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That URL also has links to TONS of free resources on coping with hormonal birds.
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So basically; keep them in the friendzone.
Wilco Verhoef i started to pet my birds wings, under them, neck, and boy do i regret that
time to friendzone a bird 😎
😂🤣
@@tsukkikoi1783 you're giving him a blue cloaca
@@tsukkikoi1783why?
Hi. Onni the baby cockatoos mom here . Onni is a couple months away from turning 3 and this is his first "season". The biting part of it (even attacking my face) has been hard. We are managing but we could do better. Thank you for this video!!! Hubby doesn't "quite" understand how tiny a trigger can be. I'm having to teach him exactly what behaviors are sexually motivated. I find that I am still learning a few things. So thank you thank you thank you
The one in the description will help but so will this one; www.familyfriendlyparrot.com
The old quick snap to the face bite. You have to drop bird lower below chest level, with smaller bird tilt your hand, or arm for unstable perch, when they shows that type of aggressive behavior, then to cage for time out for 15 minutes. If they get territorial you have to do the same and your husband as well. That what I did to mine use to be very aggressive umbrella cockatoo, she after a few times got the point quickly and for over a year now haven't received a hard bite, once in a while a quick peck if I get her upset but nothing that draws blood anymore. Plus now anyone can pick her up now without getting bitten as she well socalized and take her to the stores with me as well. Just remember shoulder is a privilege and bird has to earn that right and learn to step down when required. Never keep a aggressive bird around your face
This was a bird that was so aggressive that was given up by two other owners as she sent them to the hospital due to severe bites one she ripped his ear apart and other person almost took the finger off breaking the bone as well and then she was left in a cage pretty much for a couple of years , as they were afraid to handle her. She would bite anyone that came near her. So they gave her to a store that the owner there didn't know how to train, or bond to the bird I then came around feeling sorry for the bird, do being I had and was around birds since a kid, I decided to take the chance in getting bitten, I would let her come out on top of her cage and eventually pick her up and then started the bonding process. She started climbing down stand, or cage and would follow me, or come to where I would sit at. If I forgot to greet her in the morning she would scream non stop. It took me a few months to work out that bad behavior out if her and train her. Eventually I bought the bird off of them. A year later anyone can pick her up now as have her well socalized and doesn't show the behavior issues she did when I first recused her. Honestly she the best pet companion I had in a while, I dealt with over 100 different birds training, or working at rescues and shelters. This crazy bird I could not now live without.
People will tell you to pretend the bite didn't happen and not to respond to it. This is actually wrong in most scenarios as that maybe what the bird wants and if they figure a bite will get you to stop, or go away, they do it every time to they want that reaction. Yes a bird will adapt the bite and try to train you if you let them. Parrots are very smart and they can figure way around things.
If you look at a flock of bird doing this you will notice they let off a scream and then flare up at times, or go the other direction. When the biting, or just aggressive bird decide to make up and apologize they will make clicking sounds with head down.
So funny……I thought of you and Onni when I saw the title of this video! And there you are; in the comments. 🤣😂
Rebecca, I give you so much credit for how you research for correct, reliable, scientific information to be a better mom for Onni. You’re doing a great job!!
Rebecca Stout I was literally thinking of Onni with this video because I remember you talking about him entering puberty and I was wondering how you guys handled him then. So glad to see you were watching this. You're the best birb parents!
Rebecca Stout how strange how we all started to watch this and thought of all of you . We love you all and Onni xx
I really want a birdd but stuff like this scares me...
While I love parrots and other higher level birds, I only own song birds. Canaries and finches specifically. No handling at all for them except for medical reasons. I manipulate their environment instead of the bird itself. While it's still a fair amount of research and dedication, it eliminates problems such as this.
At least your responsible enough per parent to get scared by things like this and take it into consideration if its the right animal for you and your lifestyle.
I've realized these birds are amazing animals with intelligence and personality. But, my life is completely not suited to owning one and with curves ahead that I know are coming, there's no way I could make an 80 year commitment.
Heck, a young bird will outlive me and I'd have to worry about arrangements for its care after I died, even if I had a lifestyle that would allow for a bird without it being bad for me or the bird.
you should get a bird, just be sure to do your research. if you do your research, the chances of a bite like shown in the video are severely reduced. these people were probably bitten because they were uneducated. just start out with a small bird like a budgie or finch to get a taste of how it feels to have a bird and what it takes to take care of them
My sun conure is extremely hormonal and aggressive towards non-family members. I couldn't agree more with this video.
me too im glad i saw this lol
You guys always give THE BEST advice - clear, concise, scientific ... almost clinical. The best channel re. bird behaviour.
Thanks so much!
