Jerks

[reefraff]

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Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks#post_3320509

I have only had my fingers bitten, but I 'm smart eought to not put my parrot on my shoulder...there is a reason pirates wear eye patches..LOL
I have a nice scar on the inside of my ear from having a African Gray on my shoulder. I had the Hyacinth Macaw I babysat on my shoulder first time I met him. Not that I put him there, it was his idea. I didn't get bit but we didn't do that again, BIG BEAK!!!

 

[smartorl]

The single most painful bird bite of my life was a stupid little parakeet! They latch on and bite and just pulse, unreal pain. I have a super high pain threshold and was in tears and about half a second from smashing him against a wall. I know he was scared but it was so painful, it was hard not to just "react".

 

[flower]

My Jelly Bean only bites when a stranger is in the room, he thinks he is chasing me to safety "according to bird books" anyway he cuts pretty deep..but I never needed stitches. He loves to sing with me and plays wth his toys, he loves plastic spoons the best. He like to take takes showers.
When I have people over I don't do anything but talk to him and get him sing about how he is such a gooood Birrrrd. I took him with me once to a hotel. He has his own carrying cage. I looks like a cat carrier but has a stand in it...a child came up and asked to see the cat, I opened the blanket I had over it (winter time) and Jelly looked him right in the eye and said "Hello" Most times he won't talk to strangers without me coaxing him, but that was right on time..
I bought him as an egg, he hatched on Mothers day May 13th 2007..the breeder kept him until he was weaned and eating on his own, so he is my Feathered baby, very very tame and sweet...and yet he bites. He growls like a dog too.

 

[dragonzim]

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks#post_3320608
They can't snap good metal but they can break the welds. I babysat a Hyacinth Macaw once which is the largest species and I mean they are huge. They had a stainless steel cage for him and told me to pull any lose bars out of the cage. They said every couple months they would have to have some of the bars welded back in.
Worst bites are from Cockatoos, really sharp beak so when they get you it cuts. African Gray's are no slouch either. They have an ungodly amount of pressure in their beaks.
When I was a teenager a friends Cockatoo latched onto my finger and he had to pry its beak apart with a screw driver. I had 2 perfectly round incisions all the way around my finger from that beast.

 

[reefraff]

I had to raise my brothers gray after he died. That bird was a true A hole but funny as heck. He'd call the dogs (by name) over to the cage. They would put their noses right up to the cage and he would get beak to nose with them and give them a stern "NO!" The dumb dogs would jump back and look at us like "what did we do?". The bird would also reach through the bottom of the cage and rip at the paper lining the pan. My wife would yell at him, he would stop, look at her, cock his head and say "what!" which he picked up from watching my brother and his wife argue. He just didn't want to be handled and had no issue laying the vice grips to you to get the point across. Truly amazing thing is between me and my two brothers that bird was exposed to language that would make a sailor blush and the thing never picked up a single cuss word. That is usually what birds pick up the most.
Funnest bird I had was a Nobel Macaw. Had one big downside though. She hated women. I would take her to bars in my single days and she was friendly as heck to the guys but would attack any girls that would get close to me. My brother had her first and one day he is laying on the floor with the bird. The bird jumps off of him and starts climbing up the couch where his wife is sitting. His wife says "the bird is coming to get me". Brother is like, "yeah, right. The bird is going to walk across the room to bite you". Sure enough the bird made it's way up to the back of the couch, bit her on the cheek and waddled off laughing. I could point at someone and say "is He/She an a__ Hole and the bird would nod yes.
Had a bare eyed Cockatoo that was really tame too. I'd trust that bird or the Macaw on anyone's shoulder. Well, any man's shoulder with the Macaw. The people who had the Cockatoo before me used to play catch with her. They would stand in the yard and toss her back and forth. She would fly to the other person and just fold in her wings and flop into their chests. I couldn't believe the bird didn't just fly off. Usually tame birds that get airborne get disoriented and you never see them again.

 

[dragonzim]

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320637
Funnest bird I had was a Nobel Macaw. Had one big downside though. She hated women. I would take her to bars in my single days and she was friendly as heck to the guys but would attack any girls that would get close to me. My brother had her first and one day he is laying on the floor with the bird. The bird jumps off of him and starts climbing up the couch where his wife is sitting. His wife says "the bird is coming to get me". Brother is like, "yeah, right. The bird is going to walk across the room to bite you". Sure enough the bird made it's way up to the back of the couch, bit her on the cheek and waddled off laughing. I could point at someone and say "is He/She an a__ Hole and the bird would nod yes.
We would have had roasted macaw for dinner that night.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320637
Usually tame birds that get airborne get disoriented and you never see them again.

I lost a Red Lored Amazon like that, I was heart broken and as time went by I couldn't afford another bird until after my children were grown...Now I make sure I clip the wings...I paid $1500.00 for Jelly Bean, I am also afraid of hawks, I watched a video once of a girl with her parrot on her shoulder...the hawk flew right down and grabbed him off. Jelly Bean gives kisses and cuddles, but when he is in a pissy mood I know to leave him alone. You never actually OWN a bird, they don't get the whole master pet thing, you are either their friend or not.
I had a little Green Cheek parrot, it hated me, at the store it was the sweetest bird. We named him Simon but he never talked and he hated us from day one. We began to consider him the green goblen nobody could get near him, he would tear holes in you. I mean hold you with his foot and rip at your flesh. My sister came over one day and sang to him..they were best buds, he loved her...so I gave him to her. he sleeps cuddled up in hair on her shoulder..Other people come over and she has to put him the cage, he dives a people to bite them.

