Why is my parakeet acting up?

I love Chipper, but lately he's been driving me nuts! He's getting really clingy. It seems like whenever I leave the room, he starts squawking his little head off. He has plenty of toys in his cage, and I buy him new ones all the time. I give him a lot of attention, and I take him out of his cage and hold him and pet him several times a day. Sometimes he'll even sit on my shoulder and watch tv with me, or he'll sit with me when I use my laptop computer. But then he still sometimes chirps and squawks because he wants me to take him out of the cage. I really like that he's being so friendly, but he's starting to act up now. What is really getting me frustrated is that he keeps spilling his water bowl. I know he's doing it on purpose! He bites it and tugs on it, like he's trying to knock it down. He's been doing it for a few days now. He spills the water and makes a mess in his cage. I just cleaned his cage yesterday, and I had to clean it again twice today! I moved his food and water bowls, so I'm hoping maybe that will get him to stop. But can you guys think of any reasons why he is acting like this? He has plenty of toys, I give him a lot of attention, and physically he seems perfectly fine. Everything looks normal. He just has some major birdie behavior problems!

First off you should find a way to secure chippers water bowl so it can't be spilled, or try a heavier bowl. You should also check out foraging toys, these are fantastic, there are some great toys you can buy(Rosie loves the wheel of fortune and foraging boxes) but you can also be creative and make some homemade things. I usually have a foraging box in Rosie's cage but I only put the wheel of fortune in occasion, or when I'm leaving the house.

From what I understand budgies are very social birds, and given their small size and large flocks they must feel safer in groups to avoid bing targeted by predators. As for chirping budgies tend to be pretty vocal. Try making a small noise or whistle you can turn into a flock call so chipper knows were you are. I do that with Rosie.