What makes you crazy?

[Quakerella]

We all love our feathered friends and treat them like part of the family. Just like any other family member there is something that they do that drives us crazy.

What does your bird do that drives you around the bend?:bonnie:

My IRN Ramsay loves being on the floor so you have to watch every step. The thing that drives me crazy is when you walk past him he will jump at you and cling onto your leg. He won't let go, he just hangs there as you are walking around the house. Can be dangerous, but we are all aware to watch for him.

[Mare]

My 4 month old cockatiels. They still love me like I'm their mama and when I have them out of their cage they glom onto me, which isn't so bad but their nails hurt my face when they crawl up to the top of my head! Makes me CRAZY! Crazy birds!

[Quakerella]

That's adorable, but ouch! They have such sharp little nails too.

[Dragonlady2]

My Peanut will not stay away from the big bird cages when he is out. I am constantly chasing him away.

[kendrafitz]

Rosie will start yelling if I am in the kitchen and she is on her tree in the family room. Mind you, those two rooms are an open floor plan and I am never more than 10 feet from her and always completely visible. If I am not in the family room it's a screaming complain fest!!

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Casper asleep on my shoulder, normally OK but sometimes he is on a pressure point that begins to hurt and gradually gets worse.
We have an agreement that if one of us is dozing the other one will sit quietly. Sometimes I just have to shift him a bit. :)

[kendrafitz]

Thought I would add a video that I took 3 minutes ago to emphasize how ridiculous my situation is. Needless to say Rosie is now in my room enjoying some pistachios and Disney Jr.


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[Quakerella]

My Peanut will not stay away from the big bird cages when he is out. I am constantly chasing him away. My plumhead was very timid. She played with the quakers, but not the lovies. They gave her a run for her money. It sounds like peanut wants to play with the big boys, and he is not scared either.


Rosie will start yelling if I am in the kitchen and she is on her tree in the family room. Mind you, those two rooms are an open floor plan and I am never more than 10 feet from her and always completely visible. If I am not in the family room it's a screaming complain fest!!I am sure it gets loud. That is wonderful that Rosie loves you so much.
I had a friend that had a macaw. He let out a scream while I was there, WOW. My ears were ringing for 2 days. I guess you get accustomed to it like everything else.


Casper asleep on my shoulder, normally OK but sometimes he is on a pressure point that begins to hurt and gradually gets worse.
We have an agreement that if one of us is dozing the other one will sit quietly. Sometimes I just have to shift him a bit. That's a good agreement. Does Casper sit quietly if you doze off, or do you get your ear and your neck nibbled and kissed?

[Quakerella]

I love the video Kendra, looks like you can't leave for a minute.

[kendrafitz]

I love the video Kendra, looks like you can't leave for a minute.

Yes, she is very demanding of my attention. If she can see me she wants my focus to be on her or in a Rosie approved location. ;) She is extremely loud. I have hearing loss from her letting loose when I yeled for the kids or dogs while on my shoulder...after a couple years it takes its toll. I have since learned not to yell with her on me. Lol.

[Dragonlady2]

I love Rosie pacing back and forth trying to get your attention. Will she fly to you?

[kendrafitz]

I love Rosie pacing back and forth trying to get your attention. Will she fly to you?

Rosie is a girl in constant motion. She is calmest on her stand in my room or her cage. Anywhere else, which includes my bed, she is just always moving around. And if she is staying in one place, she is preening. Unless it is dark out, then she is still most of the time.

No, generally she won't fly to me, even though I have asked her to. ;) She only seems to fly when she is startled.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Kendra, I thought Rosie was being very reasonable considering you didn't have the tv on her favourite channel :)

[Mare]

Shaggy is showing signs of this behavior, a little bit. I can leave him on his stand when someone else is in the room but he will start calling me when I'm out of sight. They are definitely challenging alien beings :)

[kendrafitz]

JP - good point. I'm sure that was part of the issue. ;) I'll remember that for next time.

Mare - I hope Shaggy doesn't get like Rosie. Challenging alien beings is an understatement! Good thing they are so lovable. I bet our parrots would describe us the same way, lol!!

[Dragonlady2]

Breeding season makes me crazy! The whining, the eee eee eee as Pepper is getting up close and personal with his perch and the noise...omg! It sounds like a jungle in the bird room. Time to get the ear plugs out.

[kendrafitz]

Breeding season makes me crazy! The whining, the eee eee eee as Pepper is getting up close and personal with his perch and the noise...omg! It sounds like a jungle in the bird room. Time to get the ear plugs out.

Oh no! That must be headache inducing. Rosie hasn't hit that age yet so I haven't experienced the fun of hormones. I hope it calms down soon.


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[Quakerella]

It can get to you. You should hear my place in the spring. Just as you said Helena, sounds like a jungle.

