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Post by skysmum on Aug 13, 2020 21:55:07 GMT
And I missed a word out there - that was three, fours years after the event. I still have a bit of a habit of rubbing my index finger over the top of my thumb in that area, on a random basis. He was not to be forgotten in a hurry. Ooooh definitely a bit of nerve damage there for sure I remember a case here a few years back where a macaw actually managed to remove one of their owners digits
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Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Aug 13, 2020 21:59:03 GMT
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Post by Hezz on Aug 13, 2020 22:37:54 GMT
And I missed a word out there - that was three, fours years after the event. I still have a bit of a habit of rubbing my index finger over the top of my thumb in that area, on a random basis. He was not to be forgotten in a hurry. Ooooh definitely a bit of nerve damage there for sure I remember a case here a few years back where a macaw actually managed to remove one of their owners digits Yes, definitely a bit of nerve damage. Remember when I looked after Crackers? The long-billed corella? I said to his owner one time "how do you tell him "NO!"; do you just tell him off, wag your finger at him, or just what? He laughed and said if you did that (wag your finger), he'd take it off at the knuckle, spit it out and ask for the next one! Needless to say I didn't try that method.
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Post by skysmum on Aug 13, 2020 22:43:03 GMT
Ooooh definitely a bit of nerve damage there for sure I remember a case here a few years back where a macaw actually managed to remove one of their owners digits Remember when I looked after Crackers? The long-billed corella? I said to his owner one time "how do you tell him "NO!"; do you just tell him off, wag your finger at him, or just what? He laughed and said if you did that (wag your finger), he'd take it off at the knuckle, spit it out and ask for the next one! Needless to say I didn't try that method. Yes i do remember Crackers, i'd want danger money to look after anything bigger than a bud Has Lock's ever bitten you Hezz ?
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Post by Hezz on Aug 13, 2020 23:04:40 GMT
Plenty of times, but not often in anger. Mostly his are now warnings and he sounds the alarm as well ... it is very loud! Conures are bitey birds, it seems to be their nature. I have a thumb nail growing out that has a hole in it where he got me on the nail bed, but didn't seem to hurt that much at the time. He has occasionally drawn blood but only just - he's been very jiggy lately and a little territorial over his food. Food rather than cage, which is different - don't get between me and my grass/flower/apple/sweet potato/pasta!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 5:40:37 GMT
Yikes!
Think I'll stick with the little ones. Even their worst bites I can just ignore these days. Well, on my hands, might be different if one bit my lip.
I remember someone saying that great tit and skua bites really hurt, then getting bitten by both and thinking "People consider this painful? Clearly they need to be bitten by Munchy." There was pressure, and the great tit was pinchy, but a flat beak doesn't compare to a hooked one.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Aug 14, 2020 15:32:21 GMT
Buddy likes to chew on my reading glasses frame and he'll preen my eyebrows and sometimes grab a piece of hair. Recently he was chewing on my eyeglasses and reached down and bit my nostril - yes that hurt. Guess he didn't like that because he hasn't done it again. It also let me know that maybe I shouldn't rub my nose on him, not that I've done it.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Aug 14, 2020 20:33:57 GMT
Who knew that my guys favorite toy would be the paper string I use to tie together their fresh grass, etc? Thanks for the suggestion Marianne Marlow! They will eat on the grass and then chew up the ribbon until its on the bottom of the cage. I just put some fresh grass in the cage in a different place than normal and left the extra ribbon on - I didn't trim it. Tweetie Pie's been munching some grass and then chewing the ribbon. Wonder if he'll try something new if I put the ribbon on it?
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Aug 14, 2020 20:47:04 GMT
Just to show you that its not just Tweetie Pie - Buddy chased him away so he could chew too. Poor little Tweetie Pie. They are eating the grass so that's good.
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Post by skysmum on Aug 14, 2020 21:52:13 GMT
Plenty of times, but not often in anger. Mostly his are now warnings and he sounds the alarm as well ... it is very loud! Conures are bitey birds, it seems to be their nature. I have a thumb nail growing out that has a hole in it where he got me on the nail bed, but didn't seem to hurt that much at the time. He has occasionally drawn blood but only just - he's been very jiggy lately and a little territorial over his food. Food rather than cage, which is different - don't get between me and my grass/flower/apple/sweet potato/pasta!! Little tinker, biting mummy I had to laugh about him food guarding though, "donta toucha my pasta lady"
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Post by skysmum on Aug 14, 2020 21:54:49 GMT
Lovely pics tweetiepiesmom Im sad that all our seeding grass has now finished, we have such a short season with it
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Aug 14, 2020 23:31:02 GMT
I planted some grass in a large pot skysmum. Its growing well and I've been feeding it the boys. I'm hoping that some of it will go to seed so I can see if they'll eat it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 0:30:47 GMT
I have a few sprigs of millet grass growing now and I'm super excited!
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Post by Hezz on Aug 15, 2020 0:45:27 GMT
Plenty of times, but not often in anger. Mostly his are now warnings and he sounds the alarm as well ... it is very loud! Conures are bitey birds, it seems to be their nature. I have a thumb nail growing out that has a hole in it where he got me on the nail bed, but didn't seem to hurt that much at the time. He has occasionally drawn blood but only just - he's been very jiggy lately and a little territorial over his food. Food rather than cage, which is different - don't get between me and my grass/flower/apple/sweet potato/pasta!! Little tinker, biting mummy I had to laugh about him food guarding though, "donta toucha my pasta lady" If I don't give him a piece or two of pasta he will only thieve it anyway. Mostly I can get away with almost anything with him. Even holding him to put him into the travel cage he's okay with. He knows, he gets told off if he is being nippy and its not often that there is any force behind it. When there is, it is usually if I've frightened him somehow, like if he's got his face in the seed pot and I go to add something to it, or take it out and he doesn't know I'm there, but there are times when he is just plain narky with his fresh food. Then we have a stand-off, I tell him not to be a little sh*t and don't bite ... it usually goes like this: 'don't bite me, you little sh*t, I don't want your blo*dy flower. I'm trying to give you something.'
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Post by blue48 on Aug 16, 2020 13:27:14 GMT
I was surprised yesterday when BertieB sat on my head and tried to pluck my eyebrows for me. I just put my hand up and grabbed him and brought him in front of my face and said NO. He didn't struggle, just looked at me and when I let him go he flew straight back on my head, so the grabbing didn't startle him at all. That made me realise he isn't scared of me in the least. A lovely revelation.
In other news, what I've been doing this morning is setting up my other cage in the spare bedroom. No decision as yet, but when I went into the pet shop yesterday they had the most gorgeous selection of new baby budgies, all looking bouncy and happy and I almost drooled. I had to make myself walk away quickly but I wanted one so very much. One of them looked very much like Ira's profile pic.
I am so bad!
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