Sound Question

Tami2

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Hi Everyone,

Quick question -
There are times when Levi hears sounds and immediately starts to shake his head. Like a quick flick, but heā€™ll do it several times. Iā€™m interpreting it as heā€™s shaking the sounds out of his head b/c he doesnā€™t like it. Or itā€™s bothering him in some way. So, Iā€™ll turn off the sounds & he stops.

What are your thoughts?
 

GaleriaGila

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The Rb does that when he's annoyed. By sounds or appearances of his rival, or if he sees the broom come out. Sometimes the head-shake signals some yelling or flap-attacks...

About the broom... in the early days, he would sometimes perch in such high places in a vaulted ceiling/windows and would not come down, even for a chile if he had already had one or two that day. So I would wave the broom at him (still a good 10-15 feet short of his perch, but enough to annoy him to fly away, eventually landing someplace I could chase or corral him. We don't have that ceiling any more, but showing him the broom gets his attention, still, and annoys hm, and he shakes his head.
 
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Okay, thanks Gail. I've only seen him do it with sounds, but I'll keep an eye out to see if he does it w/ other things as well.

Appreciate your response. :heart:
 

SailBoat

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Keep track of the sound level and pitch. Some sounds will cause a response that signals that they may dislike it for any number of reasons.

Its part of learning the body language of your Parrot.
 
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Keep track of the sound level and pitch. Some sounds will cause a response that signals that they may dislike it for any number of reasons.

Its part of learning the body language of your Parrot.

Yes, I will. Thanks :)
 

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Very interesting! Like Sailboat mentioned, part of their language! Baby will even shake his head at weird sounds I make, some he will chirp at...others he shakes his head at!
 

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Lol I recall when I was in high school and it was hot in my momā€™s room so she wanted to sleep in mine. She snores like an elephant... well my budgie at the time (Jaide, may she rest in peace, lived a good 10 years) hated the sound. She got so annoyed, sheā€™d flick her head around just how you described every time my mom let out a snore. Eventually she got so upset and irritable she started attacking my other budgie any time he got near. Poor birds. At least I had the luxury of earplugs. Lol. But yeah Iā€™d take that head flick as a sign of annoyance just based off of Jaideā€™s experience with my momā€™s snoring. As the other bird parents are saying similar things as well, Iā€™d be willing to bet a bird that does that type of head flick is simply annoyed.
 
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Ha, AkridChaos that's funny. :D

Okay, thank you, smbrds. :smile049: :)
 

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