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just got meself a cockatiel, the little sod is mad, it bites,:( and wont let me hold it, anyone know what to do before I throttle it!!:s_fmad: (only joking about the throttle bit);)

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Yep keep it locked up

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:eek: no no no i want to hold it and train it to swear!! hehe

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staggerringman is now being serious and its late , yooh panther them birds will live to 15- 30 year owd brill bird to have dont think it will learn ought off acccy web though

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My step brother has one. It took ages for it to settle in and let them handle it. It will only let my sister in law handle it as she is the one who feeds it. My advice would be to be patient, it will probably just take time to get used to you.

Unless you've had it for years and it still dislikes you, then it's time to get rid...:D

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bet i can train it to swear he hee

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If it keeps on biting you, you won't need to teach it to swear, it'll learn all on its own!

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Bite it back harder it will swear then............

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what was wrong with a budgie or a minah bird ???,,, they swear !

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Anybody remember the chap in Oswald Street, Church, who had a mynah bird? He kept the junk shop on the corner of Tanpits, and lived across the street. In Summer he used to leave his front door open then he could see if anybody called into the shop. Unfortunately, if a girl walked past, there would be a yell of "Cor - look at that" and other less choice phrases. His reputation went right down, and in self-defence he took to hanging the mynah outside the front door - yep, it was the bird!

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I remember the one Mrs. Baldy had (pet shop in Warner St Accy) which would announce "Mother! shop!" when you walked in and tell you to "sit down and put yer feet up" then ask "Is t'kettle on?"

People not used to it would be looking round to see who was speaking. It didn't sound at all like a bird, very human voice.

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Whisper PAXO to it .......it should get the message...!

We used to have a Mynah bird........it only ever swore when the priest came to visit my mother....... and then it used to say 'F*** off'.........what is worse I think it was my grandma, who was very prim and proper, taught it to say that.

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It takes a while for birds to trust you just be patient, talk gently and no quick movements, if all else fails you could put it on a sandwich!

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Shame on you, Grego. That is a horrible thing to say! :eek:

You could always threaten it with a stint in solitary confinement... in the microwave. :rolleyes:

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then PRESS the big red button?

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Does it let you handle it? Does it swear yet? and if so what does it say?

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http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_33_2.gifnope still attacking me, http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_52.gif

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and it dont swear YET

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it will take time for it to trust you if it ever does, you stand a better chance if it is a young one or one that has been hand reared, we have a parrot that was hand reared and it was Ok from day one, they tend to adopt 1 person though, is the bird same with everyone in the house or just you?
Theres only me in our house that can handle it and it isn't me that feeds it! probably because i'm not frightened of its big beak but everyone else is! but it has had me on more than one occasion and when it bites you know about it, its not like a peck off a budgie or cockatiel, these things can crack nuts with their beaks so imaging what it an do to flesh

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We had an African Grey parrot called mogi when we were growing up. He was an absolute pain, he only had one owner .... my Dad! Damn bird would attack anyone who went near his cage and it was one of my Dads 'after he came home from the pub drunk, party trick' to let the parrot out to chase everyone including our Jack Russel dog who was also petrified of it! It used to make the most annoying noise when we came home from school and wanted to watch CITV, it had a built in clock and knew when it was 3.30pm and would start with it's awful bombs dropping noise and swearing, shouting of my Mum or the dog ......... anything to stop us watching TV gggggg :mad: !!!