middle of the winter! Any advice on how to get him to stop, and how to start training him without this behaviour? Any help would be appreciated!