{"id":12412,"date":"2015-07-08T06:14:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T06:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=12412"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:51:39","slug":"5-ways-you-freak-your-pet-bird-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/5-ways-you-freak-your-pet-bird-out\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways You Freak Your Pet Bird Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, things that you do every day might be freaking out your bird. Do any of the following sound familiar?<\/p>\n<h3>1. You go to pick your bird up while holding something in your hand.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43636\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43636\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"close up on head of blue-fronted Amazon that is tilting head to the side\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/parrot-amazone-blue-898125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DennisBuntrock\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy for us to recognize\u00a0everyday items such as pencils, papers, phones, utensils etc. as the\u00a0innocuous items they are. We must remind ourselves, however, that our feathered friends come from a prey animal background, meaning that they are hard-wired to view unfamiliar or unexpected things as potential threats. Some pet bird stewards have been caught off guard when their bird refuses to step up onto their hand or strikes a defensive posture, not realizing that the pencil or phone they are holding either in their offered Step-up hand or even the opposite hand is freaking their bird out. Approach your bird with clean and item-free hands.<\/p>\n<h3>2. You switch the light on in your bird\u2019s room during his\/her sleep hours.<\/h3>\n<p>Similarly, you enter the bird\u2019s room in the dark without turning a light on.\u00a0Pet birds generally don&#8217;t like surprises, especially at night when they might feel especially vulnerable. Bumps in the night can and do send some pet birds into an episode of night fright, where they thrash about the cage. Avoid entering your bird&#8217;s room during its sleep time or at the very least keep interruptions to a minimum.<\/p>\n<h3>3. You place an unfamiliar item in his\/her cage.<\/h3>\n<p>Some birds love the challenge of a new toy or the comfort of a new perch. Some need a little time to warm up to the new item. If your bird tends to be a bit timid with new items, place the new toys or cage accessory outside the cage but within view for a few days so he\/she can get used to its presence.<\/p>\n<h3>4. You don\u2019t respond to your bird\u2019s contact call, especially if it\u2019s a urgent call.<\/h3>\n<p>Our feathered friends are flock-focused and your bird more likely than not considers you to be part of the flock. Your bird might be the type that likes to know where you are in the home when you leave the room. The quickest way to put your bird at ease is with a contact call, which could be a quick whistle or word from you while you&#8217;re in another room. And one call you must answer in order to avoid freaking your bird out is a distress call. A distress call means &#8220;I need you now.&#8221; Your bird is trying to get your attention. I&#8217;m glad I answered my <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/cockatiel\/\">cockatiel<\/a>&#8216;s recent flurry of chirps when I returned home after being gone all day.\u00a0I had filled his water bowl but inadvertently\u00a0left it on the stand outside his cage. He was thirsty and let me know it!<\/p>\n<h3>5. You try a \u201ccold turkey approach\u201d to changing your bird\u2019s diet.<\/h3>\n<p>When new bird owners learn that a seed-only diet is bad for pet birds, they might believe they are doing the right thing by swapping the old diet out with a new one pronto; essentially having the bird quit the bad diet &#8220;cold turkey.&#8221; The concern with this approach is that the bird might not recognize the new offerings as its new diet. Imagine how you&#8217;d freak out if the only diet you knew was suddenly swapped out with a diet completely foreign to you. The freak out-free approach is to gradually wean the bird off of the old diet and onto the new, healthier one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t understand the instincts, needs, and anatomy of your parrot friend, problems can quickly arise. Interrupting your bird&#8217;s snooze time or switching food abruptly are just two ways you can ruin your bird&#8217;s day. 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