Do you trust your parrot not to bite?

[marie83]

I haven't voted because my current two are completely different.

Ollie my green cheek - no I don't trust him not to bite, his species are notoriously nippy which I was warned by his breeder. He is getting better with time and training but I will never trust him completely.

Harlie my 'tiel- She's not very tame at all (working on it)but occasionally she will sit on my shoulder, she's the sweetest, gentlest bird I've ever met and I trust her 100% not to bite.

On that note none of my 'tiels have ever bitten me apart from jack my rescue, he was so terrified that he freaked out if I was even in the same room as him to start with. He improved no end in the 8 years I had him but never tamed down beyond giving him seed through his cage bars He bit me once because he escaped from his cage during cleaning, he couldn't fly very well so I had to catch him as it was too much of a risk to let him make his own way back into his cage when he got hungry. Even then it was only a warning nip rather than a bite.

[gabbagabbawill]

Jello likes nibbling on my chapped lips and removing dead skin off my face. He also preens my eyelashes. Every once in a while he'll get a wild hair and bite my nose, while not dangerously hard, it's a bit uncomfortable. This is usually when I'm laying on the couch at night watching tv. If I have a blanket or hoodie on, he'll usually find a spot to cuddle into and sleep if the room is dark enough.

[OliversHumanSlave]

Well I let my Conure Oliver Nibble and clean my ears, face and skin. He's in there right now...nasty lol. He's also my personal dentist and skin technician. He knows not to bite.

[Pajarita]

Please don't let him go inside your mouth, humans' mouth bacteria is awful!

[Roonil Wazlib]

My boy I trust not to bite - the only times hes bitten 'Hard' is when my hand has accidentally gotten in the way of one of his toys, I trust him immensely. He nibbles at my ears and nose - and glasses - and i am fine with it, but try and discourage my glasses...

[Pajarita]

You trust him implicitly because you haven't had him long enough. With parrots and bites, it's not a matter of 'if', it's a matter of 'when' because, sooner or later, you will get bit. And you can take that to the bank! Mind you, it's not that they are all difficult or mean but that they use their beak as a hand and, when they feel insecure (as in falling off, losing their balance), they would grab whatever is handy with it and, sometimes, the only thing handy is human flesh

[Harpmaker]

I trust her, but not unreservedly. That is to say, when she is in a bad mood I don't let her near my face. So I suppose I trust her to warn me with body language when she is out of sorts.

[liz]

I have been bitten by both Rambo and Myrtle twice. It was when they were in trouble and needed help. They grabbed my hand to help pull themselves out. Rosie, the Pit Bull cockatiel, could never be trusted. She liked to clamp on and shake her head until she had a chunk. My birds trust me and do not fear me. Even the new rescues will land on me or walk over my hands when I am doing something in their area. I trust them and they trust me. Of course I do not attempt to touch them until they touch me.
If you remember when Myrtle was growing flight feathers, she would test them and land on the floor. The only way she thought to get back on the top of her cage was to climb up me to my shoulder. I could not help her climb because she was not ready for me to touch her but she trusted me to get her back.
My kids have asked me why other people don't have critters like ours. The answer is that they do but just don't pay close enough attention to them to learn what they really are.
I trust Myrtle to preen my eyelashes but the way her beak goes clear into my ear I don't let her near my nose. "I may be crazy but I aint stupid."

[Roonil Wazlib]

:lol: You trust him implicitly because you haven't had him long enough. With parrots and bites, it's not a matter of 'if', it's a matter of 'when' because, sooner or later, you will get bit. And you can take that to the bank! Mind you, it's not that they are all difficult or mean but that they use their beak as a hand and, when they feel insecure (as in falling off, losing their balance), they would grab whatever is handy with it and, sometimes, the only thing handy is human flesh

Oh, don't get me wrong, hes drawn blood and no doubt he will draw blood again, but i will continue to trust him and his beak until the day he decides to bite me hard out of aggression (which will be coming up in two years at puberty, so i expect our relationship to be more wary then, of cause) or just because he gets a rise out of it (I'm telling everyone he comes into contact with that if he bits just try and not have a reaction so he won't think its a game)

I honestly don't consider them using their beak when they are steadying themselves, as biting, even if its a little hard, they are just holding on with the only thing they have. Even the bad bite i got was from my hand being in the way of a toy - these kind of bites arn't going to damage our relationship, or make me untrusting of him, so, yeah, until the day he bites me hard out of aggression, which i know will happen eventually, and will work on making that as little as possible, I will trust him.

[Wolf]

I guess that the answer depends somewhat on the interpretation that you have for the question.
I trust my birds and I do get bitten on occasion, but I still trust them. I trust them to not bite me without reason, just as I ask them to trust me to not hurt them.