Kili Senegal Parrot - Petting and Purring Parrot

Here's a video where Senegal Parrot personality really shows. I walked in and Kili got really excited to see me so I grabbed the camera to share this. Her eyes started pinning and she was clicking her beak (and vocalizing a little too). If you listen really closely (and I put up notes when it happens to warn you), you can hear her purr. It's very quiet and hard to hear so you may have to turn up your speakers. It's the cutest thing though.

Cape Parrot Update: Vet visit Friday, getting shipped to me Tuesday next week. As soon as I get the parrot, all details will be on the blog and discussions on the forum:

http://trainedparrot.com
http://theparrotforum.com

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• Purring
• Parrot
• Kil
• Senegal
• Purr
• Eyes
• Pinn
• Pet
• Scratch
• Scritch
• Talk

[TCC4U]

kili doesn't like being patted like that. no bird or animal does. when she makes that "purring" sound she's actually angry/annoyed. at least that was the case with my parrots. it's a sign of aggressiveness. she even tries to bite him, but doesn't because she knows better.

[kiliparrot]

@TCC4U Clearly, you don't know anything about parrots and can't tell a happy parrot when you see one.

[TCC4U]

@kiliparrot oh well, just tried to help, i'm sure you know better . sorry if i have offended.

[kiliparrot]

@TCC4U If Kili didn't like it, she'd fly away. Instead she flies over to me every day just to be pet this way. Purring, eye pinning, etc are signs of excitement. To understand if it's happy excitement or aggressive you have to look at it in context. If the bird is biting/fleeing, then it's aggressive excitement but if it's bending its head down asking for more, it's about the highest level of parrot happiness you can achieve.

[kiliparrot]

Dunno if you guys follow my blog or not but I just posted new pictures I got from the breeder of the Cape. A full update on the Cape progress is available on trainedparrot (link in the description for video). As soon as I get the bird, posts are going to become much more frequent (something between daily and every other day).

[diana20alx]

-frumos.

[karaLUVEanime]

I have a question,im getting a Senegal soon and she doesn't trust people enough to let you touch her head,and she is also scared of hands,she will step up on to an arm and sit on your shoulder but doesn't step up for hands or let you touch her head.Any advice?

[EatBreatheSleepSport]

What's that thing he/she does at 2.23 mean? Like the regurgitating? My parrot always does it, I've always wondered what it means?

[halfbakedc00kie]

@kiliparrot Yeah :) My senegal's exactly the same except he always regurgitates food for me :(

[ArtemisCelestia]

Kinda hard to tell who's purring when you have a happy cat on your lap. xD

[Shannoniscool666]

Watch my bird videos!:)

[sushimagushi2]

is Kili a boy?

[superspiffz]

@TCC4U I think you are thinking of cats... they dont like to be pet the opposite way... but its different for parrots. I do that to my sennies too and they LOVE it and it feels soooo good. Maybe the same feeling as a ear swab in our ears when cleaning lol...

[shaykaiify]

@kiliparrot i agree my parrot makes purring sounds when she's mad too.. but that dont mean your doing a bad job.. my parrot isnt as abedient thats why im lookin up your videos lol but we working on it =)

[barry0744]

My, Senegal, Jay Jay, loves neck rubs. In fact, he will not come out of his cage until he gets his massage. As soon as I open his cage door, his head goes down to the perch.