So I meant to post ealier but Kiwi's likes and dislikes for family members are coming through. He has really started to bond with hubby, is great with me, seems to tolerate my sis's visits with kids with mild interest and DOES NOT like my mom.

I don't know why lol She comes to see him every day and he wants nothing to do with her, turns his cute lil tail feathers to her and ignores her. As soon as she leaves he is back to his lil adorable self. Its not a big issue cause he will sit on her finger and mind his manners but his behaviour is definitely differerent towards her.

This may sound funny but I think some of it may be the way she talks to him.. We talk normally.. with an excited voice and she talks purposly in this high pitched voice to him.. i think she's trying to make her voice sound entertaining for him (I've told her several times now that we can just talk normally too him and he's picking up new words soo fast and logically we couldnt be constantly making funny voices to our lil fid thats around us all day lol)

Does anyone think her sounding different could be the cause of Kiwi's distaste for her?

hmm that's a good question. i've never thought about voice tone before. lol i talk to my birds like they are babies sometimes, and in normal voice at other times. louie doesn't like ian's mom. he doesn't turn his back on her, but certainly won't pass up an opportunity to bite her. luckily for her she has learned to not give him that opportunity any longer.

maybe she smells different to him?

kris

lol maybe i dont know.. just thought it was interesting... we shall see if he comes around more at all with her

Clyde absolutely freaked when my in-laws came over and squawked and bit the side of his cage and just had a FIT. Today MY mom came over and he was completely different. He even made kissy noises for her, and talked, and whistled and was just as congenial as all get-out. Nary a squawk out of him. And he'd never seen her before, either. They're odd little creatures and seem to take violent likes and dislikes with no discernible reason for it. And both times I was right there, so it wasn't that he didn't have someone familiar nearby.

Maybe Mom is trying too hard... I think she should play hard-to-get for a while.
My mom and dad both try too hard with Eli and they are the only ones he'll lunge at!

hah That's a great idea I had him out with my parents yesterday and he hopped right onto my dad's finger no prob and just eyed my mom lol

Definitely gonna try the hard to get and maybe the rescue technique

Hello I am a new owner of a baby Quaker (can't wait to get back home to it)!!! As I read your posts I am wondering if they pick up on our feeling when they act this way towards certain people? I will have to wait and post after we have the in-law visit.

I'm not really sure! If that were true then Kiwi should LOVE my mom cause my mom and I do get along great!

I think in this case she sounds different to him and he doesn't like it or it could be that he is just excersizing his right as a parrot to be choosey over who he is going to allow to be his friends lol... with some work i'm sure he'll come around

I think if you socialize your new baby with lots of people including your in-law it should be ok... what our qp DOES pick up on though is whether a person is nervous in handling him.. he takes his opportunity then to try and establish himself quickly as the top bird..usually a few step ups and firm "be gentle's" with lots of handling fixes the issue..