Wait your telling me my parrot is doing the nastiness to me? And if I’m allowing it does that me I’m doing the nastiness back?😐
Yup that bird is feelin’ frisky and you’re doing sexy bird stuff back
All this time we had it all wrong lmao
yeah... Basically YOU'VE BEEN VIOLATED BY YOUR BIRD
haha
Zyn
LOL!!!
BrittDawggg Arf Arf! What is wrong they need attention, they are alone.
very informative. I have had 6 birds over the years...cockatiels and conures...and wish I had known this information starting out. I made so many of the mistakes talked about here..but I have learned my lesson and am so very careful with the birds I have now.
krennenc how was your experience with the conures? Would you suggest GCC for an apartment living?
Hisham Manna I recently got a gcc and he is very quiet 80% of the time but extremely loud in the 20% - I think all birds are going to be loud at the end of the day xx good luck
@@alexandraduffin6875 In the wild, that late afternoon shout out is an official flock call each day, as stragglers are called back to their territories to prepare for roosting.
@@kathyheaton4236 hey didn't know that, how cool🤗
@Rick Rangel I am 56. I do not remember how old my first bird (a cockatiel) was when she passed. My sun conure had a heart attack when he was 20. My ggc died of illness at 18. My next cockatiel died at 21. I currently have two cockatiels. Each came from people who no longer wanted them. They have had multiple owners and I have no idea how old either of them are. I have had my lutino 5 years and my normal grey 4 years.
I can’t believe how natural this all comes to you ! Thanks for educating all whom have birds they are a special kind of pet and like you’ve said it’s not for everyone they take a lot of commitment and ALOT of time
Oh dear, this explains a lot,wish I'd known a long time ago. My Amazon's about 23 years old and hates everyone because I'm all he focuses on.
Yes I wish I knew this too. My dad had this yellow ringneck who attacked my mother and I (very violently coming after us). And I remember the bird laying eggs and acted weird around my dad. But she flew away eventually. My mother still has nightmares about her. Now I feel so bad about everything. My dad loves birds so much though. Not like anyone deliberately wants to hurt them. ;-;
Amazons are typically a one person bird. It is very common for them to be very hostile towards most of or everyone around you but you.
Hi my African grey does this with me I don’t know how to stop this bad behaviour I didn’t realise by me stroking his back and wings was making him act this way .. How can u reverse the hormones ?
@@freedomfighter9976 Just stop doing it as much as you can.
Thank you! I know it was awkward to talk about but it is important.
Shouldn't be awkward at all
Blakkat Studio OonaVaKind yup indeed. Shouldn’t be awkward if you don’t feel guilty about something 🤔.
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Me after hearing the beak locking behavior: *immediately sprints upstairs to separate my birds who are brother and sister* BIRDIES NO!
meowy stars NOOOOOO
We have two 5 month old caiques who are brother and sister and they beak lock all the time. OMG. Haha
ah yes my favorite way to attract a mate: vomit for them
Thanks for shedding some light on this! This makes sense
This whole time I thought he was my bestie but I was just his booty call
Jamieleigh, love this video!. Thank you for sharing this important information. People petting and running their hands across the backs of their birds' is very common. I wish they could all see this video.
The Parrots Voice thank you 🙏🏻
This was so fascinating! I had no idea that this was a "thing" with birds. I don't have birds, but I'm sure this was very valuable information for those who do. You guys are so talented in so many ways. Enjoy your videos so much.
Amazing video and so necessary. Can't believe some people try to encourage others to pet their bird all over with the justification that they're not loving their bird enough if they don't (and I'm so bad with confrontation to tell them how wrong they are!)
Abbey Jade "bad with confrontation" isnt an excuse. Its not difficult to politely say "hey, i think you might be unintentionally encouraging hormonal sexual behavior, this can lead to very aggressive& dangerous behavior, but here are some sources that explain this in detail"
If you are knowledgeable about something that puts you in a position to help someone (and most importantly, help the animal, by preventing behavior that could potentially get them killed), "being bad at confrontation" is a lazy excuse to not spread awareness & educate people, whenever you can.
This explains a lot! I have a 20 year old male Severe Macaw, and these spring and fall behaviors are tough to get through. It also explains why he is aggressive towards my boyfriend when he is with me, but gets along with him fine in my absence, but not to the point where my boyfriend could handle him. He is stick trained with my BF and no longer tries to run up the stick and nail him. I've got work ahead.
0:58 that African Grey parrot is like “plz STOOOOPPP”
This is going to help so many people who are not as adept with body language
Sorry but this is terrible information and just wrong in a lot of ways. My gold and blue macaw is extremely cuddly and it is not "hormones" she just likes cuddles? You make it seem like it is wrong to be affectionate with your bird?
