Hormones can effect any parrot. I think we as their custodians have to be aware of things like not touching and scratching anywhere except the head. And we have to watch the body and eye language. Sometimes they are giving a sign telling us to back away. I also think any young parrot can go though the testing the beak stage. We have to be patient and teach them what is acceptable. ❤

I have two Katharinaparakit that goes together with 5 budgies i love them so much. I am with them every day and I talk to them. I love them. 💓

I'm working on the biting with my quaker it takes time and effort. While it's very hard not to react you need to try so hard not to make a drama or a lot of noise about a bite. Birds love drama while a puppy learns not to bite hard by yelping or a loud ouch a reaction like this will encourage a bird to bite. I totally ignore the biting hard as it is and have started target training him to touch my finger with his beak to touch command. When I see him looking as if he's going to bite I can 90 percent redirect by asking him to touch instead bites are ignored he gets set down (not in his cage as this can be rewarding the bite as they are so cage territorial) and I leave the room without speaking to him. If he redirects and touchs when presented with finger I give him loud praise and treats. Some days though I can just tell he's not in the mood, too over stimulated, too hormonal and I respect that back off on physical contact and do other activities like treat foraging, foraging toys, letting him shower, giving him popsticle sticks to build and toys to amuse him I rarely get bitten but I do still get the ocassional bite and they hurt. Living with a parrot is living with a small toddler with scissors for hands. My boy can rival any two year old with his tantrums.

MAMA K!!!!!!!!! I think all of us agree that being a member has so many fun perks. member video mondays and most importantly the community to talk to fellow bird maniacs!!! hahahh. . Its just great!!! JOIN JOIN JOIN!! Love you guys. Mateo

I have just rescued a Cuban Amazon his name is Diesel and he’s AMAZING 🥲

Love my Quaker

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Is yours loud?

Thanks Kalyn great video great reminder

My Quaker does go through hormonal phases but they never seem to last too long. When he gets like that he seems to take it out on my hubby.😂

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

I hate to say it, but that works for you, right? Lol.

Thank you, sooooo much for this video on Quaker parrots. I watch your channel, I was afraid of purchasing a Quaker at first because of all the negative videos out there. I have had My Coco for some time now and she is sooo sweet, I absolutely love her. ❤❤❤

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

How awesome! I think a lot of it is more in the time that is spent with a quaker, and how they are raised. Being so communal, I think they require more time than most parrots. In any case, my experience with quakers has been nothing but fantastic, and I know there are always exceptions, but I haven’t met the exception yet! So glad you love your Coco.

@heathergerbyshak4078

10 сағат бұрын

I have had three Quakers over 30 yrs. They have all been wonderful! Very loving and some can talk SO well.

Most comprehensive guide, no doubt. I came here after watching your Quaker appear on your shoulder in your recent uploads.

@ParrotBliss

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment 😀- what kind of parrot/s do you have? Quakers E interesting, super intelligent, survives and can be so affectionate, as you see with Blue-

@mickshaw555

8 ай бұрын

@@ParrotBliss Im planning to buy either a pineapple conure, or a Quaker. Im trying to get a 20-30-day-old hand fed one. Im still unsure which one to get. I stay at home most of the time and want a one person bird.

I really enjoy your content. Thank you for all your very informative videos.

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for posting! I really appreciate it.

Blue is beautiful!!!

I’ve been looking into a parrot. My initial attractions have been GCC and Pionus. My friend had told me about the Quaker he had as a teen, and that I should look into them. Read and watched all the things you spoke about, and got turned off. I visited a local bird store that had 2 baby green quakers and I felt an instant connection to one of them. He nibbled be gently through the cage and seemed very interested in me. Can’t stop thinking about it!

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

3 great species- if it were me, I would get 2 of which ever you choose

@seha0174

Жыл бұрын

I got the advice not to get two because they would bond together and less with me. Is that correct?

