[kellywess]

I am not sure how dirty a birds mouth really is... but I know my birds do they same thing... they steal from my plate. My Severe even has gone as far as to stick his beak in my mouth to retrieve food. He failed, but I got bit on the lower gums... ouch. I do know that saliva is not good for birds. My birds beg worse than any dog I can ever remember having or being around. I share what is safe with my fids my creating a small space on my plate where I put bits of food that I dont mind them grabbing. Our blue crown conure used to go as far as climbing up to your shoulder and waiting for the fork to come towards my mouth before she would stretch out to greet the fork before it got to my mouth. (this was hilarious... she used to do this while my husband was eating Pringles... he'd get frustrated) I think more of us than none work with our greedy beaky little fids when they want something off our plate. Sometimes they are too fast to stop anyways. In the wild they eat when the rest of the flock eats, why should pet birds be any different. I wouldnt worry too much.