Featheredsamurai
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As many of you may know, Rosie is my precious galah who is very calm and sweet. She isn't super cuddly but loves to have her head rubbed. She has never bitten me full force. She may have bitten me a bit hard last breeding season(She wasn't a morning person and I learned that the hard way) but never once did I have more then a small scratch. She looooves my step dad, but often bites him the worst, particularly because he jerks back and makes it worse. She's bitten him on the hand 2 times but the last bite happened around 6 months ago. In the evening before they go to bed my parents like to sit in bed, my step dad works on his laptop, and they watch a show together. I decided to bring Rosie in since she loves seeing David. She was happy and showing of, waving forever, dancing, and bobbing her head. I placed her on his arm and she walked up to his shoulder were she purred loudly as she stared at him. I was starting to get the feeling I should move her soon, when suddenly she lunges foreword and latches onto his upper ear! My poor step dad is ranting "get her off, get her off", I try to get her on my hand(by now she has let go) but quickly change my mind and just grab her around the middle and take her off since my step dad is panicking. He runs to the bathroom and starts crying in pain as he says "there's blood everywhere" and holds a towel to his ear. As I run out to put Rosie in her cage I see the blood running down his face D: When he finally stopped the bleeding 30 minutes later we see he won't need stitches and we all relax a little.
It's never Rosie's fault if she bites(or any birds). Excitement and over-stimulation can instantly turn into aggression, and sometimes the birds seem just as confused as us. Now during breeding season all the hormones make it even more likely to happen. The moment I touched Rosie she was completely back to normal, I had no fear of her because I understand what happened.
We now have a red and pink towel too
It's never Rosie's fault if she bites(or any birds). Excitement and over-stimulation can instantly turn into aggression, and sometimes the birds seem just as confused as us. Now during breeding season all the hormones make it even more likely to happen. The moment I touched Rosie she was completely back to normal, I had no fear of her because I understand what happened.
We now have a red and pink towel too