@squaretriangle9208

Жыл бұрын

​@@seha0174 I think even if that is true and there are various opinions about that, for your bird it is much better to have another parrot as a partner nd as a pet owner we want our pets to be happy/content

I left my Quaker Pablo for a week with my son and he started plucking so much that he hurt himself 😢. Vet said it’s because he thinks I’m his mate and I left him. I had no idea this could happen. 😢

@ParrotBliss

11 ай бұрын

Yes, I’m sorry. Has he recuperated?

I taught my Quaker how to whisper! I've seen people do this with conures too, it helps with the noise

@ParrotBliss

10 ай бұрын

How fantastic! How did you teach him?

@RayeBlevins

10 ай бұрын

@@ParrotBliss Repeating behavior and rewarding the whisper behavior. I sing to him in whisper often so it feels like telling secrets!

I'm so happy you have a few quakers now. I've had a quaker and a parakeet for a little over 2 years now. Im not experienced with parrots.. My quaker (memphis) is so loving, but also at the same time sassy, and has an all out attitude..and loud 😯... since you have so much experience with all the different species, maybe you can help me with this.. when Memphis and millie (the parakeet, and both females btw..) are out side their cages, which is most of the day, they are fine..they play etc. But I've had a few occasions when (and she's really small, even for a parakeet) millie is in her cage, and Memphis (the quaker) is out, Memphis will bite at millie. She's pulled at her tail feathers, and a few times her toes, even having them bleed.ki feel like millies a battered wife, and just loves Memphis and forgives her immediately. .the other day she actually bit down hard on millies beak. What I don't understand (is it some kind of reverse cage aggression? ) is why this only happens when millie is in her cage and Memphis out..Memphis has her own huge cage full of toys etc so I don't think she's jealous of millies cage...sorry this is soooooo long..its difficult now to orchestrate them both being in or out of their respective cages both at the same time.

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

It is possible that the Quaker wants the Budge to come out - Be careful, it can escalate. If there are no problems when they are out of the cage, then place the cage out of the Quaker’s reach when the Budgie is in there.

I appreciate your video it was helpful

@ParrotBliss

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Are you thinking of getting a Quaker?

Chicago has wild Quaker Parrots. They are so smart that they learned to make their huge nests around electrical equipment (heat generating) near a neighborhood with lots of bird feeders. It's such a joy seeing wild parrots in Chicago. I seriously considered a Quaker as a pet but they are too noisy for me.

@ParrotBliss

3 ай бұрын

Yes, very intelligent, and loud. Not always as pets, but you never know.

Excellent content 🙂

@ParrotBliss

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 And thanks for saying so!

Raised a clutch of baby Quakers for a friend, kept the first one that talked. Pepper was my shadow & best buddy for almost 20 years!!! ♥️♥️🙏🙏. BEST talker, smart, brimming with personality. No, Pepper was not loud, always encouraged to talk, whistle and loud outbursts were replied to with “shhhhh” and “hush”. Diverted her attention to something positive. 🤗♥️

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

How fantastic! Was Pepper loud? My two aren't too bad, but Blue... sometimes my ear hurts...

@shaweshzawia

2 ай бұрын

Wow ! Do you think it’s a good pet around kids ?

I had a cockatiel (male) who would get hormonal at different times of the year for no obvious reason and would aggressively guard all the tea towels in the house. Even though he was bonded to me and was usually very sweet and interactive, picking up a tea towel would send him into attack mode where he'd fly around the head of whoever was holding the towel and try to bite them, screaming all the while. Put the tea towel down and he went right back to being happy, chatty and calm. Folding the washing or doing the dishes meant cage time for him.

@jojo1828v

Жыл бұрын

Wow! You had him from a baby, too? I can't help but think he was traumatized by a tea towel somehow.

@anserbauer309

Жыл бұрын

@@jojo1828v No, I didn't have him from a baby..... he was a rescue; like 90% of all my birds have been. He would quite literally _defend_ the tea towels like they were his babies. He'd even 'feed' them from time to time, regurgitating seed (but only seed; not veggies, pellets or grass) on them and preening them if he found one on the bench. As far as he was concerned, he owned all the tea-towels. That's the thing about rescue animals.... you never really know why they do some of the things they do.

