jajeanpierre
Chameleon Enthusiast
I think this boy needs a new name: Pitbull.
A couple of days ago, I took this male quad outside for some sun. He's gotten pretty big, but he's a quad not a Mellers. As I was putting him back in his cage, I took the opportunity to have a good look at him and take some current pictures. He took the opportunity to bite me. And then would not let go. For minutes.
If I moved, he bit harder with a sawing action, and those darn teeth are little stinging razor blades. I was afraid he might actually bite/saw a chunk off!
I tried to wait him out, but like a good pitbull, he just hunkered down.
I held still and called for help. My eldest son wanted to kill him for me, after all he was a dangerous wild animal. I asked the more reasonable younger son to put a female in the cage to distract him so he would let go. The female, non-receptive and hopefully gravid, marched right up to him all black and hissy. He ignored her threats and continued to try to kill me. This went on for minutes until he finally let go.
I didn't trust anyone to try to pry his mouth open partly worrying they would hurt him and partly worrying that he would just bite and saw harder. It really hurt. My parrots haven't bitten me so hard.
He managed to damage his mouth and had bruising and a tiny tear where his lips meet his jaw. Serves him right!
This isn't the first time this little darling has grabbed and not let go but he was much smaller and it was really quite funny the first time. It wasn't so funny two days ago! He actually drew blood. My hand is still quite sore, a bit swollen and red.
The other time he tried to kill me: chameleonforums.com/threads/pitbull-quad.140979/
Pictures attached for everyone's entertainment. You would think I would have learned, especially since I have big parrots.
There's a saying among parrot keepers: Bite me once, shame on you. Bite me twice, shame on me.
My fault, 100%.
A couple of days ago, I took this male quad outside for some sun. He's gotten pretty big, but he's a quad not a Mellers. As I was putting him back in his cage, I took the opportunity to have a good look at him and take some current pictures. He took the opportunity to bite me. And then would not let go. For minutes.
If I moved, he bit harder with a sawing action, and those darn teeth are little stinging razor blades. I was afraid he might actually bite/saw a chunk off!
I tried to wait him out, but like a good pitbull, he just hunkered down.
I held still and called for help. My eldest son wanted to kill him for me, after all he was a dangerous wild animal. I asked the more reasonable younger son to put a female in the cage to distract him so he would let go. The female, non-receptive and hopefully gravid, marched right up to him all black and hissy. He ignored her threats and continued to try to kill me. This went on for minutes until he finally let go.
I didn't trust anyone to try to pry his mouth open partly worrying they would hurt him and partly worrying that he would just bite and saw harder. It really hurt. My parrots haven't bitten me so hard.
He managed to damage his mouth and had bruising and a tiny tear where his lips meet his jaw. Serves him right!
This isn't the first time this little darling has grabbed and not let go but he was much smaller and it was really quite funny the first time. It wasn't so funny two days ago! He actually drew blood. My hand is still quite sore, a bit swollen and red.
The other time he tried to kill me: chameleonforums.com/threads/pitbull-quad.140979/
Pictures attached for everyone's entertainment. You would think I would have learned, especially since I have big parrots.
There's a saying among parrot keepers: Bite me once, shame on you. Bite me twice, shame on me.
My fault, 100%.
