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Cockatoo pet hat1/5/2024 ![]() ![]() He would often approach the bird in this manner, and it had reached the point that the bird didn’t want anything to do with him. The man loved and enjoyed the parrot, but he was stressed after his commute. By the time the husband came home, the bird had eaten and was in the mood for attention. The woman arrived home about a half an hour before her husband, so she would get their African grey’s parrot bird food ready. Parrots have a difficult time with our energy when we are frustrated, depressed, angry or aggressive.Ī husband and wife who I worked with both had long commutes in the San Francisco Bay Area. There are a few basic reasons that a parrot is no longer comfortable with a person it was previously comfortable with. Check Your Stress Levels Before Interacting With Your Parrot I say almost, because I have worked with many people who have been able to rebuild a trusting relationship with their birds. The person changes his or her behavior toward the parrot, the parrot changes behavior toward the person and on and on until the relationship is almost lost. The more reactive the person is toward the parrot’s behavioral change, the more the cycle continues. This then changes the person’s behavior toward the parrot. Something happened that is confusing the parrot, and this changes its reaction to its caregiver. Many times, a parrot changes its behavior toward its owner because it is no longer comfortable with that person. While it is true that there are occasionally situations when a parrot genuinely wants nothing to do with an individual, it is very rare for a parrot to suddenly “hate” someone it has previously trusted. People tend to take the changes in their parrots’s behavior personally, and they also interpret these changes as if parrot logic is the same as ours. ![]() Both statements are rarely, if ever, what is really going on. ![]() The first is, “My bird suddenly turned mean,” and the other is, “My bird hates me.” The choice of words depends on how people interpret the fact that their bird has either been aggressive with them or suddenly wants nothing to do with them. When people call me for a parrot behavior consultation, there are two things I hear quite frequently. I hear lots of rules and absolutes about parrot behavior, but I believe there is one golden rule in understanding our pet birds: Parrots are more comfortable with people who are comfortable with them. Our misinterpretation of a parrot’s behavior is one of the major causes of problems with the people/parrot relationship. ![]()
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