My baby crimson I just got is sleeping on the bottom of the cage, he's not showing signs of illness but is it typical for babies to sleep on the bottom? I get my 2nd crimson on Sunday so he has a friend. When I let him out he flies to me and wants to be around me constantly lol, he's also very very yappy and talkative like even when he's out chilling on my shoulder yap.. yap... yap.. yapping lol does this yapping quite down as he grows up? I've only had him one afternoon so far lots to discover with him and learn.

I have an African grey, conure, budgie. I adopted tweety (quaker) for 2 years when he was a baby. My experience is he is very sweet, reasonably cuddly, he is very attached to me and the most thing i noticed is he gets scared so easily. And of course very smart and talkative and hard headed 😅

@ParrotBliss

6 ай бұрын

It sounds like you have a sweet flock. Is Tweety loud?

@AhmedAlsabbagh1

6 ай бұрын

@@ParrotBliss hes loud sometimes when he calls me or other members of the flock haha, his mom and his friends (except the African grey) or hes loud when he is excited about something too. Tweety leaves anything hes doing and follows me if im leaving the room. Hes free flight inside the house

I appreciate this video so much. I have had a couple different birds in my life and I recently wanted a Quaker and almost got turned off by the thought of one bc of one video by a younger girl. I feel the same way how you mentioned about them being like people and understand and watch there body language. Some people have it and some people don’t? I love birds so much. To me, even if I know it’s gonna hurt(the bite )I still want them lol. It doesn’t bother me. I’m sure if I got the bird I didn’t really want and got the wrong bite. Idk. But that’s beside the point. Everything was pointing me toward a quaker. Until one video, then I seen yours. Seeing someone with more birds, more experience. So thank you for this video.

@ParrotBliss

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Quakers are like other parrots, they have individual personalities. Overall, they need a lot of time and attention because they are very social. However, they can also make wonderful companions. Consider getting 2. I find that they are happier, they don't get lonely and they still spend time with their people. LMK how it goes!

@ColleneMcDaniel

11 ай бұрын

@@ParrotBliss my other choice was a ring neck if I had gotten two. Would that be considerate or one of there own kind?

@ParrotBliss

11 ай бұрын

@@ColleneMcDaniel it’s best to get their own species

@ColleneMcDaniel

11 ай бұрын

thank you@@ParrotBliss

My cockatiel kinda got very hormonal when he was like 4-8 and was very cage & under desk territorial and he still gets hormonal sometime but I’ve managed to get it down a little. Now he seems out of that phase. I wonder if I’m able to get a Quaker and house them in same room but different cages?

@ParrotBliss

9 ай бұрын

I don’t know if you can have them in the same room in different cages, but I would think so. My Quaker can get a little hormonal, but he doesn’t attack any other birds. My guess is that, when accustomed to each other, they can even be out in a common play area together.

@alysssa8603

9 ай бұрын

@@ParrotBliss I just got my Quaker baby today , and has been with us all day, and will only bring to my cockatiel later tonight

I love all your videos, you and your birds are so relatable. I know what you mean about amazons. We have a 35 year old Blue Fronted Amazon, who is amazing with women....and will tolerate men. We were fostering 2 other amazons and as soon as they came into the house our Amazon (Paco) was like don't anyone touch me I have my friends!! We also have 2 Eclectus and a Green Cheek Conure. So my question is regarding the Quaker noise level. I know they can be loud, but I am curious, do you find their sound to be a shrill as the Conure. Our conure isn't particularly loud but the tone of his call goes right through me. I am looking to add another "medium" size bird but I don't want to add another one that has the same tone as the Conure. We are in Canada so we have a much more difficult time finding feathered friends :(. Again, love your channel and videos.

