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[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

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[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

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[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Gotcha, I’ll go ahead and redact my previous statement. My exposure to birds is mostly on with Cockatiels and McCaws… never really saw the McCaw get too pissed but our cockatiel usually goes into “fighting” mode whenever it’s riled up - wings full expanded, head low, beak ready. [/quote]

Yeah, the funny thing is when Luigi (my conure) gets really freaked out and upset he starts panting more than vocalizing. And that’s generally soft enough I’d doubt you could hear it on the video.[/quote]

My conures think it’s super fun to attack their toys, bash them agains the side of the cage while making the same vocalization as the parrot in the video. Also, my little one (white earred) likes to start hand-wrestling matches, which, when the parrot crawls off your shoulder all puffed up and engages with your motionless hand, you know it’s a game. My green cheek enjoys chasing a bell when I hold it and then flinging it off the top of his cage when I drop it up there. They’re pretty much like territorial dogs who happen to enjoy head scratches, dancing to music, and charming people.[/quote]

What would happen if a territorial dog had a large predator happen into it’s territory? I’m sure it would play with it. Play fighting does mimic real fighting, but this was as real as it get for that bird. It was having a dog several hundred times it’s size bat it and rub bird into the floor. It wasn’t playing.

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[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Gotcha, I’ll go ahead and redact my previous statement. My exposure to birds is mostly on with Cockatiels and McCaws… never really saw the McCaw get too pissed but our cockatiel usually goes into “fighting” mode whenever it’s riled up - wings full expanded, head low, beak ready. [/quote]

Yeah, the funny thing is when Luigi (my conure) gets really freaked out and upset he starts panting more than vocalizing. And that’s generally soft enough I’d doubt you could hear it on the video.[/quote]

My conures think it’s super fun to attack their toys, bash them agains the side of the cage while making the same vocalization as the parrot in the video. Also, my little one (white earred) likes to start hand-wrestling matches, which, when the parrot crawls off your shoulder all puffed up and engages with your motionless hand, you know it’s a game. My green cheek enjoys chasing a bell when I hold it and then flinging it off the top of his cage when I drop it up there. They’re pretty much like territorial dogs who happen to enjoy head scratches, dancing to music, and charming people.[/quote]

What would happen if a territorial dog had a large predator happen into it’s territory? I’m sure it would play with it. Play fighting does mimic real fighting, but this was as real as it get for that bird. It was having a dog several hundred times it’s size bat it and rub bird into the floor. It wasn’t playing. [/quote]

True. I posted the video mainly because I think it’s awesome how aggressive these little guys can be. I don’t personally own any other pets other than my birds for the very reason that it could end badly (also my second favorite indoor pet is the cat…so no can do)

When I was 14 I had a very territorial lovebird who decided my entire bedroom was her territory. We had two cats at the time, she was flighted, and I was always careful that her and the cats weren’t in the same room. At one point, the cat snuck in the room, batted at her through her cage, and she took out a chunk of the cat’s paw. At another point, she was on the ground, the cat walked up unbeknownst to me, and before I could chase it off, she opened her beak and charged. The cat, apparently remembering the paw incident turned tail and exited the room in a hurry. Although I don’t recommend having large/predator animals around birds, I do think it’s funny when a tiny bird scares the shit out of/holds it’s own with a much larger animal.

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[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Mine likes to run around on the top of my laptop, but after a few minutes he starts making a his warning clacks at my typing hands and I have to relocate him before he goes into full attack mode. Honestly, some of the time they just enjoy attacking things with the head fully poofed, the tail feathers spread, and the annoyed squack. He used to do the same thing with pens (would run off my shoulder to attack them when I was trying to do homework) but I retrained him to target to them instead. My other bird enjoys attacking this one. He literally makes imitates human laughter and fans his tail after engaging in a beak fight (don’t worry, they’re never allowed to progress the battles and get separated immediately. Also, they’re too similar in size to do any serious damage).

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My other one…because he’s so damn cute.

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[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Gotcha, I’ll go ahead and redact my previous statement. My exposure to birds is mostly on with Cockatiels and McCaws… never really saw the McCaw get too pissed but our cockatiel usually goes into “fighting” mode whenever it’s riled up - wings full expanded, head low, beak ready. [/quote]

Yeah, the funny thing is when Luigi (my conure) gets really freaked out and upset he starts panting more than vocalizing. And that’s generally soft enough I’d doubt you could hear it on the video.[/quote]

My conures think it’s super fun to attack their toys, bash them agains the side of the cage while making the same vocalization as the parrot in the video. Also, my little one (white earred) likes to start hand-wrestling matches, which, when the parrot crawls off your shoulder all puffed up and engages with your motionless hand, you know it’s a game. My green cheek enjoys chasing a bell when I hold it and then flinging it off the top of his cage when I drop it up there. They’re pretty much like territorial dogs who happen to enjoy head scratches, dancing to music, and charming people.[/quote]

What would happen if a territorial dog had a large predator happen into it’s territory? I’m sure it would play with it. Play fighting does mimic real fighting, but this was as real as it get for that bird. It was having a dog several hundred times it’s size bat it and rub bird into the floor. It wasn’t playing. [/quote]

True. I posted the video mainly because I think it’s awesome how aggressive these little guys can be. I don’t personally own any other pets other than my birds for the very reason that it could end badly (also my second favorite indoor pet is the cat…so no can do)

When I was 14 I had a very territorial lovebird who decided my entire bedroom was her territory. We had two cats at the time, she was flighted, and I was always careful that her and the cats weren’t in the same room. At one point, the cat snuck in the room, batted at her through her cage, and she took out a chunk of the cat’s paw. At another point, she was on the ground, the cat walked up unbeknownst to me, and before I could chase it off, she opened her beak and charged. The cat, apparently remembering the paw incident turned tail and exited the room in a hurry. Although I don’t recommend having large/predator animals around birds, I do think it’s funny when a tiny bird scares the shit out of/holds it’s own with a much larger animal.
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Probably a female. Females tend to be a lot worse about that sort of thing. I’ve have a really nice lovebird. But I also grew up around a very very aggressive one. They can be night and day.

