Anyone Your Parrot Can't Stand?

[kendrafitz]

Well, school let out last week and summer is officially here. Since we have a pool, we have had quite a few pool parties here in the past week.

Rosie has loved it for the most part. She goes up to my room when people are here but I bring her down here and there. With my daughters friends she was in her glory, showing off to the extreme. She is much more shy with my sons friends but is happy to visit with them as well.

Except for one boy. She seems to despise him. Every time she would see him she would let out the loudest, most bloodcurdling screams. She scared me, so I can't imagine how the kid felt. I'm not sure why, but she just doesn't want him in the house. At one point, Rosie was on her tree, I was on the recliner and the kids girlfriend was in the house petting Teddy. Everyone else was outside. The kid comes in, doesn't even look in Rosie's direction, heads to his gf and pets Teddy with her. SSSSCCCCRRRREEEEAAAAMMMM!!!!!! I actually jumped it was so loud and unexpected. Crazy!!

Anyone your parrots can't stand?

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[Mare]

Ooohhh,, yessss... :)

It's kind of funny how they pick and choose, who is cool and who's not!

[Dragonlady2]

My Crimson bellied conure does not like my husband at all. Pepper will give me a displacement bite if I don't banish him from the bird room if he dares enter when Pepper is out. Failing that, I have caught Pepper trying to poop on him from the boing.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Mare, do your birds all dislike the same person - I am wondering if they have a sixth sense.
There is one delivery guy that would really like to be Casper's friend but Casper goes beserk whenever he comes to the house.

[Mare]

Mare, do your birds all dislike the same person - I am wondering if they have a sixth sense.
There is one delivery guy that would really like to be Casper's friend but Casper goes beserk whenever he comes to the house.


ummm..no. They don't ALL dislike the same person. That's a good question, Jean-Pierre. I truly think that our birds pick up on our vibes and are acutely in tuned to us. How do you and Margaret feel about this person?

[Dragonlady2]

Maybe it is a safety issue. My friend came over for a visit one day and entered the bird room behind me. My CBC is the sentinel and he let out an alarm call. All the birds stopped moving and stood there like statues waiting to see what was happening. My CBC never really took to her....maybe it was the initial encounter that scared him? Hard to tell sometimes what spooks them.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

ummm..no. They don't ALL dislike the same person. That's a good question, Jean-Pierre. I truly think that our birds pick up on our vibes and are acutely in tuned to us. How do you and Margaret feel about this person?

Yeah, he's a bit weird, a bit immature. But I think Casper made up his mind as soon as he saw him whilst we were trying to introduce him to the poor chap.

[kendrafitz]

Helena - Rosie doesn't like my husband either. She has learned if she screams he will leave in a huff muttering as he goes. So if he comes in the room and God forbid talks to me, she screams. I have learned that if I pick her up and distract her while he's with us, she will tolerate him getting my attention. Funny how well she has trained her human. :)

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[Dragonlady2]

Kendra, I am guessing if you are the favoured one, your husband may be seen as a threat to your relationship with her.

My Barrabands cannot stand it if we have a conversation in the kitchen that does not include them. To me they are just like egocentric children who only want attention on themselves.

[PlaxMacaws]

My guess is that our birds may be able to detect those humans who lack true respect for them and who are absent the genuine capacity to feel empathy. Such folks may be perceived by them as extremely dangerous individuals to be near. While this may not be true in every case, perhaps it is in a great many.

Of course there can be other causal elements. Such as, the aforementioned jealousy factor. And even the mere physical appearance of a person. So I would say there can be multiple contributors.

[Dragonlady2]

Totally agree Tony. I have two sons, one that has little understanding of animal needs and one who is totally in tune to what is required. My Barrabands will start acting out when my first son enters the room, but will seek attention from my second son. Animals and kids really adore my one son who can be described as aloof but has a wicked sense of humour. Kids want to be with him, even if he tells them to get their head out of their a** and our dogs loved to sit with him when came over.

[Lady]

It can also be a bit of socialization in my house. We don't have many folks in so when Lady sees someone new she automatically screams. When my youngest and her daughter visit after about 20 minutes Lady will settle down but will watch them and everything they do. Lady will allow them to give her pine nuts tho.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

...Lady will allow them to give her pine nuts tho.
Haha, crafty Lady :)