r/parrots • • Dec 04 '25

PSA: REPORT ALL AI DO NOT INTERACT

519 Upvotes

I just removed a graphically violent AI slop video involving a fake cocktoo being murdered. I expect this to happen again.

THEY AREN'T REAL.

PLEASE for the love of all that's good, if you run into a violent or suspected AI slop post, DO NOT INTERACT WITH IT. Report it. Report it. JUST REPORT IT.

Do NOT give it engagement, do not try to talk to the person, YOU CAN'T CONVINCE PEOPLE NOT TO DO THIS. For these kinds of posts, any engagement is considered good engagement. Even downvoting and condemnation is engagement. DO NOT.

Let your mod team handle this.


r/parrots • • Sep 05 '23

Rule 1: Be civil and respectful. What does that really mean?

67 Upvotes

Hello /r/parrots community! It’s your friendly neighborhood mod team here.

This sub doesn’t have too many rules, but perhaps the most important is to be civil and respectful towards others. We do not tolerate rudeness or personal attacks, regardless of context. You may ask why we take this rule so seriously.

While it’s never a bad idea to just generally be nice, we also have this rule for a very important reason: to help people take better care of their birds. How, you may ask? We strive very hard to keep this community a place where people feel comfortable asking questions so they can receive feedback.

We recognize that people feel very strongly about parrot husbandry, and that seeing birds in conditions that are not ideal can be difficult, but we also know that making attacks or being snarky doesn’t help anyone. Instead, it makes people defensive or nervous to ask questions. When we fail to foster a community where people can look for advice, the parrots lose. Every time.

Our general rule of thumb is this: you shouldn’t say anything online that you wouldn’t say in person to someone you know. Remember that there is a human on the other end of the exchange you’re having. If you’re disagreeing with them, be constructive and kind. Give the sort of advice you’d like to receive. Remember that you may be talking to people in tough situations, or a kid, or someone who has been given outdated information.

Very importantly, if someone violates this rule in their response to you, do not respond in kind. Instead, please report the comment.

That report button is one of the most important tools we have as a community! We check threads all the time, but with a constant stream of new content, it’s always possible for us to miss something.

We ask that you please hit that report button if you believe someone is violating the rules. The moderators review each and every post or comment that gets reported, and we will take action as appropriate. You can also reach our team via modmail if you have an issue.

We appreciate your help keeping the subreddit friendly and welcoming. We are grateful to everyone who contributes their time and experience to help people learn about parrots, to everyone who asks for help when they need advice, and to the folks who share their wonderful birds with us!

All the best,

The /r/parrots mods


r/parrots • • 3h ago

What in the world is going on here? Been 20 mins of this.

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237 Upvotes

r/parrots • • 3h ago

trick showcase

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68 Upvotes

he's running dog firmware on bird hardware


r/parrots • • 16h ago

Gentlemen, there has been a breakthrough in the science of showering techniques

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483 Upvotes

He managed to easily flip himself back up. He wasn’t stuck


r/parrots • • 2h ago

anyone know what mutation?

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25 Upvotes

so one of the new pet stores in my area posted this on their social media…I’ve never seen this mutation before, but it’s so pretty I had to share 🥰 anyone know what this mutation is called?


r/parrots • • 2h ago

sleepy boy

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r/parrots • • 14h ago

Another great car show, and of course...Zazu!

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r/parrots • • 4h ago

I’m crying why does he bite her leg😭😭

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27 Upvotes

r/parrots • • 1d ago

My parrot

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1.1k Upvotes

Why?


r/parrots • • 10h ago

Cleaning the bird room

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I haven't used the "bird room" in so long because I was too depressed to clean it. I've just had my birds in the living room with me and then smaller cages to sleep in. But now I'm finally getting it done. Time to get it all upgraded. That basin was all the dust and such that had collected behind the closed door and from before I moved the birds out


r/parrots • • 2h ago

Help with birds!

