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Re: Whats your parrots personality like?

Postby imdnt » Sun May 01, 2011 7:42 am

Tango - a complete nutter but in a good way. Although tame he's always been a skittish bird but would always step up when we've asked. He loves the wife more than me and would happily fall asleep while getting his neck scratched/head massaged when the wife does it; if I do it he'll just look at me as if to say 'What do you think you're doing?" Tends to learn off Bravo and follow his lead even though he acts anti-social to the other two IRN's at times :roll: Very cautious when trying new things. Tango is also a massive camera hog! :lol:

Bravo - very adventurous and always excited to try new things whilst throwing caution out the window hehehe :D I've managed to teach him the target training in 2x 30min sessions so onto flight recall. Fully trusts me with whatever I do to him (eg cut his nails myself, lift his wings, check his beak condition, wipe food off his beak that he struggles to remove etc...) and if I accidentally do something he doesn't like, he forgives me straight away. He loves to lie on his back whilst I massage his neck/head and would often fall asleep or chat to me in his own IRN language. If I remove my hands whilst he's lying down he'd just continue to lie there and look at me and I usually have to say 'Get Up' twice before it sinks into his head that it's time to go. Bravo loves technology. Brought home the work iPad and he was all over it in seconds. Loves my smartphone and is constantly figuring out how to open the back :roll: His ultimate favourite pastime is climbing onto my head to prune my hair.

Alpha - still very new to the family as he's still quite shy. He's slowly learning what a human is and that it's fine to be handled by them as he was hand raised then moved into an aviary once he could eat solids. Bravo and Tango tend to pick on him if he's near their personal space but he never retaliates. Alpha's the smartest of the bunch. I once had an old dangling denim belt (about 1m in length) from their playground and within 5 minutes, Alpha realised to get back into the cage he could climb the belt, climb the branches on the playground and get into the cage. Bravo & Tango took 30 minutes before they even touched the belt. None of the birds have been trained to do this. He's one very analytical bird. I have really high hopes for Alpha to do the most tricks once he's been fully tamed.
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Re: Whats your parrots personality like?

Postby chris key » Thu May 26, 2011 6:08 pm

Marshy- my black capped conure- Mr. Swagger
Almond Joy- my cockatiel- THE Queen
Glitter- My budgie- We call him Bitter Glitter because he is a grouch but he services the queen and sings beautifully.
Icee- Our parrotlet- a work in progress. Skittish and shy, but we are working on that. Have you ever heard of a shy parrotlet????
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Re: Whats your parrots personality like?

Postby kahawia » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:26 pm

Kiwi, My Caique. She's intelligent, very snugly, and of course playful! I've had her for about a month and she has settled in and has bonded to me very nicely. She loves everything and everyone! She follows me around the house and she adores my dog Sam he is oddly obsessed with her too. He can't sit still until he can see her then he curls up and lets her preen his neck (it's so cute)! She poops on command gives kisses and mimics whistles and I recently harness trained her and I've taken her outside everyday since. Kiwi overall is a compassionate bird with a playful outlook on life, everything is a game and she wants to play. She is a stubborn little one, but she knows I won't budge either. She is absolutely wonderful and I look forward to the next 30 years!
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