Redditor Unknowingly Teaches Their Pet Birds To Dance, Forces Family To Dance For The Amusement Of The Birds Too

"They're the type of birds that once they start singing they won't stop"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• December 7, 2022

Even though your pet yellow-tailed parrot may not appear aggressive, they do enjoy music. It's not strange that your small friend will start bobbing to the beat when a song with a nice rhythm starts playing.

Or perhaps your bird will start whistling along when a song that involves whistling or the sound of birds fills the air. Your cockatiel will be more interested in listening to music than watching television all the time.

A terrific way to uplift and entertain your cockatiel is through music. Therefore, you are free to play your favorite music whenever you want around your cockatiel.

You'll notice that your bird enjoys music when you choose to play it for him or her, even if they aren't dancing. Your cockatiel might even start dancing to the music you play, and in some cases, it might even pick up the song and start to "sing" it.

You'll also find that your cockatiel will appreciate your music if you play an instrument. The OP in today's story has four cockatiels, all of which are tamed and can be handled.

One of the birds mimics everything the OP says to him. The OP taught him to smack his face on his perch and dance when they tap a certain way on the wall, and the other male started to copy.

Now the OP has created dancing machines that shriek for over an hour if you refuse to dance with them.  

The OP writes

The bird tax has been paid

Males tend to be a lot more talkative and they tend to mimic things a lot easier

They've started SHRIEKING if you don't dance with them

They're the type of birds that once they start singing they won't stop

A little edit added by the OP after viewing some of the comments

And below are a bunch of the top comments from Redditors

Going over to your house to watch a ball game

This Redditor would never visit the OP's house again

This Redditor doesn't believe birds are real

For this Redditor, the story's unique

The OP wants to leave them to chill out

Dead silent the rest of the day

The effort of getting up and going downstairs

Shrieking isn't going to yield a response they like

The OP lives with the dad and the sister comes by on weekends

Don't turn a you problem into an everyone problem

Birds are insanely intelligent animals

It's really no difference than greeting a dog

The funniest thing this Redditor has read all week

The OP's dad loves animals

You're saying this bothers nobody

The Redditor won't go into the OP's home again

The only way

Cockatiels are extremely social birds that communicate verbally. They frequently sing to one another as well.

They sing for a variety of purposes, some of which include establishing their dominance or attracting a cockatiel of the opposing sex. Since cockatiels are birds that are naturally predisposed to sing, it is not surprising that they also appreciate music. 

Maryjane