PamnJay
New member
- Mar 31, 2022
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- Parrots
- Ozzy the 6 year old male Eclectus and Taz the 2 year old male White-faced Cockatoo
Hi,
We adopted a 6 year old Ekkie named Ozzy and he is a sweet boy (mostly ). We understand the screeching and screaming and use earplugs when he gets really loud, we get he like attention and frankly he had a pretty lonely few years. But he does this unusual stance both inside of and on top of his cage and wonder if anyone has seen anything similar and want to make sure it isn't a health issue, like the wing flipping. Firstly, he was on pellets for a while, I don't know how long and they were fortified, those are out the window now and he is down to 2 Nutri-berries a week. He eats veggies and fruit with the odd pumpkin seed, we are adopting a better food routine for him, but can't everything at once. I have attached a couple videos of him, please let me know if we should be worried or if it is hormones, he those too!! Thanks,
J
I guess videos are too big to post here...
His stance looks as follows, he bends over so hi body is pretty much horizontal, head looking forward. HIs wings spread out a bit, maybe an inch from him body and they shake. He has also screeched while doing this. He also has this super-loud high pitched tone he puts out. It reminds me of the Velociraptors on Jurassic Park but much louder and like 3 decibels higher. It is brutal...
I was able to get a few pics, but it isn't the same.
J
We adopted a 6 year old Ekkie named Ozzy and he is a sweet boy (mostly ). We understand the screeching and screaming and use earplugs when he gets really loud, we get he like attention and frankly he had a pretty lonely few years. But he does this unusual stance both inside of and on top of his cage and wonder if anyone has seen anything similar and want to make sure it isn't a health issue, like the wing flipping. Firstly, he was on pellets for a while, I don't know how long and they were fortified, those are out the window now and he is down to 2 Nutri-berries a week. He eats veggies and fruit with the odd pumpkin seed, we are adopting a better food routine for him, but can't everything at once. I have attached a couple videos of him, please let me know if we should be worried or if it is hormones, he those too!! Thanks,
J
I guess videos are too big to post here...
His stance looks as follows, he bends over so hi body is pretty much horizontal, head looking forward. HIs wings spread out a bit, maybe an inch from him body and they shake. He has also screeched while doing this. He also has this super-loud high pitched tone he puts out. It reminds me of the Velociraptors on Jurassic Park but much louder and like 3 decibels higher. It is brutal...
I was able to get a few pics, but it isn't the same.
J