Body Language Series!
Added 2023-09-05 14:00:05 +0000 UTCToday's video features a cockatiel, galah and conure!
Comments
My conure would do that lawnmower thing too. Whenever I would set them on the bathroom counter. I thought it was cute and funny, but certainly came across as territorial to me.
Khellendros05
2023-09-06 15:56:27 +0000 UTCIt's funny how so many bird behaviors that are the most adorable are at the same time hormonal and heightened. My Hahn's bobs his head like he is dancing when he hears repetitive music or sounds. Songs with lalala or dahdahdah, and if he hears ice shaking in a shaker cup. It's so cute and looks like he is dancing. I know better than to touch him when he's "dancing". That's just asking for a bite. He also clicks his beak when he's annoyed. I've been trying to capture both behaviors into dancing to the Adam's Family theme song. Dancing while I sing then doing two beak clicks at the "snap snap" part. We are about halfway there. He knows when to click but not always two or the two clicks are too far apart. We're getting there slowly because he still gets too worked up dancing and clicking. Have to keep those sessions short and casual.
Holden Kendrick
2023-09-05 19:42:02 +0000 UTCMy Putin in first video (cockatiel again) that is so right! He often gets a little frisky with his rope toy but higher up. So I never thought about him courting the rope from that level. He uses all of the cage because I hide treats at all levels in toys. He is a biter anyway. Like he won't step up, he has to jump up etc. He hasn't biten in ages because we target train and use permission based training. So yea I wouldn't love on him like this and yet I did encourage it because I thought it was super cute so thats something I should work on. Lots to unpack. More than I thought! Thank you. 😊
MeghanC
2023-09-05 16:24:11 +0000 UTCMy conure does this beak-dragging behavior in certain environments as well. It was most noticeable for us on a bed and it was associated with hormonal/pre-aggressive behaviors. I trained it into a behavior that we call "zippers" to take the hormones out of the behavior. That conure was definitely saying that perch was his! I've always been curious if this behavior is seen in wild conures because I would love to know how it serves them in the wild. Such nutty little creatures!
Shawnee Felts
2023-09-05 15:57:54 +0000 UTCThese are so helpful in learning more about birb behaviors. Thanks!
PsyFi40
2023-09-05 14:52:37 +0000 UTCMy cockatiel does that... his is totally hormonal. I like the idea of putting on que to distract from the behavior. My galah loves her boing & doing the screeching hanging upside down thing. She sometimes does it several times at different heights then drops to the bottom of the cage. With a cage that large I'd totally get a long boing or other levels for crazy play. I took a cotton boing & wrapped it with thin sisal rope to make it more safe.
Janene Gscuba
2023-09-05 14:35:39 +0000 UTC
