is it true that male birds bond better with girls than guys, and female birds bond better with guys than girls

Answer 1

My cousin had a male cocktiel that hated women. It would sit on his shoulder and groom his beard but if a women walked in the room that bird would squawk and hiss at them.

Answer 2

No, not necessarily. A lot of things can influence this, some of it depends on how each gender treats the bird when it's younger, who the bird spends time with, who it might have been raised by etc. There was a great article about this in Bird Talk, but I can't find which month. btw, bird talk is a great magazine about pet birds-it has a lot of great info. so if you have/are thinking about getting bird/s, subscribe to it! good luck!

Answer 3

In my experiences with birds it all depends on how you let them bond with others. If you and only you are the one handeling the bird then the bird my only bond with you. I have 4 birds and they are all different. My parrotlet only lets me hold him and our sun conure,(a female) will love on almost anyone. We just got a quaker and he was owned by a male and he only bonds with my husband. He will come to me, but only for food and pop (caffeine free). Our cockatiel isn't very freindly with anyone, but will sing with you.

If you are getting a bird, getting one at a young age is the best and one that has been handeled. If there are family members then make sure everyone takes turns handeling the bird so that it gets used to everyone in the family.

Answer 4

No. Bonding occurs with the person who spends the most time handling the bird. Have a great holiday.

Answer 5

not true at all. birds bond to whoever treats them best and spends time with them the most. a bird who has a gender preference is poorly trained or had a bad experience with someone from the sex it hates. sometimes someones appearance might be frightening to them.- too tall, too much hair etc...

Answer 6

I've had several types of parrots through the years and found that it depends solely on the bird. Our African Grey loved my husband but hated me and I am the one who took care of him all the time but he never missed a chance to try and 'get me'. Most have a hierarchy as is in the wild bird world. My Umbrella Cockatoo was friendly to my husband, was my baby and he 'tolerated' my daughter. My African Senegal only liked women. I have a female Quaker and she tends to just like me. So, it really depends on the type of bird and their preferences.

Answer 7

No, gender makes no difference in regards to bird bonding

Answer 8

nope. we used to have a female sparrow hawk that despised women whatever they looked like. but we also have two male golden eagles that get on better with men than women, in fact one of them hates me. We have even known of birds being equal rites fascists and hate everyone but their handler. many people thought is was because they can smell the difference but hawks and eagles have an incredibly weak sense of smell so it was all to do with sight. It depends who spends the most time with it. many of our birds are hand reared and it can depend on who cared for it during those early stages and what happened to it.

Answer 9

Well from experience my Sun Conure which I think happens to be a male likes me better than my husband. But it really depends from person to person or even bird.

Answer 10

My African Grey (a female) has an equal relationship with both my husband and myself. We both bonded with her from a hatchling and now she see's us both as part of her flock. I really think it depends on the individual bird and who or how many are it's primary care givers.