Anatomy of a parrot bite

[avinet]

The following account of a bite by an African Grey was written by a friend of mine

Note the time scale in seconds down the left hand side.

BAD BITES STORY
Written by Garry Wallan, Alaska, USA.

A while back, I was trying to get E.T. (CAG Mom) back into her house so I could go to work. Normally, I am VERY aware of where Elliott (CAG Dad) is because he hates me like matter hates antimatter. I was focusing on getting E.T. to "step-up" and my brain totally ignored Elliott, who was advancing toward my outstretched arm.

The progression of events, in seconds:

000.00 E.T. steps-up onto my hand.
000.05 Elliott takes a test bite of my juicy forearm.
000.10 Elliott is amazed that he was able to make contact.
000.30 Elliott takes another test bite in a new location.
000.50 Garry's "brain" says "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
000.60 Garry's "brain" says "Don't fling E.T.!!!"
000.80 Elliott drills for oil, goes for bone, Tyson's my arm.
001.00 Garry's "brain" says "Hmmmm. Major Tissue Trauma. Lose the parrot."
001.20 E.T. takes an unscheduled trip.
001.50 Garry's "brain" tells Garry's arm to pull away from the Birdshark.
002.00 Garry's "brain" begins to assemble numerous invective phrases.
002.10 Garry's mouth begins a constant stream of high-volume cursing.
004.00 Garry's daughter wakes up to words she normally only hears at school.
060.00 Garry, having exhausted English curses, starts using Farsi and Tagalog
120.00 Garry applies Neosporin and a bandage to the gaping wound.
240.00 Garry notices the blood stains on the rolled-up sleeve of his shirt
240.50 Garry starts cursing in Klingon

Later: Garry finally arrives at work with an arm that looks like it came in last in a pneumatic nail-gun fight.

[courtzrocks]

Hahahaha thats funny!!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha oh so true...not just for greys.

[silvercloud]

LMAO poor Garry.

[vankarhi]

PMSLOL ........ that is funny.

Skye did something like that to me......except it was basically ........ trying to get Skye to step up.......she bit........I flung..........yes I think words were used too. My thumb was numb for almost 5 months ;D ;D

Aren't we sick puppies to laugh at such painful events. ;D

[pinkdevil]

My recollection of bird bites are not like that!

Mine goes something like.... What the he!!? OOOOUUUCCHHHH.... LET GO......AAAAHHHHHHHHGGGGHHHHHHHH.
B/F in background.."whats your problem"
Me screaming "THE BIRD HAS A HOLD OF MY HAND/FINGER, WHAT ELSE COULD BE WRONG? DOH!
B/F in calm voice "Anthing I can do"?
Me still yelling "A LITTLE...ARGHHHHHHHHH....HELP...WOULD BE........AARGGHHHH...NOW THERE IS BLOOD.....ARGHHHHH....GET HIM OFF MEEEEEEE
B/F " what do you want me to do"?
Me " I SAID GET HIM OFF MEEEEEE..WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND??!!! HELLO, I AM IN PAIN HERE, BIRD SEVERING FINGER!!!

The aftermath. B/F tends to my bleeding finger and does the "first aid" thing, puts antiseptic cream and bandaid on it. I show B/F heroic admiration with a glare and nurse my throbbing, still bleeding finger.

Those budgies can bite hard!!

lol actually it has happended a few times with a sun conure and IRN. The last time I was badly bitten was from a Rainbow Lorrie. Gentle nectar eating birds...my butt!!!!

Tasha

[vankarhi]

OMG this has been good for me at the moment. I needed a good laugh lol

[silvercloud]

LMAO Tash ;D

[clara]

Amicalement.

[mickp]

I love it, laughing that is. thank god I dont have any parrots means I'll always be able to laugh at others being bitten