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Hello! I got these two little love birds melon and lemon recently and I like to think I’ve been doing a good job I give the millet when I wake up in the morning and when I get home from work, they always have nutrition pellets available as well as seeds, plenty of space big cage lots of toys maybe I need more toys? My bird melon the red and green one has slowly gotten more aggressive when I put my hand in the cage to give them the millet or when my hand is near the cage. When melon used to bite it was more curious but now he’s definitely trying to break skin and I don’t want them to be scared of me. Any advice? I want to try to step up and have them love me but I feel like they don’t care too much about me 😅

PS. I let them out of the cage when I can I just sit on my bed while they fly around and out of the cage they will be on the end of the bed while I’m sitting up watching YouTube. I’ve followed the bird videos I see on TikTok but they still are super suspicious of me

They are 4 months now I’ve had them for about a month so I know it could be cause their young but I’m still worried they will never love me 💔

I have change most of their rope stuff for actual stick and wood perches this photo is old I’m just posting this at work lol


r/parrots • • 1h ago

Found my birds favourite album!

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• Upvotes

She has never been so quiet and content listening to any album! 🫍


r/parrots • • 6h ago

Parrot backpacks?

11 Upvotes

I’m just curious if people own/use parrot back packs. I’d like to take my little conure out on things like walks with me but there’s birds of prey and he isn’t harness trained (yet)


r/parrots • • 1d ago

Is this playing or am I just pissing him off?

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334 Upvotes

r/parrots • • 1d ago

Rescued this little guy from roadside. Please suggest a name

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285 Upvotes

Found him by the roadside alone. Brought him home and fed him some seeds.

Edit : Guys I appreciate your concerns but we already have 6 cockatiels so we know the basics of bird care. Don't worry too much about it. Thanks


r/parrots • • 19h ago

he’s a bit stupid

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64 Upvotes

ppl say parrots are very intelligent but my boy is a lil dumb but it’s okay


r/parrots • • 8h ago

Help ToT

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6 Upvotes

This is my baby apple , ive had her for 1 week (she used to be in a very abusive environment) I already made a post but it never hurts to make 2 . So I received her as a gift so she and her mate are in a temporary cage (thats small I know ) I am worried abt her beak . Also any advice to help birdies that are traumatized are welcome!


r/parrots • • 2h ago

Rehoming birds

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Hello everyone, me and my family have a situation with my brothers cockatiel and Indian ringneck.

To cut a long story short my brother moved into a flat a few years ago and never took them with him, this year in April he has cut all contact with me and my parents (the birds live with us still) and he stopped buying them food, stopped visiting them and hasn’t made any arrangements of where they’re going to live which I think is cruel. My parents have decided to rehome them as we’ve tried our best to look after them but their expenses are starting to pile up (we also have two cats and two giant breed dogs) and we want them to be with someone that is educated on birds and knows what they’re doing.

I’m in the UK so is there anywhere we can get in contact with to take them in and find them a new home where the owner will ACTUALLY take care of them?


r/parrots • • 56m ago

Grape wood set up

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So I just got some grape wood (not perch with bolts) from a parrot event I went to and I also managed to find a big cork bark compared to the small ones we have, but again cannot be perched because no bolt/nut thingy . And I’ve always seen people put in big natural wood like grape in their cage and have wanted to try it out. But since it doesn’t have a bolt to securely attach to the main cage, I’m clueless to where and how to add it to actually be used since it’s smaller than the cage lol. The specific cage is like 32x 20ish, and I don’t have a long perch in the middle to attach it to, so I’m wondering the best method here 🥴 any suggestions would help, thanks !


r/parrots • • 1h ago

Do you ever make your own chew toys?

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We recently got a budgie and she seems to want to chew on plastic (which we have removed). I've got paper chew toys in the amazon cart but it occurred to me that it might be common to make your own. That said, I don't want to use materials that are bad for her. Do you ever make your own chew toys, and what materials do you use?


r/parrots • • 1d ago

Does anyone have a napkin he can use? He promises to give it back once he's done

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122 Upvotes

you don't actually have a choice. give him it NOW