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I was reading the posts from the person who had a blue IRN that bit a lot. I was sorry to read later that the bird flew away (been there, done that...hurts like hell).

I got my green female IRN "Boomdas" around 6 years ago. She was 9 months old, wild, and bit like a son of a gun..punctures!!
Anyway, after a week of this I let her watch me interact with my CAG. I was amazed! After about an hour of this she climbed out of her cage, came over to me and chortled in that sweet way that only IRNs have. She was fine after that, cuddly and always wanting to be with me. I think she just had to see for herself that I was not a dangerous person. Ummm, she does still bite if I take too many liberties with her but over the years I have learned her particular personality and we get along just fine.
She has one annoying call that feels like it is pinching your eardrums, I am sure you know what I am talking about

I just thought that this experience might be helpful to you in the future.

Your advice to everyone is right on and I have benefited from it too. Bless you.

Marilyn

Thank you for that great post!!

You are definitely correct in saying that with some birds they need to see you interact with another bird to get them to want the same interaction. I am not sure if this is that they see you working with another bird so they know that you will not harm them or maybe even they sometimes get jealous that another bird is getting something they aren't. Other birds though will show bad jealousy if they see you interacting with another bird. Jazzy is like that (OWA) and will bite if you hold another bird before her (IF she sees it LOL!). But we have tried this with other birds and it does work quite well with a lot of them.