Great info. First time exotic bird owner and I'm trying to do this right thr first time around. I inherited a African grey from my girlfriends grandfather and she didnt like people. Basiclly stayed in a cage for the last 22 years because she became aggressive. From what her grandfather told me before he passed was that she was on hormones but he didnt like it. Then his wife didnt want to be near the bird so training stopped all together. I basiclly got her because she would only eat when I gave her food and he thought I was the best person for her. When he passed she started plucking but I think I stopped that behavior with paper. I think she was just getting bored so I gave her extra paper to rip apart and spent a few hours just sitting in a room and ripping paper and putting it in the bottom of the bird tray. Week and a half later and she started to do the same thing. Deffenetly looks like she has stop pulling feathers to.
So birds like to French kiss and they have puke fetishes.
Rachel Hardy basically
lmao..what a way to put it!
Haha u can't get a bird off. Lol they caught me off guard lol. Then mentions oh they'll even Masterbate on u lol
I never knew that the erogenous zones of a bird are under the wing and on the chest. I don't have birds but it's still interesting to hear. That's a good question for a quiz show actually :)
I saw a vid showing how to not pet a horse because it was stimulating to the animal. People are so used to dogs and cats that we transpose those same "pet the dog" behaviors without realizing what the different animal is actually interpreting.
And, since the bird can't talk, we can only interpret from their behaviors and body language. But, most people won't ever observe an animal in its natural habitat (and most wouldn't note the significance of behaviors if they did).
When my dog was still alive, I was always trying to think what was he seeing or thinking from his doggy perspective, both instinct and personality. But, dogs are usually simple and durable pets, able to put up with their people without developing problems (excluding extreme cases), and of course, much shorter lived.
Having no history or knowledge of birds, other than parrots make the best pirate pets, it's very interesting watching you interpret bird behaviors and body language.
Tx240 lol I only have one gelding that gets stimulated when I stroke his belly and I have to do it so he drops and I can clean his sheath he gets really funky and smells like dead fish when you walk by him eww but all the other horses I can scratch them anywhere no problem
When a female cat is hormonal, it’s not a good idea to pet her..
pdbabe Ohhhh man. I couldn’t do it. 😖
My fiancé made a comment that there should be a tv series call “it’s me or the bird”. All because my Blue and Gold macaw HATES him and LOVES me.
So it’s your videos that have helped teach me SO MUCH and I hope you know how grateful we all are ❤ I am extremely grateful for you and your husbands videos and teaching us humans what we are doing wrong so we can fix it and be better for our birds!
I had a female love bird, one of her triggers was me literally just walking into the room...
Wow!!!
SOLUTION : Stand Still
Same but it's my male 😅 random tho is he does it the whole year through and not especially in spring or autumn
Maybe, you’re just that attractive.
@@ChrisHyde537
LOL
What a great video. I got so many answers I was seeking! 2.5 year old GCC being aggressive AS HELL out of nowhere after one of our best weeks together and now I know why. I'm so glad I could catch this. And do better moving forward!
Wait so why when I pick up my quaker parrot they start to fluff up and starts to regurgitate??? That's creepy me out
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve always had the goal of adopting a bird in need at some point, and when I’ve heard about these negative behaviors in the past ppl made them sound unavoidable. I’m glad to know more about things from the bird’s perspective so when the the time comes I can be a responsible care giver.
I had no idea about bird hormonal cycles! I am a retired grade school teacher and find all type of learning fascinating! Thank you for educating people!
A difficult subject, very well explained and very honestly discussed. Thank you.
I love this video, I think it is so important to share with people. I wanted to let you know that I recommend this video to other bird owners all the time. I would love to work with you on a video some time. You do great videos. Thank you!
You and Marlene are the most educated bird lovers I've ever seen! I appreciate you two so much. I had a Quaker parrot and I'm considering getting another, so know I'm doing my research now. Thank you so much for your videos.
Even for me who has no birds, this is really interesting and I loved this video ty for sharing. IF I had a bird I would def buy that course!
Thank you for making this. We just got a macaw and have never had a large bird of that size. He's five and a failed breeder bird, according to the previous owner. We didn't know why he was sticking his butt in the air and biting his foot but I knew not to rub him on the back even though he wanted it. The fact he was supposed to breed makes me feel like the owner was doing that and, ironically, probably why he wouldn't mate with the female (I don't know, just my guess). My husband didn't really buy it and pet him on the back a little bit and this was reinforced when we asked a self proclaimed, local bird expert that we know. The "bird expert" scoffed at the idea of not petting your bird on the back and said give the bird what he wants. But I think he lost my husband when he talked about the aftermath. My husband isn't down with stroking off a bird. I'm glad that he ended up listening to me. He just wanted to be able to pet the bird and so far, he only wants us to pet his butt and acts like he wants to bite when we try and pet his head. However, I think we are moving in the right direction, he's warming up and is realizing he gets attention when he is not putting his butt in the air.
