I feel so...violated...

[thebubbleking]

So all the lovebirds and pohaku land on my head (the usual) and precede to all lick my head with thier little tongues like a human salt lick then quickly fly away to play....Hard to describe the feeling of 5 little tongues all licking around your face....but now i feel dirty like i need a shower lol Talk about used and abused lol

[FuzzyAga]

I've never heard of this behaviour!

You must taste good to them. :rofl:

[Pips mom]

I know cockatiels do this kind of thing.....they will kind of nibble at you as a way of getting to know you I think. My parent's cockatiel used to do this. Lovebirds though? I don't know....Pip will preen my hair....more like rip it out of my head! :rofl:

[Bubblelady]

Bo, my first lovie, licked my entire face every time I ended a session on the tread mill. I figured that I was, indeed, his "human salt lick" :rofl:

[linda040899]

Dao, my macaw, has done this on occasion. Not so pleasant when he does it just after he's eaten a hot dried pepper and I didn't realize it at the time......... :omg: Trust me. Don't apply water to try to alleviate the burning sensation!! :omg: :omg: :omg:

[Bubblelady]

just after he's eaten a hot dried pepper and I didn't realize it at the time......... :omg: Trust me. Don't apply water to try to alleviate the burning sensation!! :omg: :omg: :omg:

OUCH! And a Macaw tongue is sooooo much bigger than a lovie tongue :omg: Lucky for him you love him :rofl:

[LovelySydney]

Ummmmmm......:rotfl:rotfl.....LOL!!! I heard that we DO taste like salt so that is probably it. Those darn ocean breezes! The ocean is transferring its salt to your skin:)

[Z28Taxman]

Dao, my macaw, has done this on occasion. Not so pleasant when he does it just after he's eaten a hot dried pepper and I didn't realize it at the time......... :omg: Trust me. Don't apply water to try to alleviate the burning sensation!! :omg: :omg: :omg:

And don't even think about letting a lovie stick his beak in your nose after he's been eating fresh jalapeno's. :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg:

Of course some little yellow fluffball seemed to find it funny. :evil:

[Flip]

Hahaha!

Rob commutes by bike to and from work and whenever he got home (sweaty), Kiwi would fly over to him and lick his sweat. It was hilarious!

[Mary in Florida]

LOL, I never thought of it as licking- more like nibbling. Birdy tongues aren't real wet- t so I don't think there's much of a problem that their licking will leave you all slobbery like a dog's licking you might.

Or cockatiel, Coconut will groom us if we let him. He'll do a hair or two at a time just as though they were feathers. My daughter says he feels sorry for us because we only have feathers on top of our heads!