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Re: question about behavior
Posted by Randy on 8/26/08

On 8/24/08, tt wrote:
> or I was going to say, he thinks of you as his mate maybe?
>
> On 8/23/08, S. wrote:
>> He is simply showing you his dominance over you. He is up
>> higher than you and wants you to know it. I would recommend
>> holding him on your arm instead to see if that changes his
>> behavior.
>>
>>
>> On 8/21/08, Jeanne Anderson wrote:
>>> I have a blue headed pionus, very affectionate, great bird.
>>> he does something that I was wondering what it might mean.
>>> He gets on my shoulder and gets real close to me, making
>>> noise, not squacking, and he moves alittle back and forth
>>> and up and down.Its like he can't get close enough and it
>> is
>>> almost like he is being affectionate. I can do anything
>>> with him, doesn't bite, scream, has run of the house, loves
>>> to be where we are. He doesn't do this all the time, just
>>> sometimes.

That's exactly what he's doing--showing extreme affection. It
has nothing to do with dominance of any type. That's not the way
birds show dominance. Many shoulder parrots do that. It's
nothing new.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• question about behavior, 8/21/08, by Jeanne Anderson.
• Re: question about behavior, 8/23/08, by S. .
• Re: question about behavior, 8/24/08, by tt.
• Re: question about behavior, 8/26/08, by Randy.