These Birds are highly intelligent. Teaching them some tricks is good to keep them healthy . They need a duty. In the rainforrest they must be clever to find enough food but hatched by humans they have no struggle for nurrishment and get their food for free. If you teach them some tricks they could put their natural efforts in the tricks and not in the struggle for food :. I like these pretty birds !
Did I say ALL dogs? No, I said MY dog. I'm not dumb, I know dogs can make very good companions, just look around at all the heart warming stories you see about dog and human risking their lives to save one another. Dogs that have been missing for years or separated for years to be reunited and still remember all the good times with their family. I watch Pitbulls & Parolees all the time, both sad and heartwarming things there. That one dog of mine is a problem child, the rest (cont.)
oh so great movie !!! three amazon parots :) you have a nice movies !!!!!! negative reactions send to hell ! greeting Marek from Czech republik.. I have two parots jacko gray :-)
@lalaloverstouch Camelot is a second generation hybrid between a Scarlet and a Catalina, the Catalina is a first gen hybrid between a Scarlet and Blue & Gold. So basically a Camelot is 3/4 scarlet, and 1/4 blue & gold. They're somewhat common and their actual coloring can vary quite a bit.
Many people say so. I think it's all about how you raise them. From my experience, blue throated macaws and blue and gold macaws have been the best tempered.
Is there a large difference in affection levels between different types of macaw? I read on one site that a greenwing macaw is the most sweet tempered. What is your opinion on it?
I'm just curious why the older Camelot is acting like a baby(the one closest to the camera, its eyes have turned and are no longer dark in color, a process that usually happens as a bird ages into maturity, I've known some where that didn't happen). Perhaps mimicking? I know my Umbrella Cockatoo mimicked my baby Lesser Sulfur Crested for a while, long after she'd stopped crying for feedings and refused them.
I have a question to ask you, usually when a parrot wants to step up, they reach with their beak to test if they are able to perch on you hand/finger, how do I know if they want to bite me or test if they can perch? Is it their feathers or what? please answer!
Curious as to what the mixes are here (hybrids) they all act like baby birds, so sweet and vocal. Not sure what a Camelot is. Isn't the Blue Throated rare? a relative of the Blue and Gold? I haven't been involved in the birds since the early 1980's, gave up my last friend, Congo Grey, in early 2010 for family reasons, so miss him...........he needed a new home with other birds and went there with no looking back. ouch.
@Nickleforasong it's cuz they are handfeeding babies and it's a thing that babies have a tendency to do especially before or after eating. i used to hand raise birds and they would always do that even after you fed them.
Are they in a large room with windows and visual stimulation and with other people or are they in a room on their own and when they see mum ,they area bit lonely , please consider this thanks
Does anyone find parrots get jealous though when you're petting another bird and not them. I don't own any but I've held birds and sometimes I'm worried the one not being petted might attack the other parrot but it hasn't ever happened.
@x3Shantastic what do you mean by "bonding" with their owners more? From what I understand parrots only tolerate one person and hate everyone else. I just really don't like pet birds, for some reason they creep me out. It's comparable to someone being scared of bugs. When I see a pet parrot I just want to grab it and throw it against a wall like a baseball or something, just like another person would squash a bug. :S
@ihearthatalot Why do parrot owners think it's so funny when other people get attacked by them? I'm glad to hear that keeping your parrot locked in a cage and being it's only source of food has allowed it's tiny birdbrain to comprehend how much adores you. Surely you're not manipulating it's instinctual behaviors and attributing some form of cognitive thought representative of humans. I'm happy you've found a way to justify keeping a feral animal locked in a cage for your own enjoyment.
And now please try to say that again without hating on dogs. Every pet has its cons and pros. Dogs have brought tons of fun and quality time to their respective owners. So have parrots. I agree with the last part of your comment but please try to be a little bit more open minded next time. Unless you want to act like a jackass yourself.
the rest of them are great dogs. She's too high strung, nervous, etc. to even pay attention to one command. She has an attention span worse than a fly, and I take her to the park daily to run and play with other dogs so she's not so hyper, but even after spending all her energy she still can't pay attention for a fraction of a second. I've tried my own methods, I've paid to have others try, she just doesn't learn a thing. She's still a good dog, she's just very... very... irritating sometimes.
Excuse me? Do you even know how much money I've spent on her with various different trainers? No, you do not. Shut your trap and mind your own business. My other dogs are very well behaved compared to her.
@ihearthatalot Even if the owner gives the birds "free roam" they are still too stupid to do anything but sit on top of their cage all day anyway. Hold conversations, are you serious? Alex the bird was trained 12 hours a day in multiple shifts its entire life. Conditioning any animal to positive reinforcement with food is nothing special, just so happens this African Grey can mimic human sounds. It seems to me that parrot owners attribute a lot of intelligence to these disgusting filthy birds.
Calm down. It's gonna be okay. And by the way why are you watching a bird video when you don't have one? And why would you spend money getting trainers, i mean you must be one of those idiots getting an animal and not knowing what to do. Hmm?
@ihearthatalot Don't mind me, I just really, really hate large parrots. I mean, I absolutely cannot stand my girlfriend's amazon and this is the only place for me to vent I just wish that you bird lovers would realize that not everyone thinks they're cute or funny. In fact, some people like me, find them absolutely revolting. I've tried really hard to 'get over it' like you mentioned but the more I try the worse I dislike them. ugh, GROSS! they're so nasty! ewwwwwww! Listen guy, they're gross.
I'm waiting 10 years before I get a macaw bird. In that time, I'm going to read books, watch videos, and work at aviaries. Hopefully by then I can trust myself enough to raise one. Plus I already have parakeets so they are a great way to learn.
@ihearthatalot I have done research in an attempt to get over my hatred for large parrots. However the more research I do, the more I learn how awful they are as pets. The only way to manipulate their tiny little brains to stop bad behavior is to ignore it. So tell me, how the hell can you ignore a bird flying or running at another person and attacking them? I know a family with 5 large parrots and I can't get near any of them without being bitten. Birds should be in the wild not in cages.
@depdesu They are beautiful =) Whether it is a dog or a bird, there's still a chance of it biting you. All that matters is how you treat them. Plus, dogs or cats can't bond to their owners as much as birds can. Sure, she doesn't get to fly around in the trees and such, but we never confine her to her cage. It's open and she can leave and enter as she pleases, but she'd mostly rather just stay on me and cuddle in my hair. Intelligence matters on how you treat them also.. Just like any animal.
I got a smelly dog that poops and/or pees and then immediately steps in it, tracks it everywhere, and then gets on my couch... and also breaks the gate to the kitchen, eats all the cat food and drinks all their water when she has her own, and then proceeds to eat all of our food... Needless to say, I'm none too happy with her when she does these things.
@depdesu Haha, it's not being tolerated. They literally love their owner. =P My conure is to the point where he thinks of me as just another bird because me petting her triggered her ''mating'' feeling and ended up laying an egg yesterday. It's not gonna hatch though of course. =P
Birds do poop a lot, just not every five minutes, regardless, the worst part isn't just pooping everywhere, it's when they see a hardened poop and then pick it up with their peak, and probably would eat it if you didn't see them and yell at them to drop it.
A lot of birds will love meeting new people, and they don't regurgitate at all? Where did that even come from? You obviously have never owned a bird and you don't know what you're talking about.
