is black a bad colour??

[Blank123]

Okay so I've got two gorgeous parakeets/budgies and I've noticed that anytime I get close to the birdcage and I'm wearing something black like a sweater or something my budgies freak out. I sometimes where dark coloured wrist supports which I have to take off now when I handle the birds because they are terrified of them. they're fine with my light coloured support though and even like to play with it. but I cannot figure out why black should upset them so much. As far as I'm aware they haven't gone through anything traumatic connected to that color.

so is there an instinctual reason for my birds to be afraid of the colour black?

 

[qpmomma]

Some birds are just scared of a certain color. I don't know why. I heard of a person who had a grey and one time she walked out of the shower with a white towel on her head and the bird freaked. She could wear any other color but that white towel. I've never had that problem before. My quaker doesn't like it when I wear long sleeves, sweatshirts, coats, ect. If I do she will be very agressive toward it and bite it. I don't know why.

Good luck with it. And congratulations on the birds!

Christina

 

[Blank123]

thanks for the info.

I was wondering if maybe black represented some predator but I guess my boys are just being little weirdos