They could have just resorted to who the parrot would allow to handle him.
With the parrots I live with, if you're not my wife or I, and attempt to get them to step up, more than likely you'll be rushing yourself to the ER with broken finger (or in the case of the smaller birds, you might end up with cuts all over one of them, or in the case of the largest bird a broken wrist).
Malon
United Kingdom
June 2005
MAY 01, 2006 03:30 AM