[rec.birds] Cockatiels -- and other parrots

miller@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu (Ruth Miller) (10/19/88)

 Your cockatiel attacks anyone who pays attention to you--did you
guess he thinks you're his mate?  I knew an African Grey who "mated"
with one of his owners and the other owner (his wife) couldn't come
near the bird or Bob if the bird was watching without being attacked!
Then there's my sister's Amazon, who hates everyone, including my
sister, but not her three kids, whom she gets down on the floor to
play with--and then attacks my sister if she comes near the kids!
 --Ruth Miller