Sunshine, our little love bird is 18 years old (which makes him like 150 in lovebird years). He is so funny. About a year ago he had a series of seizures. We were sure he’d had it, but he’s still kicking it. Now he just holds his head sideways and doesn’t have great balance. Plus he tends to run in circles when he gets excited, we call them happy circles. Still the same personality and same happy as a clam attitude. Poor old guy. He likes nothing better than to curl up in a warm hand and sleep.

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[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Mine likes to run around on the top of my laptop, but after a few minutes he starts making a his warning clacks at my typing hands and I have to relocate him before he goes into full attack mode. Honestly, some of the time they just enjoy attacking things with the head fully poofed, the tail feathers spread, and the annoyed squack. He used to do the same thing with pens (would run off my shoulder to attack them when I was trying to do homework) but I retrained him to target to them instead. My other bird enjoys attacking this one. He literally makes imitates human laughter and fans his tail after engaging in a beak fight (don’t worry, they’re never allowed to progress the battles and get separated immediately. Also, they’re too similar in size to do any serious damage).
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Mine isn’t allowed on the laptop anymore because he can remove keys and enjoys the attention of me trying to get them back.

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[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]SSC wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:
Actually, that bird was playing. I know this because I’ve played similar games with my bird and my birds play with their toys like that (they love attacking bells, mirrors, and stuffed animals). If the bird was freaked out, its feathers would be pulled close to its body, its eyes would be bugging out of its head, and if it vocalized it would be a high pitched warning trill. Also, he would have retreated back to his corner, instead of continuing to chase the dog halfway across the room.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to have your dog tease your bird like that because if the dog’s mood changes, the bird is going to disappear, but in that particular video the bird was defending territory, not scared out of his mind.[/quote]

I think I gotta agree with this. Granted, it’s not a dog, but our cat and cockatiel play in a very similar way all the time. Birds will generally let you KNOW when they’re pissed through their physical language, not totally sure I was seeing it there. I’m guessing the two animals had been acquainted many times prior as well.[/quote]

Really? because I happen to own a green cheeked conure that looks just like that one. The puffed up feathers and wings, tail feathers splayed out, and the sound he’s making is what they do when they are pissed off. That was not the sound they make when they are playing. The bird is not playing at all. The bird is attempting to hurt the dog to make it leave.

That is exactly how my bird acts when the dogs get too close and it feels threatened. He absolutely hates the dogs. (and feet, he hates feet and I don’t know why)[/quote]

Gotcha, I’ll go ahead and redact my previous statement. My exposure to birds is mostly on with Cockatiels and McCaws… never really saw the McCaw get too pissed but our cockatiel usually goes into “fighting” mode whenever it’s riled up - wings full expanded, head low, beak ready. [/quote]

Yeah, the funny thing is when Luigi (my conure) gets really freaked out and upset he starts panting more than vocalizing. And that’s generally soft enough I’d doubt you could hear it on the video.[/quote]

My conures think it’s super fun to attack their toys, bash them agains the side of the cage while making the same vocalization as the parrot in the video. Also, my little one (white earred) likes to start hand-wrestling matches, which, when the parrot crawls off your shoulder all puffed up and engages with your motionless hand, you know it’s a game. My green cheek enjoys chasing a bell when I hold it and then flinging it off the top of his cage when I drop it up there. They’re pretty much like territorial dogs who happen to enjoy head scratches, dancing to music, and charming people.[/quote]

What would happen if a territorial dog had a large predator happen into it’s territory? I’m sure it would play with it. Play fighting does mimic real fighting, but this was as real as it get for that bird. It was having a dog several hundred times it’s size bat it and rub bird into the floor. It wasn’t playing. [/quote]

True. I posted the video mainly because I think it’s awesome how aggressive these little guys can be. I don’t personally own any other pets other than my birds for the very reason that it could end badly (also my second favorite indoor pet is the cat…so no can do)

When I was 14 I had a very territorial lovebird who decided my entire bedroom was her territory. We had two cats at the time, she was flighted, and I was always careful that her and the cats weren’t in the same room. At one point, the cat snuck in the room, batted at her through her cage, and she took out a chunk of the cat’s paw. At another point, she was on the ground, the cat walked up unbeknownst to me, and before I could chase it off, she opened her beak and charged. The cat, apparently remembering the paw incident turned tail and exited the room in a hurry. Although I don’t recommend having large/predator animals around birds, I do think it’s funny when a tiny bird scares the shit out of/holds it’s own with a much larger animal.
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Probably a female. Females tend to be a lot worse about that sort of thing. I’ve have a really nice lovebird. But I also grew up around a very very aggressive one. They can be night and day.

Sunshine, our little love bird is 18 years old (which makes him like 150 in lovebird years). He is so funny. About a year ago he had a series of seizures. We were sure he’d had it, but he’s still kicking it. Now he just holds his head sideways and doesn’t have great balance. Plus he tends to run in circles when he gets excited, we call them happy circles. Still the same personality and same happy as a clam attitude. Poor old guy. He likes nothing better than to curl up in a warm hand and sleep.[/quote]

He’s so adorable! Yes, mine was a very territorial female we nicknamed the Flying Scissors because she’d attack anyone except for me in my bedroom. She was never friendly towards my hands, but enjoyed making noises back and forth with me and seemed to think we both owned the room as she never tried to attack me if I wasn’t putting something in her cage. Those female hormones are nothing to sneeze at.