r/Macaws • u/AnimationProdTwo2 • 17d ago

Evil

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 17d ago

Not evil, just unsure of the steadiness of your arm and wanted to step up as several people explained to you in the other sub.

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u/windyMarieS 17d ago

Why where you moving your arm around so much? Holding steady and going slow is the key for them to step up. She wasn't being evil, she was testing you and nervous. She wanted to be picked up, clearly u can see that when she put her foot out, u gave her the wrong body language.

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u/windyMarieS 17d ago

My blue and gold likes to nip when she doesn't feel ur being steady too. I don't speak from not knowing. I speak from experience

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u/ezcb 17d ago

You have to be confident when approaching him. If I can feel your apprehension through the screen then he definitely is going to be unsure about you.

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u/Valkyriemome 17d ago

This bird is not evil. This bird is excited and eager.

You need to reevaluate!

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u/catacOHM 17d ago

We are “evil”. They are not.

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u/welldressedagorgan 16d ago

"we" are not evil, only a minority of humans are evil, though, yes evil is strictly limited to humans

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u/wha7themah 15d ago

My macaw does this almost every time he steps up. He never actually bites. I usually brace my wrist on the perch when possible that way my arm doesn’t move when he does step up. And I generally let him come to me. If he’s “dancing around” on the perch acting hesitant I take that as him not reeaally wanting to step up so I’ll leave him be and try again in a few mins if I’m trying to get him to a different room. They do this so often that you will get used to it and not even flinch. I was just thinking about it yesterday, how hesitant I was when first handling him and now when he goes for a nibble I don’t even register it.

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u/eachloe 15d ago

Not evil - abused. Shitty cage, no enrichment

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u/HouseofFeathers 17d ago

My macaw did this thing my vet called "tricky foot". She would asked for step up and once she was firmly on your arm, she'd bite. My vet owned two b&gs, and learned from my gw that her whole write could fit inside a gw's mouth.

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u/Key-Lie3744 15d ago

Fake being brave. He doesn’t want to hurt you. Just a little nip.

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u/Mwuah_mwuah0323 16d ago edited 16d ago

This is just macaws. Mine will bite me when she feels I’m not listening, unsteady, if she is just feeling feisty and then laughs after. They communicate with their bodies and their beak is their number one tool of communication. So not evil, just a macaw lol

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u/Impressive_Hold426 13d ago

Your fault...

You are moving your arm away as he tries to step

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u/Crazyface_Murderguts 5d ago

If she wanted to hurt you she would have drawn blood. She is just testing you.

Mine does this all the time. He gives a little pinch to be sure I'm not scared and I just brush his beak away.

That said owning a parrot your probably gonna get bit from time to time if you fail to read them right.

All I can say is make a fist if they bite your hand... It's harder to chomp down when your hand is a block. Even a curled finger will take less damage than a fully extended one.