What parrots hate

[ParrotsForLife]

8. Cell phones

Dont think so lol

[Lwalker]

Mine sure does! He attacks it when I try to text anyone!

[seagoatdeb]

8. Cell phones

Lol on this one, my parrots think my cellphone is something they should interact with as well, my phone case has little beak marks in it....lol

[Chantilly]

9. When someone or something steals their 'precious persons' attention...

[Chantilly]

K, dont know if I can do more than one or not but 10. Dogs?
Tilly is amused by them but Shrek is plain terrified.

11. Being below/not equal to humans/flock. I see so many webpages saying dont let your new bird be above eye level or let it be on you shoulder or head because it will think it is dominant. There is no
dominance in a flock. Everyone is equal. They hate not being seen as equal, thats where the real problems start.

[seagoatdeb]

K, dont know if I can do more than one or not but 10. Dogs?
Tilly is amused by them but Shrek is plain terrified.

11. Being below/not equal to humans/flock. I see so many webpages saying dont let your new bird be above eye level or let it be on you shoulder or head because it will think it is dominant. There is no
dominance in a flock. Everyone is equal. They hate not being seen as equal, thats where the real problems start.

They do love to be seen as equal.

There may not be a pecking order but there is dominance though. 17 almost 18 years old when I got Gaugan she became dominate to every other parrot, and even though our rescue Senegal, was trying to attack her at first she would dominate him too. They would try to flock with her but she would allow them to only be so close, and the budgie, would always sit much lower than her on the big playground, and the rest gave her wide birth, except for the cockatiels who she would chase because they couldnt quite get her rules. She was also dominate to the conures. Now that she is almost 18 she is still the dominant parrot in our house and in my daughters when she is there. She has never injured another bird, but she does know how to put them in their place. if i am not vigilantly working at it she will also dominate all people but me. But to me she is the sweetest, most perfect parrot and easiest for me to read and communicate with I have ever had. Peace in our house is when every parrot sees she is dominate and when the humans listen to her on how much she will interact with them, except for me of course who can never do wrong in her eyes. I do try to have equality though, and Sunny does be so persistent to make sure he gets as much equality as he can, and he has charmed her into letting him be a flock member that she will even preen, but he is learning to see he has to go by her rules.

Maybe your quote is correct and in a flock of the same species there is no dominance, but just from my observations of other situtations, i have doubt about that.

[seagoatdeb]

12. Banging noises outside the house

[shiraartain]

13. When a hawk flies overhead while they're at the window and you aren't in the room for them to fly to and hide behind. (Same scenario when a dog passes by)

14. Late breakfast (If I forget to set my alarm, I wake up to their calls)

15. Sharing toys or attention. Sharing food is acceptable when it is others doing it.

[liz]

They hate when they don't get the attention they want.
Right now my Myrtle is acting up. I know why. I am caring for all the pets in the household and have not had time to spend with her the way she wants.

[Navre]

I live in the flight path to Logan airport. The birds HATE when a plane flys over and casts a shadow. That's when Ocean will fly off into a window, or wall.

I've checked. They won't change the flight path.

I'm about 10 miles north, so the planes only cast a shadow when the sun is just right, and only when they're using runways 22L or 22R.