Are QPs generally jealous? If so how do you deal with it? Hoping someone can help me.

I have had my QP Sammy since Sept, he will be 1 in May, so he is still pretty young. We also have 3 cockatiels. The cockatiels were here prior to Sammy. The 3 of them came from a rescue are caged togather and though not mean, they are not really people parrots. Well recently, one of them, Tweety, has started being a little more friendly. She will step up and allow a little touching, not much and mostly only from me.

Well, Sammy saw her on my finger. He was in the other room with my daughter. He started yelling. So I put Tweety back and went to calm him down. He came to me, rubbed his head on my check, gave me a kiss, and then almost pierced my lip.

How can I interact with the other birds and not cause my Sammy such distress? He does not lack attention by any means.

I have three birds myself, and I find that the jealousy is best curbed by giving each bird equal attention. Every situation is different, of course, but spending a little time with one bird, then the next, then the next, and then back to the first... it seems to work for me.

I can't really help you out with this. None of my birds show jealousy in a bad way. Max will take interest when we handle the other birds, but she just watches. She's never gotten upset when we are handling one of the other birds and not her.

Oh gosh, what a perfect example of misdirected aggression! I think the quakers motto is 'if your aren't near the one you want to bite, bite whoever is closest'!

Anyway, make sure that you are not putting the other fids down and running to pick him up when he throws a fit like that. When you do that you are actually rewarding the bad behavior, and it will only get worse. Instead, just talk to him and tell him that he will get a turn soon and don't pick him up until he has calmed down. You may also want to consider playing with your quaker before the tiels so knows that he gets snuggle time too.

Good luck!!

Sammy does get just about all of attention. From the time we get home until bed time. Even though he came second, he has always been number one. The tiels never really cared to interact with us, and when they decide they want some attention, it is occasional. Sammy on the other hand is cuddly and loving.

These jealous reactions only seem to be with me, is this common? If my husband or daughter pay attention to the tiels, he could care less. All I need to do is look that direction and watch out. Though well socialized, he definatly is my fid.

Sounds like Sammy is jealous for sure....He doesn't want mommy holding no one but him...Uh Oh.... Guess you'll have to hide from Sammy when you hold the others...And maybe he won't give you another fat lip.... Sorry about that.....

I think this is the main reason that I only have Morgan. I would really hate it if he became jealous over another.

Oh boy, do I know this one well. I have 3 cockatiels who have been with me for 5 years (the baby is only 2 years old) and the quaker has been with me for 26 months. 2 of the cockatiels are female and the other is male (Pippin). Shah tolerates the females but absolutely hates the male. When I am cleaning out the cockatiel cage, Pippin often flies onto my head and he absolutely adores head scritches. Well, Mr Bossy Boots aint having any of that!!! When the cages are close together Shah almost stalks Pippin - with Shah on one side of the cage calling out Pippin's name and Pippin on the other side screaming back at him. I separate the cages when I am at work and they are only put together for sleeping purposes (but not too close). I have no doubt that he would kill Pippin if he could get to him. And the funny thing is that when Shah gets into trouble, he calls out "Pippin". Yep, the green and grey terror is really jealous of his mum spending time with any other bird, or person, or dog, or cat or, in fact, anything that is not him.

Thanks to everyone who responded. Sammy is definatly something. I always tell him he is my angel, but I think little green devil is more like it. I am still fairly new at this, so I am not always sure what to expect. Even though we have had the tiels a little longer than Sammy, their reluctance to socialize didn't teach me much. QPs really love the attention. But boy can they be moody..I really want to get another bird (I was warned about MBS), but I am afraid of how he will react. Any ideas on how to get what I want, and keep my Sammy happy?