BirdEE
Walking the driveway
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Time after time the one thing you always see when people ask about owning cockatoos is owners warning them, “It’s not if you get bit, it’s when”. While I think this warning is completely justified because it is entirely true. What I don’t think is clear for many is how bad the bite is. So what’s your definition of a bite?
Where the bird bites you somewhere anytime?
Where you get a warning nip that’s hard enough to hurt?
Where it draws blood?
Where it draws blood and is a result of an actual attack meant to do you harm?
Just something I’ve always wondered. My personal definition is drawing blood. Everything lighter than that I feel is just simply trying to get your attention, because with beaks their strength they could have easily bit harder if they wanted to.
Where the bird bites you somewhere anytime?
Where you get a warning nip that’s hard enough to hurt?
Where it draws blood?
Where it draws blood and is a result of an actual attack meant to do you harm?
Just something I’ve always wondered. My personal definition is drawing blood. Everything lighter than that I feel is just simply trying to get your attention, because with beaks their strength they could have easily bit harder if they wanted to.