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Re: Bites?
Posted by GreyLady on 2/06/09

On 2/06/09, Pete wrote:
> My male CAG, Luigi, likes to playfully `Bite` me on the
> cheek, neck or ear when he is on my shoulder, but it`s more
> of a nuzzle with his hard beak. He chews rather than bites
> and although it hurts, I think he is just asking for
> constant attention. I have heard many times that birds get
> a feeling of dominance from being at equal height with your
> head and should always be lower than your head to avoid
> problems. There is certainly something to this, but we are
> all softies and let the birds do as they please. Injury is
> a real possibility so I always wear glasses to avoid eye
> injury. I had an Aunt who had a pet Parakeet that would
> land on her eyeglasses as she would read the paper. This
> was fun for years, until the bird apparently lunged at his
> reflection in her eye and took a chunk of the white of the
> eye. After many weeks of treatment ,all was well; but she
> learned the hard way.

I agree. See my reply to the other post. Your Aunt was
extremely lucky and it shows that we can't necessarily relax
our vigilance, just because it's not a huge bird. I have a
friend who always asks, "do you wonder why pirates always
wear an eye patch?" Might be something to that. ;-)

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Bites?, 2/06/09, by Pete.
• Re: Bites?, 2/06/09, by GreyLady.
• Re: Bites?, 2/06/09, by Rick.
• Re: Bites?, 2/06/09, by Rick / to Grey Lady.
• Re: Bites?, 2/06/09, by GreyLady.
• Re: Bites?, 2/06/09, by Rick.