Updates and Musings About Life with Parrots
Ok, I’ll admit. The title is a bit misleading. Stewie is a brat bird, and he did strike, but the better title would be: Stupid Woman Gets Bitten. I’ve written before that I don’t believe a bird ever bites for no reason. They may on occasion bite with no discernible warning, but there’s always a…
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I’m nursing a bruise on my knuckle. Stewie bit me “for no reason!” (Gratuitous use of quotation marks? No, keep reading.) He was sitting on my arm while I was working on the computer and he ran down my arm, bit down hard on my knuckle and wouldn’t let go. I yelped and flailed around…
Read More...I often hear it said that a lot of parrot behavior problems stem from the bird thinking it is “dominant” to the humans, and that the way to control the parrot is to reestablish the person’s flock leader position. But research has shown that not only is it not important to establish “dominance” with birds,…
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