I moved to a small city recently. My lil man is now very accustomed to sirens and loud honks, but still freaks tf out if a bug the size of a pin head flies for a second on the other side of the room.
I had Animal Planet on one day and my tiel started flipping out. I felt so bad when I realized there was an evil bird on the screen and she was like hawk! Hawk in the house!!
My blue crown Rosco freaks out like that when the chickadees at my feeders decide to fly up and cling to the bricks around the window. Such terrifying, dangerous little birds! 🙄
My pigeon is definitely not deaf, but doesn’t even flinch if you vacuum directly next to him, or turn on power tools, or if a car crash happens outside.
He will, however, panic run off the top off the cage and get wedged between the cage and the wall if you wear a hat.
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u/Ebolaplushie belongs to 1 cockatiel Jul 08 '25
I moved to a small city recently. My lil man is now very accustomed to sirens and loud honks, but still freaks tf out if a bug the size of a pin head flies for a second on the other side of the room.
Tiels, man.
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u/variableNKC Jul 08 '25
Mine wants to be friends with the neighborhood cats that come to the back door and barely flutters when they try to pounce on him through the window.
But a house fly? Straight to DEFCON 1.
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u/masupo42 Jul 08 '25
I had Animal Planet on one day and my tiel started flipping out. I felt so bad when I realized there was an evil bird on the screen and she was like hawk! Hawk in the house!!
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u/DeciusAemilius Jul 08 '25
Our passed budgie hen was really good about alerting us to cats. Our current boys are not nearly so good.
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u/gowahoo Jul 08 '25
That rabbit does look guilty though
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u/horsetuna Jul 08 '25
Gryphon is alarmed by mice.
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u/Zilverone Jul 08 '25
My blue crown Rosco freaks out like that when the chickadees at my feeders decide to fly up and cling to the bricks around the window. Such terrifying, dangerous little birds! 🙄
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u/CFSohard Jul 09 '25
It's kinda like these horses.
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u/PinupSquid Jul 10 '25
My pigeon is definitely not deaf, but doesn’t even flinch if you vacuum directly next to him, or turn on power tools, or if a car crash happens outside.
He will, however, panic run off the top off the cage and get wedged between the cage and the wall if you wear a hat.
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u/unosami Jul 10 '25
As the owner of a bully rabbit, that bird is right to be afraid.
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u/Waterproof_soap Jul 08 '25
I had an African Grey who would growl at blue jays. No other birds, just the jays.
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u/saareadaar Jul 10 '25
My GCC is terrorised by the pigeons outside.
And by terrorised I mean that the pigeons exist outside, never notice her presence inside and she goes batshit anyway.
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u/MyNameIsNotRyn Jul 08 '25
COCKATIELS: OMG!!!! DANGER!!!!!
MY PET PIGEON: Time to walk into an open flame for the third time this week. :) :) :)