ct92404
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- Oct 14, 2012
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- Parrots
- My first bird was a parakeet named Buddy (passed away November 8, 2012). My newest friend is a parakeet named Chipper.
I mean that literally. I'll get to that in a minute.
My parakeet, Buddy, is doing very well after his close encounter with my mom's cat a while ago. (Which I posted a topic about earlier). He's also molting. So he's had it kind of rough lately. But he's getting back to his old self. He was in a really good mood today...he was chirping a lot and was very friendly. I took him out of his cage to hold him and pet him, and he was very calm. He liked me scratching his head, and he perched on my finger for a long time, just preening. And he seems less anxious to get back to his cage now. He's more comfortable to stay out and let me hold him for a longer time.
I've had Buddy for a little over 2 months now, and I've learned something else about his personality...he's very stubborn. When he wants to do something or go somewhere, he's going to do it regardless. Well, over the past couple of days or so, he's been doing something hilarious. When I take him out of his cage and pet him, he'll calmly sit in my hand for me to pet him for a while, but then he'll jump up on my shoulder and climbs up on my back. And then he won't get off! If I try to get him to step onto my hand, he'll just go over to my other shoulder, and I can't reach him. If I try to reach to that side of my back, he'll calmly walk over to the other side. And he keeps doing that. I know he's doing it on purpose. I think he found some kind of new game. He'll just sit calmly on my back, preening, or nibbling on my hair. Eventually, I can get him to step onto my finger, but he's stubborn about it. And even then sometimes he'll just jump right back on my shoulder.
It's not a problem, and I think it's pretty funny actually. I can walk around the room with him just calmly sitting on my shoulder or my back. I'm just curious about why he's doing this. He just started doing this. Is it because birds feel safer being up higher? Or is he trying to get closer to me? Or is he just trying to play some kind of game?
My parakeet, Buddy, is doing very well after his close encounter with my mom's cat a while ago. (Which I posted a topic about earlier). He's also molting. So he's had it kind of rough lately. But he's getting back to his old self. He was in a really good mood today...he was chirping a lot and was very friendly. I took him out of his cage to hold him and pet him, and he was very calm. He liked me scratching his head, and he perched on my finger for a long time, just preening. And he seems less anxious to get back to his cage now. He's more comfortable to stay out and let me hold him for a longer time.
I've had Buddy for a little over 2 months now, and I've learned something else about his personality...he's very stubborn. When he wants to do something or go somewhere, he's going to do it regardless. Well, over the past couple of days or so, he's been doing something hilarious. When I take him out of his cage and pet him, he'll calmly sit in my hand for me to pet him for a while, but then he'll jump up on my shoulder and climbs up on my back. And then he won't get off! If I try to get him to step onto my hand, he'll just go over to my other shoulder, and I can't reach him. If I try to reach to that side of my back, he'll calmly walk over to the other side. And he keeps doing that. I know he's doing it on purpose. I think he found some kind of new game. He'll just sit calmly on my back, preening, or nibbling on my hair. Eventually, I can get him to step onto my finger, but he's stubborn about it. And even then sometimes he'll just jump right back on my shoulder.
It's not a problem, and I think it's pretty funny actually. I can walk around the room with him just calmly sitting on my shoulder or my back. I'm just curious about why he's doing this. He just started doing this. Is it because birds feel safer being up higher? Or is he trying to get closer to me? Or is he just trying to play some kind of game?