10 Things Birds Hate About Humans! 

A Captive Parrot does not HATE, but can become Territorial, Hormonal, and Fear their owner. All can lead to undesirable behaviors such as Biting, Screaming, Mutilating, and so much more.💚 #SaveaParrot #AdoptDontShop

"parrots HATE wobbly arms" me, a person with hand tremors: OH NO

"Stop molesting your parrots, you guys" Amazing quote

What my two birds don’t like: Being together Being apart Being fed Not being fed Being pet Not being pet. Edit: nvm they died

Me who doesn’t even own a bird: 📝

let's appreciate that she was bitten by her parrots to show us what's good for our parrots and what's not,also THANK YOU

I rescued a Severe Macaw. She hates toys, she does love car rides though. It's been over a month now and she haaatteess hands. She is so scared it's sad. We put her in the car in her carrier and she loves it. She loves our puppy, she doesn't bite him or move away from him.

You are a better Mom to your birds than most humans are to their children.

I didn’t know u weren’t soposed to pet ur bird on its back, stomach and wings. Thanks for the info in this video!!

a good tip is to have planty of clean bowls in the cabinet so even if you’re in a rush you can just quickly change their bowls twice a day! can’t understand some of those people who doesn’t get how dangerous it is for your birds to not get their nutrients and consume bacteria...

Damn. I just realized how bad I am at taking care of my parrot xD. This sure has helped me learn a lot.

That poor bird in the dirty cage with no toys! That's torture! I hope you give us an update when the bird is liberated. I'm afraid that with an owner who already allows this bad situation, they could clean the cage and put in toys just to get you off their back, and easily revert to their old habits if you're not around. I'm a pet sitter and it bothers me when people don't have extra food and water dishes for their animals. You have to have extras that you can swap out and wash. Others scoop their cats' litter boxes only once a week. Boxes should be scooped once or twice a day. I feel especially bad when the kitty is forced to repeatedly step into a dirty box....and they have kids. You've done a great service with this video.

I have a female cockatoo I have had for 19 years. I got her at 7 months old. She has never bitten me. Maybe because I was lucky to get a bird with a nice personality or possibly because she will push me away with her foot or her beak if she does not want to do something or be petted and I respect her wishes and don't push it. Yes, she can be loud but not very often. I have noticed that she will get grumpy at sundown when her internal clock says it is bedtime. If I don't put her to bed then she will start screeching eventually. I must turn off the lights in the room and she wants the cage covered. If I leave even the front of the cage uncovered, she will call to me to come over and cover it. Then she will go to sleep. She does love her cage and I keep the door open with a rope perch that connects from the cage door around to the side of the cage. I work from home so this is possible. The only time I close and lock the cage door is if I go out of the house with my wife. Since Cockatoo’s are in the cavity nesters family, I made her a cave by cutting up milk bone medium dog biscuit boxes on the play top of her cage. It took 3 and make an L shaped cave by cutting and tapping them together, which she loves and spends hours each day playing in there. She loves to tear up the dog biscuits instead of wooden toys. They are much cheaper. (Get 330 for $11.) She takes the biscuits into the cave and tears them up. Every couple of weeks I empty it out and give the remains to the wild birds outside. (She does not eat them.) She wants to go in the shower with me, so I put another shower curtain rod up inside the the shower above me head about about 6 inches. Those small stick on perches kept falling off and this gives her the whole range to walk up and down the rod. Try it!! My desk is right beside her cage and when she is ready she will come over to me for a pet and a nap in my lap. She is my best friend next to my wife. She is healthy, no feather picking etc.. Rick

I just don't have the patience for bird care...So really enjoy watching your very conscious and empathetic caring for healthy and happy birds.

A happy parrot means you keepums your fingers!!. ♡︎♡︎♡︎

I used to have a cockatiel that hated *all* showers and misting, and didn't take baths when a shallow bowl was available. Managed to realize he absolutely loved being blow dried (!) though, so that became a decent substitute. Used lowest heat at a distance, with a guaranteed teflon-free dryer mind you. Little guy would stretch his wings and try to preen himself everywhere at once.

General rule I tend to tell people is simply: "Put yourself in their shoes and question if you'd like it.". Would you like being constantly exposed to a tiger with nothing to defend yourself? Would you like to just be pulled up when you sit somewhere?

