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When Ducky bit me
Topic Started: Dec 19 2009, 05:32 AM (383 Views)
Tishrei
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A few days ago, I came across this video that I was watching -- it was a birdy video so it had sounds of birds chirping, etc. I watched it a couple of times. I got up and went over to Ducky because I was feeling a lot of birdy love after watching that video. He was perched on his cage (not inside, but outside of his cage). Just as I got there, he leaned over and BIT ME HARD on my right arm -- on the outside between my shoulder and my elbow. He grabbed enough skin where he ended grabbing the muscle as well -- and he chomped down HARD. Man, I saw red I was so angry. I yelled at him big time and walked away. I'm telling you, it really hurt -- those kind of hurts where it lingers. I walked into the kitchen to get some ice because it was throbbing.

I heard him climb down and come towards me and as soon as I saw him, I yelled BAD BOY. I was not very nice for my arm was still throbbing. I walked into the other room and again he followed me. Every time he came near me, I would walk away from him and he would follow me. This lasted for about 10 minutes, me ignoring him and walking away from him and he kept following me around.

Finally I decided to give in so I sat on the couch and that's when he broke my heart. Before I tell you what he did, I have to tell you what I do when I accidentally hurt him like when I get over zealous when I pick at his pin feathers and pinch him. I always say "I sorry baby" and give him kisses.

So anyway, I'm sitting on the couch pressing an ice-cube against that huge bite of his. He climbs up on the couch and on my lap and up the front of me and onto my shoulder. I yelled at him again and then he says "I sorry baby."

Oh my gosh, I wanted to cry. He was following me around for about 10 minutes wanting to make up with me and I kept yelling at him and walking away from him. Talk about being made to feel 2 inches high by a bird.

But dang, that bite hurt. I just didn't see it coming -- normally I can read his body language.
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Oh he's such a sweetie... Sorry for your arm though :)
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VIOLET12
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"Ducky...do I have to fly out there and give you a swat on your bum?"

Sorry Tish....did it bleed? I wonder what would posess him to do that. Guess he's just being a Parrot.

Well, dang I still love him. :wub:
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Okay only ducky can top ducky, he is a heartbreaker for sure.
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The birdies constantly amaze me by how jealous they can get of each other the dog, anything!
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It's just so weird. I can play with Fred, Ethel or Pippy and he just doesn't care. He can be watching me do it and he doesn't try and come over and stop me. He would get jealous over Tulip though. I have no idea what goes on in that birdy brain of his, LOL.

I do feel bad that I ignored him and shunned him for 10 minutes as he tried to make up with me. But my arm hurt so bad that I did not want to deal with him at that moment plus I was ticked. The bite was so hard and so deep that I still have scabbing and it's black and blue where he bit me -- well, it's turning yellow now.

Yes I bled. You know those deep cuts where it takes a few moments for the blood to make its way out and finally starts to bleed? That's how hard and deep he bit me. It was an angry bite, not one that he gives me when he's annoyed -- those are nips, This one was a BITE.

Here's the thing about having a bird with a bigger beak. I know that this won't be my last bite. It goes with the territory. Most of the time, he's gentle and loving and can be nippy but these type of bites will happen again at some point. It's part of a macaw's nature. What makes me really sad is that some people get scared and end up rehoming their birds after bites like this. I think I hurt his feelings by ignoring him like I did -- he kept following me around. It's almost he knew he took it too far.

He's over it now and back to his normal self. Hey, maybe that's why he had this incredible urge to remove the 'bugs' off my face -- he wanted to make up for biting me.
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TISH......PLEASE DON'T LET DUCKY REMOVE THE BUGS FROM YOUR FACE!!!!!!

You know I love him......love all of your stories but that really, really worries me. You didn't know what he was thinking when you only went over to his cage to give him some love. Well, how can you predict what he might be thinking "every moment" while ridding you of your bug problem?

Sorry Tish, hope you don't get mad at me for saying that. :wub: :wub: :wub:
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Oh my goodness, of course I would not be mad.

I guess I have this trust that maybe I should not have. He always bites me in an "appropriate" place -- never in a place that will do me harm. I remember once like it was yesterday, he was sitting on my shoulder and I did something that hurt him (accidently of course). Anyway, he wanted to bite me and he did -- but I watched him (I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth so I was standing in front of the mirror). I watched him get ready to bite me -- he looked around and then bit me on my shoulder. The easiest place for him to bite would have been my cheek. But it's like he somehow knew that a bite there would be way out of line. I don't know how he made that choice but whenever he's on my shoulder and he wants to bite, he always chooses my shoulder or something like that. Actually, it's really weird that he does that.

I guess I shouldn't tell you how he preens my eyelashes. ^o)
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We better save that story for a rainy day Miss. :D
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That is precisly why I own the tiny beaked birds, bad enough for a budgie or tiel bite, but those big beaks scare me for sure. Now, Im not afraid to reprimand a big bird or literally grab hold of the back of his head and bind his lover jaw if it is biting me, believe me the bird would lose. Im sure I would come away with a great injury but the bird would not get the "last bite", that would be me hahaha.'

Short story, vacationing in florida pre bird owning. Saw a pair of Scarlets in a sanctuary. Dude caretaker had a bandage on his forearm from 1 month prior. These birds tame but not handleable. One bit him, BEYOND hard, took a chunk of forearm off and dude ended up with blood poisoning and a 7000 dollar doctors bill. Ya, I dont own those big beaks. I'll never forget that.

Dont ever trust Ducky 100%, reason is, they and all birds WILL hack or bite their "mate", thats u Vi, if they percieve danger to themselves OR u. Even if they "want to move u along" like, hey, HACK, move along, we are outta here. My friends DOCILE african grey hen was on his shoulder, she LOVES this guy, she sees him as her mate. Wifey walking int othe kitchen, and greys, "lets get out of here's bite was a doozie right on his upper lip, and I mean, It was a free PIERCING to say the least, about 1 inch wide punctures on both ends. That was her, move along, I dont want u near the wife love bite. Ya RIGHT, not for me. Thats just normal birdie language for those big parrots and you WILL sustain more of those in ur lifetime, so be wary, keep him off your shoulders and away from your eyes. No matter how much you love him, or trust him. Just dont. People have lost eyes and sustained blindness from pet birds. Even when over excited my SUPER tame budgies can nip hard. Many bird biting reasons,

jealousy, percieved danger to u or itself, territory, breeding season, tired, over excited, scared, cocky, and if anyone else has any they can ad please do. I'll stick to my finches, canaries and super tame budgies. :)
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