We purchased our first pair of Gouldians last weekend. I've come to decide they're gorgeous but a little too mellow for our taste. We like the vocal, active, rascal finches
Anyways, I pulled out the female to inspect her nails and as I'm holding her she chomps down on my finger with all her might. And then again! And again and again and again! I think if I had let her go she would have just dangled from my finger! I was so surprised that I almost dropped her, and I have little red pinch marks up and down my finger to show for it now. I had no idea finches even attacked humans like that! It really hurt!!That little display of feistiness really tickled me. I suppose that's the last time I underestimate the gouldians!
I had the same thing happen this morning with one of my old fellows. He's around 9 years old now (from my very first gouldian clutch) and can't perch any more, but when I tried to clean him up a little (he sits under the perches so tends to get poo on his back) and check his nails he let me know in no uncertain terms that he did not appreciate the attention!