Yes I've evolved from my ancestors Like microraptor They can glide VELOCIRAPTOR Can't glide but can jump very high

My grandma bought two budgies and she mistreats them so much. They’re constantly locked in their cage and when they do try to take them out they grab them so that only their heads are sticking out, I’ve seen the cage and the bottom is littered in bird poop and eventually one of the budgies died and I’m guessing it’s because of the way it was treated.

I got a little cockatiel that isn't tame. He doesn't like going out of his cage and would bite us if we show our hands. Even with that, we managed to play with him, gave him a big cage so he doesn't feel squished, we talk and sing to him and he loves that! I would love to take him out of the cage sometimes but he's too old to be tame. Even with that, we manage to make him live happily! ^^ (he's 10 years old now and it's really impressive! :D)

I have two beautiful parakeets they are not trained and it’s very hard for me to train them.. I clean my bird cage twice a week and they have lots of toys and fresh water

You are amazing, your birds are great. They are a lot of work by the look of things, must keep you busy all the day. Love birds, anything with fur or feathers and quills etc. I have had wonderful budgies, female was my soulmate, even my hateful sister said she couldn't believe the close relatonship we had. Male we adopted from a home for the blind which had to close. I was told he was 2 when we picked him up, we had him for 12 years believe it or not. He was the sweetest little thing. When he died, I knew it was coming, I sat and held him through the night, he passed as soon as daylight broke, broke my heart but felt good he had a good and loved life. Bless your heart young lady, stay safe luv'n'hugs x

We are new family to a beautiful 15 year old umbrella cockatoo. We did a lot of research but we continue to learn more every day. Videos like this are helpful . Thank you !

Thank you for this vid, I didn't know it was so disrespecful to touch em on the wings and all 🥵 I feel a little guilty about that.

I adopted my birds and they trust me but they definitely don't like me doing anything but talking to them.

Good I knew it before, but thank you for making people aware, good luck to VC, how did her appointment go ?

my last parrot was kept in a rusty, poop encrusted cage, sometimes with very little or no food and slimey water. at the PET STORE. because of this treatment she ended up with renal disease and died shortly after her second hatchday :( I feel so blessed to have met her and I hope the short time she had with me was good. good bye, little love of my life. I will miss her always

One of my parakeets just randomly started to go in my shirt lol and loves it

“this is victoria the cockatoo preening herself” victoria going crazy: 0:07

My bird likes to get out of its cage and sleep with my cat and dog. It depends on the bird. You SHOULD introduce them slowly but regularly if possible to reduce stress between all of your animals. Your bird will let you know if it absolutely doesnt want to be friends. But a lot of a time they are curious and want to k ow your cat or dog, just keep them supervised at all times. Large dogs tend to be more gentle with birds and realize they are fragile, cats however still get annoyed and get excited if the bird moves quickly so it's still best to keep cats away.

I bought budgies for my Conure. I noticed when I’d return from an appt or errand he would squat down, wings slightly out and vibrate with a stance that he was going to fly toward me. Since he now has budgies he no longer does that. He says Jacob birdie when I come home. The budgies wake up and stretch and sing at that time too. Only wish I could touch my Conure. He was a rehome. The previous owner sold him to the pet shop here in town telling them he was mean. He was in a small cage, no toys and one long hardened leather thing the hung down about 8” and he slept in the top part that was curled. We get along well but he loves to bite my hands if I’m not careful. Glad he understands English.

Thank you for this information. I wrote it all down. I have no bird myself, but I love birds, especially parrots and cockatoo's. The big ones. I hope Vicky is doing well. Give her a hug from me.

This video was sooooooooo good! I really got it because of your live examples of bad parrot parenting. Sorry about the bites but your awful actions really illustrated what not to do! Please do more videos on body language, food, toys, etc. You really get information across. I have a cockatoo so I hope you teach us more about how to live with them.

EXCELLENT tutorial...💘🌈

Great information and Video, April! Loved it! Hope VC is doing well, can't wait for the update. Omg she was too stinkin cute when you were rubbing her head! Thanks so much! 😊😍💓