I recently saw a video on here of a female Conure and the owner was basically allowing her bird to masterbate on her hand. Commenters that didn’t realize thought it was hilarious and I told her it was cruel and not right to be doing that🤦🏽♀️
.... and disgusting .... you wouldn't masturbate a dog .... what is wrong with people!!!!
@@TheVelvetraven don't you kink shame me!
Lol Morgan is like LOOK AT MY BUUUUTTTTT lol
I love these videos it's nice to see that there's somebody on the internet that is actually responsible takes good care of their Birds does not in danger them in their videos and gives good clear accurate information on how to properly take care of them thank you
Oh. My. God. I have a pet duck and I understand her so much better now! I thought she was in pain! I wish people would be less cryptic when speaking about this... Thank you for being real with us.
New conure mom here. I had a Hans Macaw 20+ years ago…. Before CZcams. So glad it exists now. He was a sweet bird but I did so many things wrong that when my kids came along I eventually had to rehome him because he would attack them. Now I know it was bcs he saw me as a mate. I won’t make the mistakes with my new bird. Thanks for what you do. ❤🦜❤️
I've learned so much about birds from these video, I've always been terrified of them but curiosity is starting to win out over fear...I'll never own one but probably could manage being in the same room as one now. This video also gave me a whole new perspective on that old twisiting song that goes "Bend over let me see ya shake your tail feathers."! LOL
I have an 18-month old Green Cheek Conure that I have had for just over a year. I knew about most things to avoid but realize that I have also been encouraging others with some "roughhousing " we've been doing recently. Thank you!
You wouldn’t let a dog hump your leg or do sexual things!! So def don’t do it to your bird 😖 I hate that people encourage sexual behavior!!! I’ve seen it a lot 😳 😣 gross...
Watching many of your videos I'm starting to understand that the root for all of the aggressive behavours in our african grey could be that he's costantly hormonal (like extremely much) and it was encouraged for more than 20 years because we've been told that it's a good behavour that should be encouraged.
Thank you very much for your videos by the way, they are helping a lot understanding our bird!
Sorry but this is terrible information and just wrong in a lot of ways. My gold and blue macaw is extremely cuddly and it is not "hormones" she just likes cuddles? She makes it seem like it is wrong to be affectionate with your bird?
@@paloma4444 stop commenting this lol bot
@@gloopygoldfish493 not a bot
@@paloma4444 That’s not what she’s saying at all. You’re adding your own bias to the lesson here.
I wanted a parrot so bad! Until i marathon watched your videos..... i shall live vicariously through you! THANK U for this education!
I’m so glad you made this video. I always thought when a bird was cuddly it was nice and it loved that person and trusted that person
Sorry but this is terrible information and just wrong in a lot of ways. My gold and blue macaw is extremely cuddly and it is not "hormones" she just likes cuddles? You make it seem like it is wrong to be affectionate with your bird?
I saw that there was ONE comment under this and thought, “it’s probably Raul, the crazy guy obsessed with telling anyone who’ll listen that he’s definitely NOT displaying sexual behavior to his bird that just LOVES to “cuddle.” When I tell you I laughed!! RAUL! -Stop stimulating your poor bird!! Get a partner in your own species!!
Seriously though Raul, there r exceptions to rules. If u have a bird that this info doesn’t apply to-live your life & move on.
Thank you, for reminding me that we are headed into that time of year again. My avian vet calls it "wife beating season", due to the number of cockatoo injuries and deaths that begin in February. I wish that I had seen your video many many years ago, before having to learn on my own. This is such important information.
ughhh still getting through this video. but so far i am entirely happy someone made content around this. deeeefinitely not enough info/anecdotes being talked about this. my bird reached sexual maturity a little young for what is "Typical" and ive just been combatting soooo many issuues i basically helped to create in my own bird because of all these mating behaviours i totally encouraged.... the vet eventually gave me the run down when things literally ended up in the vet office. ugh just wish i knew this was a common thing before i reinforced all this "cute" stufff!
edit/addition: my bird literally exhibited tons of these behaviors and it resulted in feather plucking and her bones spreading to prepare for egg laying to the point where we brought her to the vet multiple times to check xrays for egg production and a hormone chip/and shots to prevent the production of an egg. i used to tickle my birds "armpits".... never never never again.
This is so educational and beneficial to anyone who already owns or is looking to own birds in the future!
Well, my Lily never exhibited most of the behaviours you mentioned, and when she did "posture" in a hormonal way, I would simply stop touching her entirely and ignore her. So, I guess I did it mostly right all those years!
Really good explanation here! I have a parrot that is coming of age and starting to get hormonal. I was anticipating this stage and your video was so informative!
