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No one responded to my post about being bitten hard by a cockatiel? Is this really abnormal? Anyone else had their finger, or something else, bitten clean through...not just drawing a little blood, but almost stitches?
I find females definetly different then the males, Ollie will full on attack out of the blue...hehe but he doesn't hurt, now Georgie she will hiss and open her beak but not bite me, she just gives the warning like she is big and badTiels seem to go along nicely then all of a sudden they have to have a mad five minutes and if your finger happens to be in the way, it gets bitten!!! Dooby does this occasionally, he always looks sorry after though, like he couldn't really control his beak. LOL. Yes, it does hurt, but I think females hurt a lot more apparently.
Sounds really familiar- move that finger the wrong way during a head scritch and you get an open winged warning with a hiss~ LOL- I stick my hand right in her beak just to prove her wrong and she then gives kisses! It's normal for tiels to do the fake bite and hiss thing BUT not to acctually cause injury.Georgie she will hiss and open her beak but not bite me, she just gives the warning like she is big and bad![]()