You know a lot about birds, more than I could ever hope to know. I definitely never knew about not touching your bird on its back, and I was literally raised in a household that never had any less than four or five parrots at any given moment. My mom frequently fostered parrots, or would rescue them until she found a permanent home. Plus we had two parrots that were our personal pets as well. I do have a question though. You said that birds don’t like the family dog or cat, they just act like they do because it’s instinctual for them to not show fear. Is there any possibility that this could be a product of the environment? For example if you bring your bird up in a household with these animals from the time that they’re young, then it will be different? When I was a kid, we had an African Grey that would climb up onto the counter, open up the dog treat container, and then proceed to call the dog over and throw down treats. He would also hop down and run around with the dog all day long. On more than one occasion we would actually find the bird sitting on one of the dog pillows right next to the dog. It was an older dog and of only a medium sized breed, but still. We also had a macaw that would frequently pick up dog toys and attempt to entice our other dog into playing with her. I actually have a photo somewhere of my dog holding one end of a stuffy, the macaw holding the other end. Not necessarily playing tug-of-war, but definitely playing with each other. In this case that dog was a small breed dog, and the macaw was roughly the same size as her. That definitely could’ve been a contributing factor to the macaw not being too concerned. But yeah and now as an adult, I live in a house with four cats, and I have a Conure. My youngest cat Monty started laying on top of the birdcage when he was around nine months old, and even though we would always shoo him off he would continuously jump up onto it. I started noticing that my bird not only did not seem bothered by it, but actually seemed entertained. Like with the birds when I was growing up, I do not keep my bird locked in his cage all day long. I frequently leave his door open so he can come and go as he pleases. I noticed that whenever Monty would jump up onto the cage, my bird would actually climb out and up onto the cagetop perch. At first I thought he was climbing up there to try to fight the cat off, and would always jump up to intervene, but quickly realized that he would climb up the ladder right past Monty and just sit on the perch on top of the cat. And the cat could not be bothered with the bird. Occasionally if Monty appears a little too interested, and gets too close, the bird will nip him, but generally they don’t really mess with each other other than being near each other. I am also very vigilant when any of the cars are running around and the birdcage door is opened at the same time, to make sure a situation like this does not go south. But it’s progress over the past several months, to now sometimes my bird will climb out of his cage down onto the ground and will walk over to wherever Monty is laying and will climb up onto something in the immediately adjacent vicinity. For example if Monty is lying on his cat bed, my bird will climb up onto the top of the coffee table that the cat bed is next to. If my cat is on top of the entertainment center, the bird will climb up and then sit on top of one of the picture frames on the entertainment center. None of the other cats seem even slightly interested in my parrot, and he largely ignores them. But he and Monty genuinely seem like they are friends. So I’m just wondering if all these situations are due to the fact that all of these birds came into our household while they were still very young, and grew up around the dogs/cats? Or what is at play here...?

Great video! So informativ and entertaining at the same time! Victoria is so unbelievable cute. She has stolen my heart!💖 Baby is enjoying the shower. He looks even cuter when he is wet!😍 Puffy don't bite your Mama!😂 I love your video. 💖💖💖

Our cockatoo loves our dogs her choice she flies down to them all the time, passes them treats, spins and plays with them we live in Australia, the wild cockatoos etc are all pretty tame they know where to get water and come visit. We also have wild galahs, king parrots, eaters rosellas, rainbow lorikeet as well as the best magpies with their beautiful singing

love the picture at the end 😂🥰 thanks for taking the time to educate people about their birds. All feather babies deserve to be happy!

my bird just eats whenever he wants lol

Thanks for your great video!! Very informative!!🕊🕊😍😍💕💕🥰🥰🧡🧡👍👍😂😂

I would love to give my birds a full roll of paper towel they'd have so much fun with that

Thank you for these reminders. I’ve owned parrots for 25 years and had to learn like you, even though I do research when bringing any pet into my home. I hope your video prevents some of the abuse I have seen.

luved ur vid, those birds love you, keep up the great work.

Victoria is really such a fighter and Queen😘😍 Merry Christmas to all of you 😍😘😗💟💜❤🎄🎍

Wow. Greats tips! You definitely know what you are doing.

beautiful aviary well safe!❤

I'm so happy to see you healthy now. Lots of love to you ❤️

I would much prefer it if people stopped buying birds, but spent time looking out their windows to appreciate the birds outside!

So wonderful person

This was very helpful! I’m wanting to get a parrot eventually and I’m glad I found this. ^^

Thank you for a great video with lots of important information.

I have two budgies, they have a cage with plenty of toys fresh water and veg, and cage door is open from the minuet we get up and closed when we go to bed , think there happy, and have us laughing with all the crazy stuff they do :) would not be with out them

Thanks for the information

You’re so great with your birds - I love your channel so much ✌🏻

Hi hi April love your channel

Girl! You sure did give it your all! I hope your finger heals quickly.

THanks for the video!

Well made and informative. Thank you for sharing.

Rusty and dirty cages without toys are indeed a big issue. I have two cockatils, just one loves to cuddle. But both are flying to me if I'm calling for them. I love your birds, you know a lot about having such pets at home and how to make them happy.

