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Biting and licking the blood

Paganlyn

Checking out the neighborhood
Joined
9/27/21
Messages
1
Real Name
Lyn Jameson
I have two beautiful happy friendly rainbow lorikeets my problem is that they bite me then lick the blood to the point of pulling the scabs off previous bites just to make them bleed they are well fed so it shouldn't be a vitamin deficiency does anyone have any ideas or suggestions
 

Pat H

Rollerblading along the road
Joined
9/27/19
Messages
2,396
Location
Apple River, IL
Real Name
Pat
Don't have lorikeets... but it would be interesting to see what other owners say!!! :wideyed:
 

kldrobert

Checking out the neighborhood
Joined
9/15/22
Messages
1
I have a conure, he likes to bite and scrape wounds, pulling scabs. When I sweat he likes to lick sweat, since then I realized that maybe he bit my hand because he needed salt. I tried dipping my hand in salt water, and it's true, he didn't bite my hand, he just licked it
 
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