My lovebird bites my hand ... HARD whenever he sees my fingers. He won't play with any toys, and he runs away from me when im near him. Any suggestions on how to get this to stop? Also, he is a single bird, he does NOT need a partner, every one we pair him with fights him: (

I'm sorry but to ignore a lovebird while it is attacking you is impossible. you have to have lost nerves in your arm in order to do that. now, i can promise no miracles, but, you should hold out his seed for him when he is INSIDE his cage. never EVER work with them with gloves on, because that is teaching your bird that it is okay to bite. work with your bare hands. use the command "be careful" when he starts licking your hand before he applies pressure. also, if possible, teach the "touch" command. you do this by having your hands inside the cage with your bird. you say touch, and then lightly, with one finger, touch the bird's chest. show no fear. if he comes to bite at you, never say "NO! Bad Boy!" in the case where he does ignore you when you say "be careful" ;, say in a calm tone; "Please stop." do not use the "please stop" command for anything other than extreme circumstances. lovebirds are very sensitive to emotion. never tap you bird on the beak as a punishment. they will remember. it also helps to put your bird in a position where it can always see you, every time it chatters, answer it with "oh really?" or "you think so?" in a conversational tone. the bird will chatter back and you can then teach it to nod or shake its head. speak softly always, and never punish your bird. always use your entire hand to teach "step up" commands. never push your finger against its lower chest to force him to step up. you hold food with another hand behind your "stepping" hand to encourage him to step up. if he bites when you tell him to step up, hold your hand in a fist and face your palm to the ground.
to establish gentle dominance, you place his cage on the floor so that he can see what you are doing, but never place a cage higher than chest level.
after a few more months of this, you should be able to take your bird out, but you can contact me then or post another question requesting me in the the title.
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personal experience.

A lot of people think that birds should be paired off with a buddy, but that is not true. if a bird is with another bird it will end up becoming more attached to the other bird rather than you, so having your lovebird alone is a start! You need to take him out and show him that you mean him no harm. Put on gloves if you have to. Start by putting your hands in the cage and rearanging his toys or pretanding to do stuff in his cage and IGNORE him. Even if he is trying to attack you, just keep doing your thing in the cage. if you pull away every time he bites he will learn that that is a way to make you go away, and that is not what you want to teach him. Eventually, he will be use to you in his cage and he will stop the attacks . after than start to try and give him treats and touch his feet. eventually he will learn that you mean good things, like food and company. but be advised that not all birds can get hand tamed. I had a lovebird that never comepletely got handed tamed, I also had a cockatiel that never completely got hand tamed and I hand raised him myself. Some birds are naturally mean or flighty and will not calm down. So keep that in mind.

8 years experience with parrots

well you did a mistake there, from the beggining when you buy the bird, you should get it as a baby ...

so sorry ...