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Especially the more intelligent species like African Greys, Macaws, and Cockatoos... ?

2006-10-04 16:39:39 · 10 answers · asked by Jessie 5 in Pets Birds

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Jessie,
You've posed an interesting question.
While I can see that a quick look at the life of a companion parrot might appear to be somewhat limiting relative to being in their native area, there are other things to consider:
Unless you have a wild-caught bird, this is the only life they know. The family he lives with is his "Flock". He holds an important place in that flock if he is being looked after and trained properly, and he is very self aware of his place and importance in his family structure.
Parrots are very flock oriented. They do things together: eat together, bathe together and they fly to feeding and nesting areas as a group.
This is why it is so important that you create a place for and include your birds in every day activities.
If I go into my home office to work, I often bring my birds with me. If I am on the front screened in porch repotting a plant, then they are there as well. I will often take one or all three to lunch at a local pub that allows pets. It's a change of scenery, it's fun and they get attention.
This is the way things are done as far as they are concerned and it is instinctive to them that the flock stay together.
In the wild, the flock is their extended family, just as humans are in a domestic setting.
To imagine that they have a sense of being "held captive" within their own family is a stretch.
That would be like one of your children feeling as though he is being held against his will within your house and family structure.
A child is not old enough or mature enough to take care of himself until they are taught how to do this. This usually takes about 18 years with our current method of rasing and educating our kids.
In the wild, the bigger parrots spend as much as 1 to 2 years with their parents after fledging.
In the same sense, a parrot will never be old enough or mature enough to make it on his own, as he was never taught any other skills except "living room survival" so to speak.
Parrots enjoy a sense of "belonging". They relish group or flock activities, and accept humans as members of their family, as well as any other animals you may have.
I think they look upon us as "Guides". Since there is no real hierarchy in a flock, I believe they think the human is the one that arranges the environment to supply the food and water and looks after things. But they do not look upon us as "the Boss". We are another flock member with a different responsibility.
So, no. I don't think they look upon it as being "held captive". Rather, I think they see it as "belonging " to a flock or a family, just as they would in the wild.
That was an interesting question. Thanks for asking it, because it made me think.

2006-10-05 00:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix 4 · 0 0

Do you mean when we put them in cages?

If so, of course they do!

It is the Judeo-Christian tenet that animals are 'dumb' that has confused everyone. Start looking at most animals, birds, and even fish in a new light. They do what they need to do to survive, and being knowledgeable about their surroundings is certainly part of that.

I've had dogs that threw the frisbee, and cats that used the toilet and opened doors using the doorknob. Birds that know they are captive is a shoo-in.

2006-10-04 16:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0 0

My Answerr is boring: The sparrows. each and each of the sparrows. i like them b/c they are the only fowl--except the floor-feeding junco--which will come to the feeder after I placed it on the purpose of the living house window. they don't look as afraid as the different, better clourful birds. I feed the wild birds only contained in the wintertime. I stay in a rural section & have got here across out that procuring feed in the different seasons is only a waste of $$ because the birds have a lot foodstuff elsewhere that they gained't eat from the feeder, & the foodstuff is going undesirable & I finally end up having to feed the fowl seed to the chickens--layer mash is lots a lot less extreme priced than the fowl seed.

2016-11-26 03:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 3 · 0 0

yes, they do. birds like the ones you mentioned have the mind capabilities of toddlers. they know what they want, and when they want it. birds of such size should have large spacious cages. birds kept in small cages will be very nervous and more difficult to train. more space makes the bird more relaxed.

2006-10-04 16:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by pictou pirate 1 · 0 0

of course they do. whether the consider it a lack of freedom, probably not. they get shelter, food, protection. in zoos, when an animal's pen is open, they can wander off, and sometimes do, but more often than not, they make noise until someone closes it for them. and when they do wander off, they usually come back. why leave, everything you need is provided for you.

2006-10-04 16:40:40 · answer #5 · answered by Jesse 2 · 0 0

no, most birds now days are captive bred and have never been wild

2006-10-04 16:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

yes. birds are meant to fly. so you put them in a cage and they can't get out to fly enough and they get depressed.

2006-10-04 16:41:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

birds seem to be smart i think some more than other and i think they servied , imean like did not become extinx

2006-10-04 16:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

They know something is amiss

2006-10-04 16:40:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

YES!

2006-10-04 16:40:27 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

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