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment and for watching 😀 have you seen my Quaker videos? Noise is diff than conures- I’d say louder 🦜 I’ll make a video

@brucestuart2780

Жыл бұрын

@@ParrotBliss Thank you for the response. I have watched several of your Quaker videos. I do understand that the quaker will likely be louder than the green cheek, but I was just wondering about the pitch of the noise. I find our Green Cheek's call for me is painful on my ears, where as the loudness of my other parrots doesn't bother me....well not in the same way...haha. Thanks again for creating informational, realistic videos.

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

@@brucestuart2780 sure thing!

I do miss my candles, non-stick pans and cleaners that are not vinegar based. :) My Quaker is the sweetest little grumpy 3 year old (for life); most interactive and social bird I’ve ever had; always wants to be part of conversation. Bad side; 1. Year 1; perfect bird, year 2 hormones kicked in; the biting and screaming started 2. Every spring = turns into a demon for a bit 3. Overall the contact calling is worse part; louder than my gray and macaw by far. Rest of year; great bird for most part; morning contact call and then just motor-mouth rest of day; terrible singing and lots of happy chattering. My Quaker is much more difficult than gray / macaw; shrug…

@ParrotBliss

2 ай бұрын

I do unscented candles, but I hear ya - the things that we do for the birds! Louder than the others, yes, our Qualer can be too. Having a second Quakers, however, brought the noise and difficult behaviors way down! Yes, most of the time out Quaker is super sweet too ❤️

@Aerogrow

2 ай бұрын

​@@ParrotBliss yeppers; makes sense; mine seems to have a pretty high need for socialization / direct attention. More so then the macaw or gray; both good and bad there. ie: 90% of the time she wants to talk to you; same time, 90% of the time she gets angry if you are not talking to her.

I had a Quaker Male Parrot less hormonal than Male Cockatiels!

@ParrotBliss

11 ай бұрын

I bet he was a fantastic companion!

How long does the teenage bitey stage go for, im running out of flesh! Lol I have 2 baby crimsons (approx 15wks). So hard to not react, they’re like little pitbulls

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have a hard time not reacting too- Of course, they are all different, but they tend to mellow out with the biting when they are adults, a couple years old. I t should get better, hang in there. When they do bite, try putting them on the floor. I’ve done videos on reducing biting- if you watch them, LMK if they help.

I am still in the research phase of learning about birds and which species I may want to get. I have been watching hundreds of videos and getting as much informed (and uninformed, lol) information as possible. I have heard a lot of talk from multiple bird people about birds getting hormonal and becoming tough to handle, at least for a while, and sometimes long term. I was just wondering if there is any sort of medication or medical procedure that works when dealing with a long term change in a birds behavior, and that behavior becoming too bitey or too aggressive? As someone that has some dog training experience, it is usually recommended in cases like that to make sure that the dog is"fixed", especially in males when there is aggressive behavior. I've been told birds don't do well with anesthesia and surgery, etc., and that seems to be far too much to correct behavior. I was just wondering how it was usually handled in this e severe cases. Medication seems like a possible option but I may be completely wrong about that.?.?

I just got my first baby crimson conure a few hours ago, he's playful and wants to fly on my head but I haven't seen him drink water from his water bowl yet :(

@Soren_Caique_xD

Жыл бұрын

If the water bowl is visable its not a problem it will start to drink, and it its not un normal that a new bird dont drink the first few days. Take care of the new bird i am sure you will get a great relationship.

@noctilucent7396

Жыл бұрын

@@Soren_Caique_xD he's definitely drinking water now I switched to a more shallow bowl drinking a lot now and eating harrisons pellets like a pig lol

I love the name land shark I think it fits perfectly😂😂, in Croatian a shark is called sea dog (morski pas) which might bel a euphemism for sea pit bull😊

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Sea dog- love it!

I have 2 Quakers, I was told both were hand raised. It has taken 2 years for the female to fly onto me. She still will not allow me to touch her and will bite me anytime I approach her. The male is sweet like your Blue. I use to have them in my room & they flew around which seemed to help them be friendly. Recently they have been in a cage, I'm trying to figure out how to get them a larger space. The female has all of a sudden started to lay eggs but shows no interest in them. I don't know what to do about the eggs, she just drops them to the bottom of the cage & I think they ate 2, the other 2 more I put on a small basket but neither of them go near them.

