I read that using a glove when trying to get a cockatiel used to your hand really does more harm than good, but is it really THAT horrible? I've tried picking up Ergo without the glove. He bit through two of my nails and I'm just plain -scared-. Every time I came near him with my hand he'd hiss at snap at me and one day I figured I had enough bleeding fingers - he always seems to aim for the nails and bites straight through to the skin under the nail
One time he latched on and wouldn't let go. I literally cried.
My boyfriend suggested getting a glove and we got two leather gloves to use. It seems like we've been making progress. It still takes a bit of chasing him around to get him to sit on the gloved hand, but it seems that he's now beginning to realize that him biting doesn't really do anything. He does still try to bite at least once when I hold him, but not nearly as much. We even carry him around the house on our hand sometimes and today he stepped from the glove and up my forearm.
I'm wondering, is it going to be extremely difficult to eventually transition him to the hand when he gets used to the glove? Am I going to have to start all over again?
My boyfriend suggested getting a glove and we got two leather gloves to use. It seems like we've been making progress. It still takes a bit of chasing him around to get him to sit on the gloved hand, but it seems that he's now beginning to realize that him biting doesn't really do anything. He does still try to bite at least once when I hold him, but not nearly as much. We even carry him around the house on our hand sometimes and today he stepped from the glove and up my forearm.
I'm wondering, is it going to be extremely difficult to eventually transition him to the hand when he gets used to the glove? Am I going to have to start all over again?