Super cute. Thank you. God bless you. 💗➕💗

Thanks for making this vid...😊❤

This was a great tutorial. I think sooooo many people just don't know how to properly take care of their tropical birds.

Thanks for the advices. It's help to understand the parrot behaviour.

Great advice. Thank you.

❤️ great information ❤️ all kids with pet birds should also watch this video!

Very nice video alot of helpful Advice. Especially keeping the cage clean at alltimes.it makes a happy bird🤗

Awee... Victoria is Beautiful 💜 i have a 6 years old Umbrella Cockatoo I hand raised named Jake. He so well balanced. He's an only child and I'm a stay at home mom... I enjoy cooking for him, spending our days together and it might sound crazy, but I enjoy cleaning his room and cage.. I could never let his cage get so dirty like the ones in the video. How could anyone neglect their bird that way..its heartbreaking... This is the first video I found of yours and I subscribed 😊 the video was great !

Ive seen a video of a grey yelling at the cat "Shhh. Shut up fool!"

Thank you, very helpful!❤️

Wonderful video!

Thank you for the advice on the show for birds.

Someone left their parrots cage filthy. No clean water and the food was disgusting. How do people get away with this? It makes me very sad. * You should be applauded for this video. The portion of the video about inappropriate touching of parrots bodies is particularly important for people to be mindful about...you are so right. Touching Cockatiels and Cockatoos ~ all birds~ can lead to them suffering and their death. Birds/animals should never knowingly suffer because of humans. Thank you very much for an excellent video. I 🐦💕

Very helpful 👌

Cool

I love how much you love your birds, so glad you’re out there for them. Great video and very informative, although, I will say of any animal lover most of these should be common sense but we all know some just don’t have that ability. Which is why your video was necessary, thx for sharing.

So informative and helpful, I know almost nothing about birds so I'm very glad to know more about them!

Wow! A crazy bird lady! Lol

Sorry for months late comment but only recently found the channel. I find useful information here and the host is engaging, realistic and attractive

Wow you have alot of birds & they are so beautiful. Again thank you for all you did to help everyone learn.

If people don't think a poop-covered cage is an issue, ask them if they would like to live in a cage for a week with no toilet. I can't believe that has to be a tip, but I guess it has to be said. Great video!

very informative video. thank you.

Puffman did an excellent job of showing what a birb might do if you don't do "step up" properly :) Most of your tips involve simple logic--keep birbs and cages clean, offer clean, healthy food, don't startle them or pet them improperly, give them plenty of attention and fun toys. etc. If you can't take care of ANY pet properly, please don't get one!

Good.

I love the passion and forwardness

Thanks for the great informative video. I learned a lot!

Hi April, this video is so rewarding. Everything you teach is invaluable to anyone that owns a bird/s or who desires to own a bird. Your video in my book should be labeled....*Bird Ownership 101*... Nothing was left out!....Take care and God Bless!..XoXo *(bird hugs of course)*to VC and Thomas (my fav’s)!...Really I love all the birds!

Very educational thank you very much

Thanks for your tutorial on all this stuff!! I’ve got 8 rescues, & I make mistakes (not serious ones, but I could do better)! Always on a quest to learn more🥰🦜❤️

Very interesting

Very informative video. Thanks a lot April, for sharing this beautiful video with your lovely Birds!!!! Love❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ you all. God bless you all 🙏

3:09 “FLiTHY” 😂😂

I watched this video with my umbrella cockatoo sitting with me on the couch.

Great tips ❤️

Great video 👏🏻👌🏼

April, you’re the best. This is Filmmaking!! Education made rememberable! (is that a word?). Used to live in San Diego in the 70s. Oregon today. I visit occasionally and would like to visit you and Chloe cockatoo sanctuary. I’ve given $40 worth of nuts to the cockatoo sanctuary, but never heard if it was delivered!😢 I have 7 budgies right now, but raised a baby moluccan cockatoo for 15 years. Her name? Tumbao, baby Peepster ❤️💕🥰

Thank you for this most valuable education of do's and don'ts! AND that filthy, rusted, empty of toys and things to do CAGE is a disgrace besides one of the MOST UNHEALTHY and potentially deadly conditions for your loving, trusting birds! Shamefully neglectful conditions!! Please keep emphasizing this and all else you gave here. It is VITAL! TYSM, April! God Bless YOU!

Thank you.

Great video

Much gratitude!! 😁😁🙏🙏