Nana Janet here. This is the second time I’ve watched this video. I love how you so eloquently describe hormonal behavior. It’s very factual, and so informative. You are gentle with your words, but I totally understand everything you are trying to convey about the actions humans need to be aware of when their bird is hormonal. Sadly, I can’t own a bird. 😢. I’m in a small condo. Thank you for all your very hard work with teaching all the bird owners out there how to be better bird parents. Hi Capri!🐥🦉🦇🦅🦆🐣🧸💕
This was great! After growing up around farms and working with large breeding animals, I didn't think about hormonal seasons with pet birds. I can say I will continue enjoying parrots vicariously through your videos rather than getting one.
Thank you for explaining this. Its such an inportant thing to remember
Good info for all new and not so new bird owners!
Thank you for talking of these things unapologetically and honestly. I don’t even have a bird but I’m glad I have this info. I love your channel.
Aw I gently blow on Pingu (11year old budgie) when I notice she's too warm & she chatters while falling asleep with it. I have never known an happier bird. I'd love to show the world how busy Pings tail is when she bounces out. "Brrrr" "Brrr" "Brrrr", you'll know the noise lol.
Thank you for sharing🙏🏻
Gugugugugu bububububu. I've had my Blue and Gold macaw, Tico for a little over a month now. Thankfully I watched many of your videos before we brought him home. I never thought I'd have to deal with hormones but after a few days, Tico began regurgitating as soon as I came into the room and talked to him! His previous owner was a breeder, I think maybe she stimulated him. She was rubbing his back when we came to pick him up. We actually resemble each other but I think he just has a thing for all women. He would put his butt up in the air at first but now I think he knows we aren't going to do what he wants us to do. The regurgitation has also subsided a lot. He still exhibits the nesting behaviors you described, rubbing his head on the carpet, pulling up the carpet, going under his cage and the bed and he also made a "nest" of my clothes on the floor. We're doing everything we can to NOT encourage him, I hope he stops soon. He has already bit my fingers, not really sure why. He grabbed them but then pressed down hard.
Wish I’d known all of this 30 years ago with my umbrella crested... he was super cuddly and affectionate with me but he would literally get off his perch and walk over to others to just bite them and I never understood why he was like that.
I donated him to a bird keeper at a local zoo because I was working 12 hour days at one point and he started pulling his feathers out at one point after having him for 15 years.
I see these videos and the owner says ‘hormone season’ and these owners seem to understand what it is and the frustration of it. I wanted to know more about it. This is very informative and thank you.
I was looking at taking in a rescue bird. And I have zero bird experience and really don’t think I would be helping a bird, they need a ton of attention and I still work full time. But maybe when I retire, I could take on a elder rescue bird in hopes it doesn’t outlive me!!
Thank you so much for making this. I just got my first bird a few months ago and have loved these behaviors I would have had no idea! This was super informative
Ouhhh that is a totally new to know.. thank you
Good video. I am glad you made this video.
The only time my African Grey gets 'cuddly' is if he is scared and cuddles into my neck.
fortunately I know the signs so I can work around it
Also if my CAG wants to regurgitate to me I put him on my hand with arm stretched out to remove him from the situation or I put him back in the cage to stop it
You are really amazing and your depth and grasp of concept is vast. I am a bird lover and have had many smaller birds in the past but I enjoy just listening and learning from you. What you are speaking about often transcends birds if that makes any sense. You are an absolute natural in front of the camera thank you Jamieleigh. This has been said by countless others I'm sure. Love the channel. Best, Tod
Lmao, did you just say," you can't get your Bird off" 🤣 At first I thought it was...off... like...off of your arm... but as the conversation continued...I realized what you said🤣 That was Great 😃!
I had a bird when I was younger who was triggered by feet. He would chase people around the house trying to talk to people’s feet, and if he got to them, he’d do his business. Which was super dangerous because he was a budgie and small enough that feet could be a very dangerous thing for him!
You cover the hard to talk about stuff. Thank you 👍
Great tips!!! I want Gyro to spend his days not feeling frustrated!
Thankyou so much!
I did not know that! Thank you for that information. I'll never see my bird the same again when he gets all sweet and fluffy with me : o
Hi Jamie, I’ve seen all the hormonal antics my female Congo grey goes through but the one that I find the most bizarre is when she sticks her tongue out the side of her beak and she makes her body streamlined?. She holds the position for a couple of seconds then returns to normal ....She looks crazy ?? Have you seen this behaviour before ?. What do you think?.
