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[TCake18]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

[Yarak1]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

Tell him not to..............:cool:

[Harris]

Tell him not to..............:cool:

PMSL:supz: your on form tonight!!

I have heard that smearing mustard on a leash makes it unplesant for a bird so they give up, never tried it but worth a try.

[Yarak1]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

Sorry Tom couldn't resist it mate...............

Try the mustard as Simon says.................:wink:

[Dave G]

dont think you can realy stop them just keep your eye on the leash and change them when worn ??? as they dont cost much

[GregMik]

Try the mustard first. If that doesn't work try braiding one out of Spectra. It is almost indestructible, but expensive.

Greg

[Altai]

PMSL:supz: your on form tonight!!

I have heard that smearing mustard on a leash makes it unplesant for a bird so they give up, never tried it but worth a try.

I tried this once. The bird concerned did not mind the mustard, but its tongue went bright yellow. In earlier times canary breeders used mustard and paprika pepper as colour feeds.

It is worth a try.

[PDF]

As far as I can ascertain, most raptors have minimal sense of taste, so I'm not sure if mustard would work.

How about winding a piece of wire along the leash attached to a battery - if that doesnt work, then use the mains :)

Seriously - somewhere on here I read a thread regarding click-training & use of click-training to stop unwanted behaviours, maybe worth looking for

[DeathFromAbove]

have used mustard myself in my FHH's first year, and it worked a treat.... used the english musterd myself and it had the desired effect - have heard of someone using horseraddish on a persistent offender but can't vouch for it effectiveness except to say that if you put some on your tongue and see how you react hehehe

[Hobby]

If she is always picking at the leash I would think about why.Perch her in a different place,a more stimulating area where she sees more going on,move her around your garden,give her something else to occupy her time like tennis ball or dog toy etc.Alternatively why not free loft her?

[Yarak1]

Try the mustard first. If that doesn't work try braiding one out of Spectra. It is almost indestructible, but expensive.

Greg

Or give it some ham along with the mustard!!

[TCake18]

Thanks for your help guys will try the mustard

Cheers tom

[Harris]

Let us know if it works :lol:

[HawkEagle]

my bird used to bite at leash and it caused injury to her gape quite badly, I tried bitter spay for bird and it did not work at all so I doubt the mustard will. I solved the problem by free lofting her and it worked.

[BuzzBee]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

Put fish oil on it? lol.

[Matthew Patching]

I have used chilli sauce with some success for game hawks that have taken to chasing ( and catching ) corvids, maybe this would work with your leash problem, but I would definatly get her some 'toys', the 'kong' dog toys work well as they are vertualy indestructable and you can hide food inside them.

[Wilfred]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

I myself had one peregrine falcon that used to bite buttons of the leather leashes. In no time. The other falcon smashed its tallons in the climb cords used mainly as leashes in current times. Destroying them in no time. So what i did is just giving the leather leash destroyer a climb cord leash and the climb cord destroyer a leather leash. That worked OK. Do not know whether this might be solution for the hawk you are dealing with. Another solution that might be needed if nothing else works is just some aviary. Other falconer I know had to use it with some peregrine tiercel who liked to bite through the jesses in no time.

[Sparrow Hawker]

what is the best way to stop your hawk biting through the leash

cheers tom

I've got some leash material that I got imported from Germany, I'll go so far as saying it's indestructable, drop me a pm and i'll send you one to try out.

All The Best,

SH

[Barbary Boy]

Try the mustard first. If that doesn't work try braiding one out of Spectra. It is almost indestructible, but expensive.

Greg
wots spectra?

[HawkWorks]

Try wasabe.
You can plait a single & double length of Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene string (orange or green crabline) but you can't glue it (& shouldn't "weld" it)
You can get kevlar re-inforced polyester cord

Pete

[palo]

:wink:
So you want to know the old way of stopping it bitting the leash.
Get a leash and rub its own mute into it. work for all birds. May need repeating for upto a week.

[Natch]

my f/male peregine do,s one a week:twisted:

[Altai]

:wink:
So you want to know the old way of stopping it bitting the leash.
Get a leash and rub its own mute into it. work for all birds. May need repeating for upto a week.

Cleaver idea.
I bet Lanners never bight their leashes, they always cover them in mutes!

[North East Harris Hawker]

I've got some leash material that I got imported from Germany, I'll go so far as saying it's indestructable, drop me a pm and i'll send you one to try out.

All The Best,

SH

if its green and probbably capable of towing a car, i use the same stuff!
its brilliant, ive got 3 different thicknesses totalling about 50 leashes in my garage. im still using the first one i made over 4 years ago. brilliant kit.
if you want to try one just pm me