kendrafitz
08-16-2016, 08:39 PM
Sorry that I haven't been around much this summer, it has been crazy busy here.
So I went to Bird Paradise to pick up some food for the diva a week or so ago. There weren't many macaws to play with but there were a bunch of baby toos and greys. After snuggling with and untangling myself from a few white cuddle bugs (not an easy feat when every time I would get one down, two more were climbing up...so silly), I visited the greys. One baby was super friendly and one not so much. He showed his displeasure with me with a good chomp, not a hard bite, but just get lost.
Now here is where I am amazed. I felt it a little and went on with whatever I was doing. I looked down later to see my finger bleeding in the perfect shape of his upper beak. Ok, no biggie. But the darn thing took over a week to completely heal.
I had read that grey and amazon beaks were like scissors, but it never really hit home before. Wow, they really are completely different from a macaw beak.
I hear over and over how people are really, honestly frightened of macaw beaks. Especially of the larger macaws like my GW, Rosie. I get it bc they are large, intimidating, and can do serious damage. Plus macaws are known to lunge at nervous people just bc it is funny to see the dopey human jump. But here's the thing. Rosie has only drawn blood once in the 4 plus years we have been together. That was bc she was a terrified panicking mess due to a harness mishap. She does pinch, sometimes hard if she is upset. But her beak doesn't draw blood. It obviously can, but from what I understand, macaws beaks are meant to grind, slowly applying pressure. Which gives me plenty of time to remove the offending beak before damage is done. Unless there is an unforeseen mishap, I trust Rosie's beak not to hurt me.
I am afraid of small beaks, they do damage, at least to me. I find it amazing that with so little effort, that funny grey baby was able to cut right through my finger. I can't imagine what he could do if he really wanted to do damage.
Wondering what the differences in other types of parrot beaks are?
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So I went to Bird Paradise to pick up some food for the diva a week or so ago. There weren't many macaws to play with but there were a bunch of baby toos and greys. After snuggling with and untangling myself from a few white cuddle bugs (not an easy feat when every time I would get one down, two more were climbing up...so silly), I visited the greys. One baby was super friendly and one not so much. He showed his displeasure with me with a good chomp, not a hard bite, but just get lost.
Now here is where I am amazed. I felt it a little and went on with whatever I was doing. I looked down later to see my finger bleeding in the perfect shape of his upper beak. Ok, no biggie. But the darn thing took over a week to completely heal.
I had read that grey and amazon beaks were like scissors, but it never really hit home before. Wow, they really are completely different from a macaw beak.
I hear over and over how people are really, honestly frightened of macaw beaks. Especially of the larger macaws like my GW, Rosie. I get it bc they are large, intimidating, and can do serious damage. Plus macaws are known to lunge at nervous people just bc it is funny to see the dopey human jump. But here's the thing. Rosie has only drawn blood once in the 4 plus years we have been together. That was bc she was a terrified panicking mess due to a harness mishap. She does pinch, sometimes hard if she is upset. But her beak doesn't draw blood. It obviously can, but from what I understand, macaws beaks are meant to grind, slowly applying pressure. Which gives me plenty of time to remove the offending beak before damage is done. Unless there is an unforeseen mishap, I trust Rosie's beak not to hurt me.
I am afraid of small beaks, they do damage, at least to me. I find it amazing that with so little effort, that funny grey baby was able to cut right through my finger. I can't imagine what he could do if he really wanted to do damage.
Wondering what the differences in other types of parrot beaks are?
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