How do you threaten your birds?

[Xoetix]

If you don’t threaten them, that’s cool.

But I definitely do

Most common go-to: Reminding them (usually Tteok) I know a number of ways to cook a chicken.

After that would be “I’ll throw your butt outside if you don’t knock it off.”

 

[Mizzely]

I tell him if he doesn't like what I give him, he's free to go outside and forage like the wild birds.

 

[Pixiebeak]

I don't.
I do laugh and call them silly And dramatic

 

[Xoetix]

I don't.
I do laugh and call them silly And dramatic

Isadora might be learning the words “drama llama” with how often I tell her she’s being one

 

[Pixiebeak]

Isadora might be learning the words “drama llama” with how often I tell her she’s being one

I love drama Llama

 

[Toy]

Jengo CAG....I tell her, if she's being nasty, that she won't get any pistachio nuts for a week. Always works.

Jasmine.... I/we just tell her to get her beak off my curtains. They look like swiss cheese anyway.

JaJaBinks (previous macaw)....I'd tell her I was going to get her butt feathers, which meat she was to get back on her cage & off the stand or out of the food jars. I'd give a upward swipe of her tail feathers. Working on the same with JaKhu.

JaKhu....if you break your cage you won't have any place to live.

 

[tka]

Once made mine watch Masterchef contestants maul a pigeon breast on TV. They seemed entirely unmoved.

 

[Sparkles99]

If they bicker with each other, I threaten to tell my twin. It usually works. They value her good opinion.

 

[Wally&Eva]

Sometimes in the winter, when it’s rainy or snowing, I will open the front door wide and challenge my cat to leave. She doesn’t do anything wrong but sometimes they just have to know how good they have it haha

 

[flyzipper]

"You can't sit with me if you're going to yell", is probably my harshest.
Perhaps, "he'll kick your a$$ if you're not careful", when Jericho is posturing aggressively at Oscar (who is 2x his size).

 

[Xoetix]

"You can't sit with me if you're going to yell", is probably my harshest.
Perhaps, "he'll kick your a$$ if you're not careful", when Jericho is posturing aggressively at Oscar (who is 2x his size).

Tteok got the same from me about Isadora earlier - she was eating and he decided to “man up” at her and I’m sitting there like “my dude, she’ll eat you and you’ll probably deserve it” as she’s stepping back from him wondering what his problem is.

 

[Tyrion]

My mom threatens my dogs when they dont eat their breakfast in a timely manner ..."Youll not a a single bit more if you dont eat " They just look at her and snack for the rest of the morning it drives her crazy

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

I tell kiwi no more millet, she’ll usually stop

If banana is misbehaving I usually tell her I ran out of chicken

 

[Icey]

I tell him if he doesn't like what I give him, he's free to go outside and forage like the wild birds.

Omg that's priceless!!!

 

[Icey]

If Frankie is fussing for the point of fussing, I'll say "aww poor baby you must be tired" in a sweet voice followed by "stop it right now or you'll go beddie byes" in a harsher tone.
He gets it real quick and stops, so of course he get a pistachio nut for being good.

 

[AussieBird]

Dont remember if I threaten mine
I call them all sorts of names though, and the same name can also be used affectionately

 

[cnyguy]

When Ralph misbehaves I usually tell him I'm going to donate him to the zoo. If he gets persistently squawky I tell him I'm going to trade him in for a nice quiet bowl of goldfish. I used to tell George the YCA that I was going to make roast parrot for dinner if he didn't shape up. He would always laugh at me when I said that.

 

[Xoetix]

Dont remember if I threaten mine
I call them all sorts of names though, and the same name can also be used affectionately

Oh, mine hear lots of… errr… “Colorful” names throughout the day, depending on what they’re getting into.

Or what they’re breaking Isadora flung my phone off the table when I got up to pull a cake out of the oven. Cracked the screen protector and the thunk was hard enough to make my cake fall a bit. She got quite the earful.

 

[AussieBird]

Oh, mine hear lots of… errr… “Colorful” names throughout the day, depending on what they’re getting into.

My name calling is actually very mild it's the feeling behind the word/s that counts

 

[Wally&Eva]

Eva, don’t bite me or Wally will get you. That’s not a threat, it’s a warning and by then, he’s already confronting her. He is really protective of me