#parrot bite

TRIGGER WARNING: non-bloody bird bites

Some people don’t talk about the reality behind the screen in regard to owning and/or fostering parrots — especially the large cuddly ones we all see.

Rico, my Moluccan Cockatoo foster, is the sweetest most cuddly bird I have ever met, but even he has his bad days. Birds are like people and even they can PMS, wake up on the wrong side of the bed, or get fussy for whatever other reason.

Rico had never bitten me before, and this was very out of the blue. He had a bad couple hormonal days suddenly and decided to take a few comps.