@shaweshzawia

2 ай бұрын

They need a nest box !

With most parrots I find and liken it to dealing with toddlers that are perpetually two years old🤔👍🤣

@ParrotBliss

9 ай бұрын

So true…

I had a quaker and I was bonded but I was pregnant and I could not figure out why he was just sooo mad and bit the crap out of me. And it was so crazy. We had to move and he legit was my little shoulder familiar it was So hard and then all of a sudden...and when I find out I was like well we need to move closer to family.. .when we did my mother didn't let me keep my quaker...Yoshi...even though I had just worked my butt off to buy this huuuuge new cage wich I still have....apartment did not allow...but my parents were a few minutes away...I was willing to go there even pregnant to try and rekindle with my bird...like he must have felt betrayed idk...but...i doo know he Is okay now. He's has a cage mate....like my friend let me adopt him because...any parrot especially quakers are so territorial but when I was bird sitting....I just stuck my had in his cage...and he stepped up on my finger...that was it...but now...it's always thinking about him...and his foster family has given word and it makes me happy to know he is happy.

It looks like Blue was putting a hole in your shirt 😂

@ParrotBliss

4 ай бұрын

They so often do. Blue isn't the only hole-maker! LOL

Hi there I have a lorikeet that I got off a family they said he is trained and doesn't bite. When I got him home he was not like that, he will fly on you and around the room but if u go to put your hand out only wearing gloves he won't bite without gloves he bites. The owners said he was good with their dog. I can't even go into his cage without or with wearing gloves and he gets really aggressive and bites me even through my gloves. I'm at the stage that I really think I will have to let him go to another owner. cheers.

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear it. It sounds to me like he had a difficult experience in his previous home. If you can let him be and just enjoy what he offers and/or get him another Lorikeet, it will get better. A bird like that can be hard, especially if they bite. However, if you can weather the storm, you would find that you would both do some emotional healing. Birds have that effect, as do most animals (maybe all animals) when we go through the fire with them.

how do you become a member and where?

@ParrotBliss

Ай бұрын

You should be able to see a “Join” on the main Parrot Bliss YT page 😃

We actually did have our Pionus and our Amazon go through stages of being just one or two person birds. When our Amazon was younger everyone enjoyed him. Several months ago he became mostly a 2 person bird because everyone else in the family were afraid to hold him - especially without our help. He'd gotten hard for them to handle because he was nippy - probably partly the bluffing stage and partly he'd get over excited. It was also in spring, so hormones were probably involved, too. Luckily the last few months he's been growing out of his ultra feisty, bitey stage and they've all started holding him more again and are all pretty comfortable with him again. But our Amazon is very gregarious and LOVES to go visit each person in the family. (Especially his favorites or anyone making interesting sounds/doing interesting things. ) Our Pionus likewise started out with everyone enjoying holding him. When he was young he always beaked very gently so no one was afraid to hold him. He went through an anxious/ aggressive and bitey stage where if people tried to touch him or have him step up when he was fluffed in warning he would beak them hard. I was the main person spending time with him regularly, but he started distrusting everyone else. My son spent a few days with him and started making sure to spend time with him daily and that brought him back into our Pi's good graces. so he's been a pretty solid 2 person bird since then. Our pionus had been reluctant to take treats from us when he was young which had made training and behavior modification more difficult. What turned that around is I tried giving him millet while holding the stalk and he ate some! He wasn't as nervous about eating it since it has the long stem. Later I put a few tiny pieces of walnut in his chop bowl and now he loves and will take nuts from us. Being able to give him treats has been so helpful! Lately I've been working on getting our Pionus to trust everyone else in the family more and to go to everyone (he had still been acting aggressive toward everyone except me and my son). To do this I have a person give him a few small pieces of nuts (one as a time). If he is relaxed enough after getting the nut bit(s) I have them try having him step up to get his nut piece. He's getting very willing to do this with everyone, especially since he knows he can come right back to me. Baby steps! It's been really helpful! He's starting to like and trust everyone more and he's less likely to take aggressive posture 😁 But we're still working on it with everyone. I wonder if there's anything u can do to help your daughter and other people in your family win over Lorenza? Does Lorenza do targeting at all? We've also had people do a little target training sometimes with our birds. The birds like that the person isn't as in their space and they understand the game. They know they get treats when they touch the stick so they're willing to do it with other people. That also builds trust and interest in those people. Maybe your daughter/ other people could also be the ones to give Lorenza her chop and sit near her without u being nearby every day for a while. If she likes beet or carrot chips maybe they could give her those? I tried beet chips after Tony mentioned them and our parrots like them :) Idk if it's possible at this age for Lorenza to learn to like more people, but maybe :) Glad ours are being friendlier to everyone again :) If Lorenza tries to bite other people that give her treats they could either put a treat a little ways away from her where she has to walk over to get it or they could use a wooden spoon to deliver the treats :) Good luck if u decide to try some things with Lorenza to help her like other people in your family more!

