Comments on: Baby Bird Behavior http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/baby-bird-behavior/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:44:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Misty http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/baby-bird-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-12545 Misty Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:22:19 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-12545 Hello we have just purchased a baby quaker parrot 9 1/2 wks old. I was looking for something to tell me how to know if the bird is content or aggitated. Like when she bobs her head or shakes it like she is saying "no" and squeeks. I want to learn what her mannerisms mean so we know if what we are doing is making her happy or nervous. If you have any info on something like this, please let me know Sincerely Misty Hello we have just purchased a baby quaker parrot 9 1/2 wks old. I was looking for something to tell me how to know if the bird is content or aggitated. Like when she bobs her head or shakes it like she is saying “no” and squeeks. I want to learn what her mannerisms mean so we know if what we are doing is making her happy or nervous.
If you have any info on something like this, please let me know
Sincerely
Misty

]]> By: Jamieleigh http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/baby-bird-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-12515 Jamieleigh Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:53:28 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-12515 Sounds like your bird really is just happy to see you. Dave hand fed our African Grey, Cressi, and she still does the same thing to him when spending time cuddling with him. That is very normal and seen in many parrots. Bondi's was more about the idea of GETTING our attention from doing the behavior vs enjoying the attention she was currently getting. And she didn't do it to us, only to objects. I wouldn't worry about your conure doing it to you when it does, it is affection in your case. The foot tapping reference was a diet issue. Bondi was getting too many pellets and not enough fruit, veggies and grains in her diet and began very slight "foot tapping" behavior that occurs when the diet needs a change. It can lead to the bird actually biting its feet off because it can no longer control them. Turned out Bondi was barely showing the signs and it could have been behavioral but she stopped any notion of it once changed to more fresher foods vs all pellets. Hope that cleared some things up for you! Sounds like your bird really is just happy to see you. Dave hand fed our African Grey, Cressi, and she still does the same thing to him when spending time cuddling with him. That is very normal and seen in many parrots. Bondi’s was more about the idea of GETTING our attention from doing the behavior vs enjoying the attention she was currently getting. And she didn’t do it to us, only to objects. I wouldn’t worry about your conure doing it to you when it does, it is affection in your case.

The foot tapping reference was a diet issue. Bondi was getting too many pellets and not enough fruit, veggies and grains in her diet and began very slight “foot tapping” behavior that occurs when the diet needs a change. It can lead to the bird actually biting its feet off because it can no longer control them. Turned out Bondi was barely showing the signs and it could have been behavioral but she stopped any notion of it once changed to more fresher foods vs all pellets.

Hope that cleared some things up for you!

]]> By: pamela http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/baby-bird-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-12472 pamela Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:10:23 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-12472 i read this piece and have a question: my jenday does that when i first come down in the morning to say hello - she puts her beak between my two fingers and quivers and squeaks and flaps her wings. i thought she was just excited to see me; some behavior going back to her 'mother', but now i have no idea what that behavior means. what do the 'hand feeding' (other than the obvious) and the 'foot tapping' referenced mean? -pamela i read this piece and have a question: my jenday does that when i first come down in the morning to say hello – she puts her beak between my two fingers and quivers and squeaks and flaps her wings. i thought she was just excited to see me; some behavior going back to her ‘mother’, but now i have no idea what that behavior means. what do the ‘hand feeding’ (other than the obvious) and the ‘foot tapping’ referenced mean?

-pamela

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