Excuse Me, That is Attached...

OutlawedSpirit

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Apr 12, 2016
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Northern Illinois, USA
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Bo - DYH ~ Gus - CAG ~ Twitch - Linnie ~ Apple - Pineapple GCC ~ Goliath - Quaker ~ Squish - Peach face Lovebird
Imagine that, my fingernail is attached to my finger. No chicken, I don't want it removed. Really, I don't think it needs to come off. Stop it! That is attached too...it's my nose! Naughty chicken...

The only jewelry I ever wear is my wedding band, and she will leave that alone. However, she likes to beak my fingers all the time. That's fine, until she gets to a nail. For whatever reason, she thinks those just shouldn't be there, and they would be great fun to remove. Or she will chew on my nose. Whole beak around the top of my nose and she just chews. It's gentle, but it is really hard to see well enough to do anything when her big red head is in the way.

Sometimes I wish I had a lazy, perch potato. She isn't even content to sit on my shoulder while I work on the computer anymore. She has figured out that if she sits on my hands, it's really hard to type. Or if she acts like a cat, and just sits in front of the screen. She usually doesn't mess with the keys or anything, just sits in the way.

Now, so I could type this, I put her on her stand which sits in front of the living room window. She is worse than the dogs when it comes to people walking down the street. Dogs bark, she hollers. She even gets the dogs going more than they get her going. She will see someone, and puff up, doing her "I'm a big bad bird" routine. She almost reminds me of a 'zon when she does it. She'll fan out the tail, puff the feather, hunch over, and run back and forth charging anything that comes near her. So much for a calm, docile Ekkie.
 

SailBoat

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Jul 10, 2015
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DYH Amazon
Sure sounds like a Zon in that regard! Our Zon loves to place himself between me and the computer, common walking on the key board, which makes for interesting spelling and word placement. The other is to stop dead center of the key board and look directly at me as if to say, what's your problem, at least I'm not chewing on it!
 

Anansi

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Maya (Female Solomon Island eclectus parrot), Jolly (Male Solomon Island eclectus parrot), Bixby (Male, red-sided eclectus. RIP), Suzie (Male cockatiel. RIP)
Hahaha! That is so true! What is it with birds and fingernails? Or Heaven forbid a birthmark or a scar? Ouch! They obviously have to go! Lol!
 

BeatriceC

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Feb 9, 2016
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San Diego, CA
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Goofy (YNA), Oscar (Goffin 'too). Foster bird Betty (RLA). RIP Cookie, 1991-2016 ('tiel), Leo (Sengal), Charlotte (scarlet macaw). Grand-birds: Liam (budgie), Donovan (lovebird), RIP Angelo (budgie)
Or tattoos. For some reason birds feel the need to remove tattoos. I don't have any, but I've seen it happen with enough friends that I'm convinced birds think tattoos are evil.
 

Taw5106

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Texas
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Buddy - Red Crowned Amazon (27 yo)
Venus - Solomon Island Eclectus (4 yo)
Buzz CAG (2 yo)
Sam - Cockatiel 1997 - 2004
Tweety - Budgie 1984 - 1987
Sweety - Budgie 1985 - 1986
When I have acrylic nails, Venus goes for them, trying to lift them. OOOWWWW!!! I haven't had acrylic nails since February. Fighting her to stop picking at them, ouch.


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DexMom

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Jul 18, 2015
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New Jersey
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Dexter, SI Eclectus
Dexter also tried to pry my nails off my fingers. Ouch! Do they think it's a seed they can crack open?
 

BeatriceC

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Feb 9, 2016
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San Diego, CA
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Goofy (YNA), Oscar (Goffin 'too). Foster bird Betty (RLA). RIP Cookie, 1991-2016 ('tiel), Leo (Sengal), Charlotte (scarlet macaw). Grand-birds: Liam (budgie), Donovan (lovebird), RIP Angelo (budgie)
Tonight I discovered a new thing that birds apparently think must be removed: Freckles.

Unfortunately for me, I'm a redhead, and have lots and lots of freckles.
 

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