I have owned budgies and I suck at owning them. Because birds aren't domesticated, it's difficult to get them😅 tame.

@ParrotBliss

4 ай бұрын

Budgies are wonderful, but they are not as easy to bond with as some other species, like Cockatiels or even Parrotlets. GCC bond even more so.

I’ve always wanted a Quaker but I live in Cali. SMH

Hormones can effect any parrot. i been bit by the best in 40 yrs of owning parrots. i had a african gray once waited for hormones changes never happened

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Hormones have to affect every parrot, no doubt.

My Quaker likes to pluck

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Do you know why he/she plucks?

I adopted a same Quaker like you but he bite .

@ParrotBliss

2 ай бұрын

Give him time, be patient, he’ll come around

The answer to both questions is: "Yes". So what's the problem?

@ParrotBliss

Жыл бұрын

Lol! It comes with the feathers, right? no no problem!

They are hormonal monsters lol. I really miss mine but all she wanted was a mate. I should of read more on quakers. I had other birds and she was one of a kind lol No more birds for me. She was a plucker too so stressfull. My quaker was very needy. you really want to get to together so they wont get lonely. They should not sell theses types of parrots in the store.

@MyBentleyBoo

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that the truth! I have a Quaker and he can be a demon!

@Chel10sea

Жыл бұрын

I have a Quaker and he is super sweet and loving but only towards me. He is social with my family members and takes food from them. Will fly to them and land on their head/shoulder but will not tolerate any head scratches or pets from anyone but me. He does show aggression towards my fiancée but it’s inconsistent so I think his hormones are to blame when he gets aggressive towards his “competition” 😂.

@girlygirl9766

Жыл бұрын

@@Chel10sea how old is yours?mine was 15

@MyBentleyBoo

Жыл бұрын

@@girlygirl9766 they live up to 30+ years in captivity. Did yours pass on or did you give it up?

@flcutie315

Жыл бұрын

My quaker parrot wow how can I explain her she bonded to me within four days but she’s obsessed and think she owes me she’s demanding and wants all of my time she loves my husband too but she sees me more like a maid I think she calls me mommy and says thousands of words and phrases which is hard to discipline and she sounds like a cute little girl my husband‘s in love with her and think she does no wrong! she bites me when I don’t look at her and give her white 100% attention if I’m even talking to my husband she will get jealous now she is only two so I think that it’s just her first hormonal. Season she shakes with anxiety wanted to see me and then of course if she’s happy and too excited they bite, She says so many words and phrases and an exactly the right time it’s like there’s a little human in there for two-year-old temper tantrum human

I have a boy parrot and he can be mean ..he is mean

@ParrotBliss

6 ай бұрын

This can happen - birds are affected by their parent’s personalities, the people who hand-fed them and their new homes. Is he young?

@victorianoftsger9106

6 ай бұрын

@ParrotBliss no he's not young I have had him for 14 years