faithapaul1
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Hi guys,
So the picture I’m going to post is of my hand after getting “preened” by my conure.
I was giving him love and scratching his pin feathers like we do every night before bed. He sits under my hand for a bit and it’s just a good way to bond.
Tonight he did the TINIEST bites on my hand, non stop through the whole thing! It clearly wasn’t nasty or out of fear. He looked like he was having a dandy old time and continued to let me scratch his pin feathers.
Evidently I didn’t know the damage he was doing until a few minutes afterward (so preoccupied with not accidental pulling a feather, you know how it goes!).
The only way i can think to describe this is like he was preening me. At first I thought he was grabbing at the minuscule peach fuzz on my hands but I realized he was actually taking tiny pieces of skin and nibbling on it, not hard but because it was so little he broke the skin kinda easily.
Anyhoo, just curious as to what this is and how do I get him to stop? Now he’s climbing all over me and trying to do it to my neck and other hands!
Thanks everyone!
So the picture I’m going to post is of my hand after getting “preened” by my conure.
I was giving him love and scratching his pin feathers like we do every night before bed. He sits under my hand for a bit and it’s just a good way to bond.
Tonight he did the TINIEST bites on my hand, non stop through the whole thing! It clearly wasn’t nasty or out of fear. He looked like he was having a dandy old time and continued to let me scratch his pin feathers.
Evidently I didn’t know the damage he was doing until a few minutes afterward (so preoccupied with not accidental pulling a feather, you know how it goes!).
The only way i can think to describe this is like he was preening me. At first I thought he was grabbing at the minuscule peach fuzz on my hands but I realized he was actually taking tiny pieces of skin and nibbling on it, not hard but because it was so little he broke the skin kinda easily.
Anyhoo, just curious as to what this is and how do I get him to stop? Now he’s climbing all over me and trying to do it to my neck and other hands!
Thanks everyone!
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