[Dragonlady2]

It is only breeding season for my Australian King, but her whining and the stress of our move this year has confused the others I think. Thank goodness Willy isn't hormonal, he does nothing but regurgitate all day when he is, and brother does it make me want to vomit.

[rebeccaldaniels]

I work at home and Tinkerbell is in my office with me. I have lots of conference calls.

What I've found is that she likes to talk when I'm talking. She wants in on the conversation, I think.

Sometimes she likes to talk loudly, so it makes some client meetings a bit tense.
At times, she's been opinionated enough about the subject matter that I've had to roll her into another room. When I suspect she might be chatty, I take her to another room before the meeting starts.
Then she cat calls to me for a bit before playing on her own.

Everything else about her besides that is pretty delightful.

[rebeccaldaniels]

Thank goodness Willy isn't hormonal, he does nothing but regurgitate all day when he is, and brother does it make me want to vomit.


I think that would make me want to vomit also.

[Quakerella]

That is nice that you work from home, gives you extra time to be with Tinkerbell. She would enjoy that. They do seem to get very vocal when we are trying to have a conversation with someone other than them. I bet some of your conference calls are quite humorous having her get her two cents in.

[Dragonlady2]

What is it with birds and phones? Mine either want to attack the phone or get into the conversation as well.

[SquawkandHowl]

In the past year, Tallulah (one of my BHCs) is very aggressive towards me, while Tengu (the other BHC) is not. She is jealous of any affection I show Tengu, but cannot be trusted most of the time to get some of her own. I am working with her on hormones as well as behavior modification, but ugh!

[Mare]

What makes me crazy.. Shaggy, my U2..is a nag. Yes, he never gives up, once he starts, he will go on for-ever, until..he gets what he wants which is mostly my attention and when he does..it's the loveliest thing! I love my birds :th_smile:

[kendrafitz]

This week Rosie is making me crazy by wanting to be ON ME constantly. Not in the same room, or sitting next to me, but literally on me. It’s really difficult to get anything done around here. She needs to help with everything, which is no help. Sigh...


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[Dragonlady2]

Poor Rosie...she must be wanting an extra snuggle. Maybe you can get a backpack for her to sit in and that way she could be with you all the time while you are getting things done.:th_biggrin:

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Backpacks do have their problems though, every time you bend over to pick something up poor birdy does a nose dive.

Casper was driving us both mad yesterday by saying Hello all the time. Fortunately today has been better. There's a lot of preening going on and fluffy bits attaching themselves to our clothing. He must be changing his underwear. :)

[kendrafitz]

She doesn’t need a backpack. She IS a backpack! When I try to remove her she slumps down to in between my shoulder blades so I can’t get her easily.

JP - the nosedive image made me laugh. Glad Casper has stopped being so chatty for you today.

Today Rosie decided it was a great game to demand UP every time I sat down. When I would go to get her she would refuse to come up and looked at me like I was nuts. Then a few minutes later the whole routine would start over. Stinker!!!


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[Lady]

Glad today was a bit of a better day. On days when she is so clingy you just have to sit down and take advantage of it. I only imagine how you would feel if for some reason she would have a change of heart and not allow you to be her special Momma. Kind of like when the kids grow up and don't need us to cuddle them anymore :'(.

[MacawMomma]

She doesn’t need a backpack. She IS a backpack! When I try to remove her she slumps down to in between my shoulder blades so I can’t get her easily.

JP - the nosedive image made me laugh. Glad Casper has stopped being so chatty for you today.

Today Rosie decided it was a great game to demand UP every time I sat down. When I would go to get her she would refuse to come up and looked at me like I was nuts. Then a few minutes later the whole routine would start over. Stinker!!!


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I have a backpack too!! It's funny how they found THE hardest place to get them off of you to hide! I have to use my stern voice and Katie grunts at me the whole time [emoji23]

Katie and Rosie sound so much alike! She screams so loud if she's not on me, it's not enough to be near me [emoji849]


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[kendrafitz]

I have a backpack too!! It's funny how they found THE hardest place to get them off of you to hide! I have to use my stern voice and Katie grunts at me the whole time [emoji23]

Katie and Rosie sound so much alike! She screams so loud if she's not on me, it's not enough to be near me [emoji849]


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Poor you, but Katie grunting back at you is funny! Rosie gets all mohawk and screechy. If I didn’t know any better I would be terrified. Crazy girls.

The screaming is drivenuts, isn’t it? I find it so frustrating. Then I feel guilty bc all she wants is to be with me. It’s hard to balance everything.


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[mdg1109]

I feel your pain, Charlie screams if he feels that he is not getting the attention he wants (not needs because he gets plenty of attention). We also have an open floor plan and he gets very loud when he wants attention, I am surprised that the neighbors have not called the police because his scream is quite alarming :th_eek: