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Post by julianna on Feb 14, 2016 14:33:25 GMT -5
I believe you Easttex. I heard that an African grey can actually chomp your finger right off if it wanted to. I had a friend who had one of those large parrots... and they had an argument one day and the parrot chomped off a piece of his masters ear. The bird never talked to it's master again after that.
The larger the bill the worse the bite can be.
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Post by zim on Feb 14, 2016 17:17:31 GMT -5
During the several months I was researching which type of parrot I wanted to get, I considered large parrots many times. But I read all the horror stories about their bites, and I decided that for my first bird it wouldn't be very wise getting a bird that could do that much damage to me. I knew I wouldn't know how to handle a large bird (or any bird for that matter), and decided that for my safety (and the safety and potential poor life of the bird, as I believe this is the exact scenario which puts many large parrots into shelters) that I better stick with a small parrot for my first bird.
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Post by beccilouise on Feb 14, 2016 19:46:31 GMT -5
I read somewhere that s bird roughly the size of a Citroen cockatoo or an African grey can exert a force upwards of fifty kilos with it's beak. Conversely, a Quakers beak can exert a force of twenty kilos. When you consider these little birds only weigh roughly between 90 and 110 grams, that's a lot of force! Glad your bruise has gone msadni1981  |
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Post by easttex on Feb 15, 2016 5:44:57 GMT -5
I believe you Easttex. I heard that an African grey can actually chomp your finger right off if it wanted to. I had a friend who had one of those large parrots... and they had an argument one day and the parrot chomped off a piece of his masters ear. The bird never talked to it's master again after that. The larger the bill the worse the bite can be. There is something of a trade-off. There are exceptions, of course, but in general the larger parrots are not as nippy as, ahem, some of the smaller ones, who's name I won't mention here. In seven years, I've gotten only one powerful bite from Allie, and it was my fault. Many smaller bites, but I've almost never had to wonder why she bit me. As long as I don't push her too hard, she doesn't bite me anymore. |
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