Why does my parrot destroy the neck of my Tshirt?

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 Why does my Sun Conure destroy the neck of my T shirt?

Backgound: Your Sun Conure, or any parrot for that matter, is constantly biting at the neck of you T shirt.  This is resulting in the destruction of your clothes and the occasional accidental bite to the flesh!

Why is my parrot doing this?

Your parrot loves you. He thinks of you as a member of his flock. In the wild birds of the same flock help the others to groom their feathers, keeping them clean, fluffy and bright. If a birds feathers get so dirty that they are matted, he is probably sick, and is definitely going to be in serious trouble!


Your little parrot looks at your clothes, and cannot see any fluffiness or individual feathers .  You must be Sick!  So your little friend tries to clean your "feathers" so that they are not "Matted together!"

Of course we know that your shirt is supposed to be a solid mat, but the poor little parrot does not understand, and is doing his best to help you!

Does this happen to you?  Have you found a way to manage this behavior and hence save your T shirts?

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