Jelly bean and my dogs like women more then men.

 

[reefraff]

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Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320662

I lost a Red Lored Amazon like that, I was heart broken and as time went by I couldn't afford another bird until after my children were grown...Now I make sure I clip the wings...I paid $1500.00 for Jelly Bean, I am also afraid of hawks, I watched a video once of a girl with her parrot on her shoulder...the hawk flew right down and grabbed him off. Jelly Bean gives kisses and cuddles, but when he is in a pissy mood I know to leave him alone. You never actually OWN a bird, they don't get the whole master pet thing, you are either their friend or not.
I had a little Green Cheek parrot, it hated me, at the store it was the sweetest bird. We named him Simon but he never talked and he hated us from day one. We began to consider him the green goblen nobody could get near him, he would tear holes in you. I mean hold you with his foot and rip at your flesh. My sister came over one day and sang to him..they were best buds, he loved her...so I gave him to her. he sleeps cuddled up in hair on her shoulder..Other people come over and she has to put him the cage, he dives a people to bite them.

Jelly bean and my dogs like women more then men.
You say trim the wings, here's a good safety hint if you aren't already doing this. Only trim one wing. Should a dog or cat ever get after your bird it can fly far enough to get away from them but can't really take flight, they go in a tight circle. Usually isn't an issue in a confined area like a house but outdoors they would just go into a spiral.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320670
You say trim the wings, here's a good safety hint if you aren't already doing this. Only trim one wing. Should a dog or cat ever get after your bird it can fly far enough to get away from them but can't really take flight, they go in a tight circle. Usually isn't an issue in a confined area like a house but outdoors they would just go into a spiral.

+1 I only trim one side. I never intend for my bird to get loose outside, but you never know. I try and take every procaution but stuff never goes according to plans. I do have a huge cage, and I put it outside in the summer so he can enjoy the weather and the sights and sounds. The cage is double locked with a tab that falls and blocks the door shut..still I worry and like a little kid out in the yard..I keep checking on him.

 

[reefraff]

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Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320677

+1 I only trim one side. I never intend for my bird to get loose outside, but you never know. I try and take every procaution but stuff never goes according to plans. I do have a huge cage, and I put it outside in the summer so he can enjoy the weather and the sights and sounds. The cage is double locked with a tab that falls and blocks the door shut..still I worry and like a little kid out in the yard..I keep checking on him.
After my brother died and I had to take in his son, sir Walter Raleigh Beaky III aka Beaky I gave my mom the Macaw. She told me about how the bird loved to go outside with her and I told her more than once not to take that chance. If I had the bird outside I always had my thumb over a claw so she couldn't bolt. Sure enough about 3 months after the fact she finally worked up the courage to tell me the bird had flown away while she had it on her shoulder. She had bent down to pick up the hose and the bird bolted. Gee, big surprise there. I was pretty heartless about it. I had specifically mentioned certain things freak birds out, like hoses or anything else they might mistake for a snake. DUH!!! At least it was in SoCal where the bird has a chance to survive in the wild.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320680
After my brother died and I had to take in his son, sir Walter Raleigh Beaky III aka Beaky I gave my mom the Macaw. She told me about how the bird loved to go outside with her and I told her more than once not to take that chance. If I had the bird outside I always had my thumb over a claw so she couldn't bolt. Sure enough about 3 months after the fact she finally worked up the courage to tell me the bird had flown away while she had it on her shoulder. She had bent down to pick up the hose and the bird bolted. Gee, big surprise there. I was pretty heartless about it. I had specifically mentioned certain things freak birds out, like hoses or anything else they might mistake for a snake. DUH!!! At least it was in SoCal where the bird has a chance to survive in the wild.

Well at least you have that hope...My Red Lored was lost in Chicago...no way can it survive a winter. Nothing ever showed up in the paper, but I I hope he found a home. People in Chicago, if they found an expensive bird wouldn't admit it or put it in the paper, so I still hold a little hope.
I didn't have him out, he was on a T stand in the living room, and one day he flew around the room ..I said "Ajax, get back on your perch" he did, and a few minutes later he took flight again, I told my husband to shut the door the bird was acting weird. He said "OH Debbie, if that bird hasn't flown away in all these years he isn't going" ..he never finished his sentence the bird flew past his head and out the door as he spoke. He stayed in the tree outside all day and we couldn't entice him down, then he just flew away never to be seen again.

 

[darthtang aw]

Chow Chow bites are the worst...they can crush a hand easily.
darth (if it lives in a cage it is not a pet) Tang

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///forum/thread/381271/jerks/20#post_3320699
Chow Chow bites are the worst...they can crush a hand easily.
darth (if it lives in a cage it is not a pet) Tang

I was actually surprised that my homeowner insurance would not cover, Pit bulls, Rottweilers or Chow Chows...Chows really??? My agent said those fuzzy teddy bear dogs are the worst for biting children.
Birds and fish are pets, anything non-human that lives with you and is fed and cared for by you is a pet, so are snakes, lizards, turtles ..and certain bugs.

 

[smartorl]

The spay/neuter clinic I volunteer at will accept pits, rotties, dobies, shephards, however, will not accept Chows or Shar Peis citing they are too unpredictible. If you watch them, it's kind of true, they don't seem to have the expressive body language like alot of dogs so a bite seems to come out of nowhere!
In all the years of working clinic, the only dog that has ever "attacked" me and really meant business was a dopey old bird dog. She wanted a piece of me bad!