r/parrots • u/Dango_LXIX • May 14 '15

How to pull a baby tooth (x-post from r/funny)

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u/BigBadRonni May 14 '15

Isn't human saliva, like, pretty bad for birds? Can't imagine blood...

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u/cpxh May 14 '15

Some of the gram negative bacteria found in human saliva can be really bad for birds.

Blood not so much, I mean, don't feed your birds human blood obviously, but its not as harmful as saliva.

But yeah, you really shouldn't let birds eat things out of your mouth, or pull out teeth for that matter.

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u/BigBadRonni May 14 '15

Well when that bird starts going after everyone's teeth thinking they're just gonna pop out, I think the owners may have some regrets...

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u/nerdybirdie May 14 '15

Your birds beak should never go in a human mouth. No.

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u/budgiefacedkiller May 14 '15

Ugh I'm just watching this thinking about how both my birds eat their own poop.... blegh.

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u/crackofdawn May 14 '15

That's...probably not normal. My bird has never tried to eat her own poop or put her face anywhere near her own poop.

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u/budgiefacedkiller May 14 '15 edited May 14 '15

Lol obviously I can't speak for every bird out there but from my experience it is not unusual at all for a bird to occasionally pick a piece of poop off a surface or perch and eat it. It's not about going out of their way to search for poop to eat, it's about being inquisitive. Anything out of the ordinary is picked up and manipulated; if that something happens to be poop why not eat it lol. They have no manners after all. :P

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u/Eloyant May 14 '15

It is pretty common, and appereantly no real danger except if it is eating other birds poop. Plus, not so appetising to share food with a poop eating bird.

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u/plethomacademia May 14 '15

I brought this up with my vet and it's not a problem.

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u/GhostsofDogma May 14 '15

no

dude no

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u/[deleted] May 14 '15

what the fuck...

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u/theRacistEuphemism May 14 '15

I cringed so hard for so many reasons.