When I first got my parrotlet, Kiwi... she bit me bloody for the first couple of months. Kiwi hasn't bitten me for almost a year, now. Sometimes, she "nips" a little... but only when she comes out of the cage for the first time, after sitting on eggies for a month. And, some of that is just Kiwi learning how to use her beak on me (as a finger, or hand-hold) after being out of practice.
Mango, my green cheek conure, has never even TRIED to bite me, or nip. I'm not so stupid as to think that day won't ever come... right? I mean... at some point... Mango will bite me???
I've tried to look up conure bite force, so that I can be prepared. I was not prepared for what Kiwi's bite would be like... I was quite surprised to draw back my blood-dripping fingers. lol. I can't find any useful information on conure bite-force. It's all... "it depends how mad they are, how old they are, blah, blah..." and I'm sure all of that is true... it depends. I was just looking for an average. And... maybe he will never bite me at all... I mean.. Kiwi stopped. She was half wild when I got her, so biting was going to be assumed. Mango was hand fed... so, maybe he never will... I just wanted to be prepared for what that would feel like.
Mango, my green cheek conure, has never even TRIED to bite me, or nip. I'm not so stupid as to think that day won't ever come... right? I mean... at some point... Mango will bite me???
I've tried to look up conure bite force, so that I can be prepared. I was not prepared for what Kiwi's bite would be like... I was quite surprised to draw back my blood-dripping fingers. lol. I can't find any useful information on conure bite-force. It's all... "it depends how mad they are, how old they are, blah, blah..." and I'm sure all of that is true... it depends. I was just looking for an average. And... maybe he will never bite me at all... I mean.. Kiwi stopped. She was half wild when I got her, so biting was going to be assumed. Mango was hand fed... so, maybe he never will... I just wanted to be prepared for what that would feel like.