Meditation and fids??

[MollyMouse]

Hi everyone
Was just wondering if anyone here does meditation and has it had any effect on your birds? I have just started to include my quaker Molly. I have her in the room with me with some relaxation music and I meditate for a short while. I find she really quiets down (as she is always so noisy) Maybe it's the relaxed atmosphere or music? Not sure but it seemed to work. Does anyone here use music around their birds?

 

[GG.]

I play music, but usually something pretty up tempo

I like your idea and might try something a little more relaxing and see how it affects them

 

[Holiday]

Maybe it's the relaxed atmosphere or music? Not sure but it seemed to work. Does anyone here use music around their birds?

Mine seem to like it when I sing to them, but Elvis won't let me play much music (she really dislikes loud sounds). The slow soothing stuff sometimes works okay, though...

 

[4Z Birds]

I don't meditate, but my birds LOVE music!...Calypso music and old musical soundtracks for party time (I have one BF here who LOVES "The Sound of Music"...tries to sing along off key...mostly la, la, LA!!!!).

When the decibel level gets too loud, my husband will play something soothing...not sure if he does it for the birds or himself!

By the way, MollyMouse, I love the Molly picture in your signature! I just want to mush on those cheeks!!!

 

[Big Blues]

All of our birds love low volume easy listening music to fall asleep at night.

 

[Kayaker]

Mine like music, but when Bridgette my green wing starts to get loud, I put on the Beatles, she immediately starts singing to it, LA LA LA, Its fun because she stops singing between tunes and only sings along with the words.

 

[birdlvr466]

I play the Oldies station during the day for the birds when we are at work. I have some pet meditation CD's that I have used with them. They are pretty cool.

 

[suncoast]

Well I've never tried meditation but when I tried yoga I had a little Lovie running in and out of my sleeve, up and down my back and hanging off my hair in my face. Needless to say it was not relaxing, but it was fun.

Ginger

 

[emilybsharp]

ive never tried it, but i would like to start!!! great idea, i kept wanting to read this thread but i kept wandering off

 

[JLcribber]

Well I've never tried meditation but when I tried yoga I had a little Lovie running in and out of my sleeve, up and down my back and hanging off my hair in my face. Needless to say it was not relaxing, but it was fun.

Ginger

Meditation and cockatoo is a contradiction in terms!!!

 

[MollyMouse]

you could be right there John!!

 

[LittleBirdAirlines]

My bird Nibbles loves music. I play-up beat stuff and down tempo. Animals cannot understand "music" as a whole because they do not have rhythm, but the calm low tones they can definitely recognize. I've never seen my bird still for more than a few seconds and when she is I get scared XD (if you see a conure that isn't being goofy you might want to take it to the vet! Hehe!) But I do play a lot of lounge/chill out music normally during the day and it seems to calm her greatly sometimes. But... she'll never stop moving x3 I don't think it's 100% the music (part of it though) but the fact that you are showing them "it's time to chill out".

Birds are little balls of energy. It all depends on the bird/environment IMO.

During the night my bird likes it a loooooot. During the day... depends on Miss Attitude's mood. x3 But god forbid I try to sing to her, even lowly. She thinks I'm trying to talk to her most of the time and started chirping back. Or sometimes she just plain old tells me to SHUT up in her own special way, by getting in my face and shoving her beak in my mouth. Or nips. XD Like okay.. I get it. Gross little bird haha.

If you need anything relaxing send me a PM. I have an entire computer full of... well everything.