Your videos are so great! Have you been to see ParrotTown? Your name comes up a lot in her livestreams (all good) and I share your video with new bird owners all the time. We all think you're pretty great. Come join us💖
Thank you for the detailed explanation and the why, on top of that. I do not pet Luna, she neither really likes it but I don't attempt it anymore either .. esspecially when I learned as much can trigger hormones. Now knowing the head is considered 'friendly' and the rest 'partner', clears up so much. Also, how they react on triggers and why. Yea, this helped.
Very good to know. I started to begin considering a bird over any other animal thinking this wouldn't be as much of a problem- definately going to submerge myself in a little research and hopefully some volunteer work before actually searching for 'pet'.
I appreciate your honestly. My male cockatiel just humped me essentially. He kept swaying his body side by side on my shoulder while opening and closing his mouth rapidly. I was first confused at what this was, but when I realized it, I immediately put him away. He just recently started enjoying scritches on the top of his head. I suppose even this is too much. 🙃
Thanks for the great video, My green cheek is showing some of the signs you gave, the info you gave is a great help
Boo likes warm food. I had no idea it was a trigger. I was relating warming her food on occasion to warming baby food back when she was little. She does get hormonal in the fall but we use all of the techniques you mention - except for the warm food a few times a week- so now thats 'off the table'.
I am so glad I am still learning how to take care of my parrot to give him the best life. He was doing the butt thing and we encouraged it for a while, as we didn’t know what it was. But we started realizing it looked rather sexual and so I looked online to see. Long story short, we don’t let him do the butt thing anymore. I also told everyone in my family not to pet his back or wings. Thank you for educating people about such an important topic!
Omg. I thought my bird was too young but then I noticed tail feathers being rubbed on the back of my head (bird was on the back of couch).😫
Wow I never knew this but thank you for enlightening me. Your birds are beautiful by the way. I love birds and would love to own one some day
You know....you are a wonderful human!!!
I'm am so grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. I wish all new and not so new parrot owners have to obligatory listen and research your advice. How important to know REAL life with parrots, not those "cute" youtube videos with some umbrella doing hugs or dancing to music.
I have two birds, both are adopted. I never did plan to have birds, I was strictly a dog person. My dog died at age 17, and I was so lost inside. One of my friends hade birds and at that time he was searching for a new home for a male budgie. He both it at age about a year and a half and planned him to be a partner to his female lonely budgie. But budgie was too angry, to crazy, nobody in his family liked him so one day this friend just came to my house with a cage and a dude in saying - maybe you like him, if not we will find another home for him.
I knew nothing at that moment about birds. But this budgie....he opened my broken heart and replaced all pain with pure joy pure love pure feelings. At the same day, at evening this "crazy angry" budgie was sleeping next to my cheek, so calm and so peaceful. I almost lost my hand from cramps because I was holding him on finger close to my cheek and I couldn't let go.
After around 5 months with him, I accidentally bumped on a piece of paper hanging on a wall in our local shop. It was saying that little male lovebird is in search of a new home asap. While I was reading this piece of paper a woman grabbed me on my shoulder - turns out she is a cleaner lady in this shop, living 5 minutes from there and it was she who searched a new home for a lovebird. The same day I was at her home. It broke my hard - imagine, this family bought a lovebird wanting it to be a "youtube" parrot, but it was too stupid to scare and too loud. Damn these people BOUGHT ANOTHER LARGER PARROT because craves for fun.
Poor lovie was locked in a small cage in a dark kitchen, while larger parrot has an aviary build in the living room, everybody was there. Shit, they put potato peels and almonds and large pallets to lovebird. I couldn't just go away from this broken creature. I took it home for 20 euros. At my home I immediately knew that lovebird couldn't fly at all (it wasn't clipped), it was soo underweight because of a larger bird diet. Poor poor guy, dirty, unhealthy, unloved.
Now we are together for almost two years. Lovebird turns out to be a beautiful caring female, she flies as much as she wants now, both of my birds are openly living in my apartment.
The transition......it is everything to me. Seeing them become friendly towards you, every little step is like fireworks of joy in my heart. Birds are amazing, but not for a larger part of humans.
Birds are no dogs, no cats. The did not evolve like dogs together with us. This is a very important thing and I advocate this every time I have a bird conversation - they have their own personality!!! You cant restrict the bird's personality like with dogs! Only thru friendship and trust, you can get your bird to answer to you. You need to build a relationship like with humans.
I also advocate for people to not have birds at all if they are bound to material things. Parrots destroy everything - walls, paper, ceiling, plants, plastic, wood, aluminum!(my lovebird) pipes.
Your jewelry, everything shiny, every piece of paper left on the table. Of course, it is not for every bird but you shouldn't get one because they destroy things because it the part of who they are, its not to make you angry. They don't feel guilt like dogs does after that - because of it natural for them. Birds need Patience. Birds teach you a lot. Please never ever consider even budgie if you are a crazy clean person. Because bird do a lot of mess and they poop constantly. With larger parrots, you can train the potty, but little ones poop every 15 minutes and all these people do is cage poor birds for them not to make a mess in the house. This is horrible.
