How To Tame and Bond With Your Quaker Parrot | Parrot Tips and Tricks

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I was so distracted by the Quaker aggressively offering seed to the conure 😂😂

me: trying to watch this my quaker parrot; screaming so loud i cant hear it

I have not found anyone on YouTube bird community that makes sense like you do. I am entertained and learn something. Thank you Victoria Ryann

Hey, Victoria! I really enjoyed this video. I am happy to report that I have had none of these issues with my blue quaker, Norman. I got him on 30 June 2020, just before he turned two months old, and he is the sweetest and most snuggliest baby. He is tolerant of anything I do to him, including putting on his flight harness for brief periods to train and get him used to wearing it without fiddling with it. I didn’t wean him, but he has been doing that ridiculously adorable quaking after only knowing me for a few hours. He makes the cutest little peeps when he does it, too, and he quakes more often when he’s sleepy. He LOVES when I mimic his quake peeps when he’s settling in his cage to sleep. He learned to step up in under a week, never bites, tries his best to tell me when he has to poop, and is really great with my roommate and my boyfriend. He squawks when I leave the room, but he quickly switches to chattering and practicing all the sounds he knows instead. He only goes in his cage at night or when I leave the house, and he is always SO excited to see me in the morning or when I come home. So! Will he always be this sweet?? I really hope so! 😭 He is my first snuggly bird!

Ty for this video. Our brand new quaker just lost his mate. I'm trying to form a bond with him to show him he's not alone, so far he seems to like only me. When I come up to the cage he will come to where I am and get really close to me. Day by day I talk to him, give him space but never leave him alone to long. I can tell he's sad. I hope to bond with him and give him some kind of happiness.

I've had my new Quaker parrot, a female named Calypso, since August 7th. She had bonded with me really fast. Within the first week she snuggled up to my chin and would hang out for awhile. now in the morning she will squawk for me and not stop until I go get her. It is so adorable. She is 5 months old and was hand fed. She is such a joy to me. She was never really shy of the hands, maybe because she was hand fed. She has the step up command almost down pat. She is so smart.

My daughter named our little rascal quaker parrot Rainbow and he quickly defaulted to being my bird for some reason. We have bonded well but he gets territorial with me about my shoulder from which perch he's cleary trying to train me to move around and entertain him with little nips to my neck. He is smart as heck and will sneak out of the cage if he gets a chance but he always flys onto my shoulder as soon as I come around including the time he escaped to the wild outdoors! That was a scary experience we tried hard to avoid but he flew right to me as soon as I showed up! I was telling my daughter how hard it would be to get to Madagascar when suddenly he appeared out of the lawn where he had blended in perfectly especially since we had been looking in the shrubbery. I love hearing him muttering to himself while he stalks around his perch and have already caught him imitating the way I say his name --with a long trilled R Rrrrr-ainbow! It was pretty amazing to hear but he's definitely not a compliant little guy so I'm waiting to hear it again although my wife did hear it, too, so I have a witness. Once he is up on my shoulder he will happily nuzzle my cheek and loves to look at himself in the mirror and chatter happily in my ear. He hasn't nipped my ear-yet but I have no illusions that my skin would be able to withstand the slicing power of that cute little scimitar of a beak. I have learned to remove his food holder from the cage and lure him onto it with some tasty seeds . It slides into an aperture in the side of the cage. He'll hop onto the little tray from my shoulder and start pecking away while I sneak him back into the cage. He does clearly think fingers are food and has already ascertained that biting the web of tender skin between the thumb and index finger will inflict maximum pain upon the human he is training. If he's not ready to go into the cage he's going to signal that to me by gently slicing up my hand with his sharp little beak. I just thank my lucky stars the little hoodlum is a vegetarian! Thank you for the training videos! I never had a pet bird before, this one was a gift and he gives us all more joy than grief with his cuteness and his antics sliding down the bars of his cage, hanging from its roof by one foot, and complaining bitterly when we come home after shopping if he's been left alone too long. We've had him 2 months and he's still a tiny little thing but he has so much personality it's amazing!

I just got a Quaker so this video is very helpful. Now you are definitely one of my GO-TOs for Quakers

I just adopted a Quaker parrot a week ago yesterday and he/she was a re-home who came from an amazing family and is incredibly smart and he’s been doing great. I’ve been watching your videos as I’ve wanted a Quaker for about a year now (I have other parrots but Quakers are much different). Before I met my Loki I had tracked down a Quaker breeder about 6 hours away and am actually still considering getting the baby Quaker in a couple weeks because Loki has been so great. He also has a day and night cage like you’ve mentioned. Again, thank you for your videos

Victoria, You help me so much. I just rescued a Quaker, he is nine and didn't even have a name. When I picked him up his 'person' bopped him on the beak for opening his mouth at me. She got really close to his face and yelled 'no'. I have a long way to go to show my dear Alfie (his forever name) that his presence in this world is needed. I appreciate you.

I currently have a 10 month old Quaker Parrot and I’ve had him since March. I am very blessed that he is not aggressive when it comes to his cage and toys. But he does prefer to be with me instead of on a stand. He will usually fly to me when I let him out of his cage or if I go to leave the room. He kisses me back and we will sing together (mostly him whistling) and he even will sleep under my chin or where my shoulder meets my neck. Quaker Parrots are amazing birds <3

I too have a green cheek conure and a quaker parrot housed together. I got them a few weeks ago and they are the most precious things. Thomas (my blue quaker) is quiet execpt when he is calling out to Patrick. They are both suprisinly quiet. Thomas often gets mood swings as expected and he is super observant and reserved. He loves to sit of my shoulder and grunt very quietly. Patrick is go go go. He doesn't like to fly as much as Thomas. Patrick likes to find the hardest way to get up and he loves chewing on his coffee wood perch and his little plastic chain. I find that these two species are almost polar opposites which is super cute. They were raised together since very young and they preen eachother all the time. They are inseperable.

I love how you teach. I have seen lots of what you say true in my Quaker! My bird and " family " members..cat and dog; get along wonderfully! Teach me more..I need it for sure! Thank you!

Yes! Thank you for this video! I watched your video for Green Cheek Parakeets/Conures and I was really hoping you would make this video!

Hi Victoria I am a new bird mommy, my boyfriend got me a Quaker Parrot for our six year anniversary. We have only had willow for five days and I just wanted to let you know that your videos have been so helpful to me and him. I’ve tried watching other videos to get some pointers on how to get her to trust us and how to bond with her but had no luck until I came across your page. I just wanted to personally thank you and I look forward to continuing watching you! ☺️😊

"Attacking your significant other". Yep, that sounds familiar lol. They're like jealous little kids.

@4:34 Yoshi, and popples are nodding off LMFAO ! Also popples keeps staring at Victoria! Too cute!

I rescued a Quaker that has severely deformed feet, I also have a cockatiel that had a similar story. My cockatiel took 9 months to tame and to get her to trust me but she hates being touched or will only sit next to me if she has a perch and I stay in my sort of “area”. Tofu my Quaker, will happily take treats from my hand, she won’t run away when I approach, she genuinely seems quite confident, but I think she is so stubborn! I’m hoping the tips from this vid will help me tame her as I want her to be happy and know that she’s loved!

he's so sweet and by the way I love the color of your hair