Also please adopt!!! ADOPT and another time - adopt!!!!! I've adopted two birds with "very bad" characteristics and yes it was very hard but now they are bound to me, we are best friends and I truly worth them much more than the majority of people. I prefer to hang out with my birds than at some pub with drunk friends. As we people can change, so do birds. And in 90% of "bad" birds are just unhappy and not getting the proper care.
Please love mother nature, please be wise and do tons of research before you even consider having a budgie. It's not a hamster, every parrot haves almost human heart with human feelings. Patience! Education! Adoption! Love!
Take care xxxx
(some human from a small shitty country Latvia)
(but with a big big heart for birds)
(in latvia there is no public or private bird aviary or specialits. Nobody cares. Poor guys die in markets because it just a pet to sell)
Never too old to learn something new. Never knew about this side of birds, not this in-depth anyways.
So does this apply only to parrot species or would you say this is an all bird thing? More specifically the under the wing and rubbing.
I ask because I work with a Raven at a nature center near me and he has been doing some nesting behaviors. He has been more affectionate than normal but I have only ever pet him on his head and back of the neck and sometimes a full pet from head to talk but rarely because he bites!! This weekend though I caught him doing something I've never seen before and after emailing the videos to some researchers we have discovered he was basically trying to breed with this plate. It is very interesting because the next day he actually attacked me for the first time and I've worked with him every day for the last 8 months. I noticed he was being very aggressive and on edge that day and I am curious now if this is what is happening, that the plate didn't do it for him and of course I'm not doing it for him either. So I guess I'm curious if you feel that your video is specific to parrots or would you recommend I get the video to aid in my work with him? I've learned a lot from you that I've implemented with him previously so I'm feeling it may be relevant.
I definitely work exclusively with parrots so the video does not feature or talk about ravens, nor do I have experience with them but I believe since the anatomy is the same that in this case it would also apply to be relevant. I definitely think you'd only gain from the video so it def wouldn't hurt! This season is difficult, summer is almost here, right? ;)
BirdTricks ya I know Ravens are totally different from Parrots but I'll tell you the truth, SO So much of what you teach has applied to him! Probably due to how intelligent they are.
I guess my question was more as to whether the anatomy of the birds are all the same and you have answered that. Thanks for the reply!
Yeah my Senegal gets horny super easily like this
“...the plate didn’t do it for him...” haha
I thinking about getting a bird so thank you for the information 🦜🦜
Thank you for this video, i didn’t know this was a thing and now that i look at it, this makes sense about my previous bird
I love this video!!! So important.. Us humans "fix" our kittens and puppies, but the Birds and the Bees get stuck with real life!!
In fact, thank you so much for all of your videos. We just ordered your toys and pellets and I am saving up for the cookbook!! .. We have 3 babies (10-13 week old babies) in the house. A Caique, and two conures (green cheek and pineapple.. (Bill Murry and Tommy) ... However, our Caique has decided Bill Murry is more than just a friend.... way more. They all have become aggressive, and nobody is happy. We are all (including the 4 humans) a little "frustrated". I have separated them into different cages (in 3 different rooms) and things seem to be going better.. I rotate them every 2-3 hours so everyone gets plenty of time in the fun room next to us when it is their turn... The other ones are in bedrooms, usually alone with occasional visits form us.. Is this a decent answer? Would you suggest anything else than the amazing advice you offer in this video? We are so grateful and appreciative of your advice and hope that you and your little family are well. Enjoy your summer!!
Thank you for your videos on this subject! I took in a male(?) African Grey in his early 20's a few months ago. His name is Nicky. Fortunately I knew not to stroke Nicky below the neck, and that's something I've continued to avoid. His diet consists largely of pellets and veggies (though I'll give him banana when I have it).
I've definitely come up against hormonal / horny behavior which I'm not sure how to address. Round toys seem to be a trigger. I'd already removed balls on account of how he acted around them, and today I caught him regurgitating for his round silicone foraging toy. So... that one's also been put away.
There are many times it seems *I'm* the trigger for Nicky, and all I have to do is come up to say hello after returning home, and he starts trying to share his lunch, lol. He often starts getting, ahem, horny during clicker training, of all things. This gets especially pronounced when I get out a bowl so we can practice dropping things into it. It's frustrating. I'd like to make progress with the clicker training, and don't want to have to continuously stop training time because Nicky confuses it for sexy time.
I don't know if you see this, but I'd take your suggestions if you have them. :-) I might try training in shorter, more frequent intervals so I can still work with Nicky while being able to stop when he starts giving me hormonal signals. Or maybe there's a better time in our routine to do training. And maybe there's a bowl that Nicky would find less enticing!
Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with these special creatures!
Thanks a lot for precious informations. I am a mom and my daughter is bird lover. She is only 9 how can I teach her and let her going in positive behaviour.
Hi to your little family....Glad you guys tour lots.....you both are a Class Act and have a geniune talent for working with animals!!! and love your videos on why you are not to let a Macaw brush up on anyone. You know that they need their own MATE and that tucans are very hard hard bird to take care off!! Expensive and very rare breeds Even their eating patterns are very picky!!
Gee I wish I had all your wonderful teaching when I had my pet cockatiel!
I’m thoroughly enjoying your videos & will definitely heed these teachings when we decide to get another bird! 💞
I’ve found the best way to avoid this is by only scratching on their heads and not their wings or even their back. Don’t give your bird any kind of bedding in the bottom of their enclosures that they can use to nest.
Very interesting, I have had large parrots since I was a kid, and I now realize that some of the behavioral issues we have had are more a result of hormonal frustration. Thank you for the informative video! I am going to work on my observance of these behavioral triggers and avoid them.
Thanks, now I understand what my concures doing and why he's biting.
I have had my female orange wing Amazon for 24 years. I figured this out on my own. She also makes a noise & clicking while she's doing the tail up head down behavior. I just ignore her & put her back on her cage. Thanks for going more in depth about this subject. My adult son once asked what she was doing. When I told him she was sexually stimulated, he had a hard time believing me.
Quite fascinating, I never knew of these things
My sun conure tries shoving his butt in my face and make hissing noises..
PLEASE HELP. Hi Jamie, thank you so much! You did a fantastic job of describing hormonal behaviors. I never knew birds went to that extent. I really got a lot out of this video. I’m new at this, I have a Caique that as of tomorrow 5/17 he will be 2. I just love this little guy! I seen the video you have with the Caique and I was actually surprised at your reaction to him, I mean my bird acts just like that maybe worse right now because he is hormonal I think, I’m pretty sure he is. 🥴😬 But the reason I say this is; you have all those birds and it seemed like you had a harder time with the Caique then your other large birds. Your Macaws are great! All your birds are. I just have so many things to ask you and I won’t do that to you all at once, I just have a lot of issues as far as health. I have fibromyalgia and more. Your podcast on training, I watched last night was very helpful, it covered one of my concerns, which is how often should I leave my bird out of the cage. I was going by what I always heard, that you should leave them out as much as you possible can. Then when you guys said that they get too wild with too much freedom that made so much sense to me, and it was a relief to hear that. I felt guilty leaving him in his cage for 3 hours in the afternoon while I have a nap. So thank you for that! I was so excited even though I was in extreme pain, I got up this morning and started cleaning Ozzy’s 2 cages. He has one in the living room and one in my son’s old room. It’s Ozzy’s room now. I rearranged all his toys and fixed them up. I have to work on the foraging though. I recently got him a couple of the kabobs and he loves them but they are gone in a day or two which can be expensive.
My Ozzy has been constantly jumping on my head and grabbing at my hair, I’ve tried different things to get him to stop, but none of them are the least bit effective. Do you have any solutions. I just can’t take anymore of that. I usually put him in the cage, but don’t want to use that as punishment. Then he screams, LOUDLY! It really bothers my little shih-tzu. She cries. 🐶 😢 Thank you for your time. I’m sorry this was so long.
The complexities of birds are as unique as the complex characteristics of people.
Each one you interact with will respond in a separate & special way. “Triggers” define
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I get birds BECAUSE i am not a cuddly person xD I tend to like velcro birds, but I’m not a huge fan of actual cuddling and petting. I find this so cool and funny because, I would never touch my conure anywhere except the head, and sometimes the feet because i was training her to get used to it so I can file her talons. Thank goodness i never sexually stimulated her. She did regurgitate for me once and tried to cuddle up but i was put off from it and left because again, not a cuddly person. Amazing. Thank u for educating though. I’m so glad I was doing something right even if it was unintentional 🤣
Why can't you have your bird spayed or neuter. Just wondering if it can be done. Your birds are beautiful 🦜🦜🦜
Its possibly an anaesthetic issue
Might also be an anatomy issue
I’m pretty sure backing that rump up is universal for I want to get some.
This is a very needed video. We need to understand the breeding behavior of parrots.
When I had my Moluccan, I recognized instantly and began searching for a mate. Found one quickly and 60 days later, two eggs hatched 🐣. I had to sacrifice my hen to get one of her babies. I had to give her to the owner of the male. I hand fed baby for 4 months. A rewarding move. A lifetime experience. But I immediately sought a solution for the wing shivering and panting... I felt empathy for my poor mate less parrot.