OtterKin
New member
- Mar 22, 2011
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- Parrots
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Squirrel-GCC (suspected male),
Alice- female cockatiel,
Beattle- male lineolated parakeet,
No name yet- female lineolated parakeet
Dingo- male American budgie,
Darwin- male English Budgie
Hello all.
Alice, my 1 year old female tiel, preens a TON. She doesn't pluck, and her plumage looks healthy, so is this normal? It just seems that all she's doing when she's out of her cage is preening, preening, preening. I have seen her preen in her cage, but not to the extent she does when she's out. She's done this since I got her in January. I brought her to a nature camp to be introduced to 12 6-7 years olds (they could look but not touch), and she preened the whole time she was on my hand.
Is this a nervous habit, or are other female tiels also obsessed with their feathers? If it's nervous, then why does she want to come out of her cage only to become nervous?
Alice, my 1 year old female tiel, preens a TON. She doesn't pluck, and her plumage looks healthy, so is this normal? It just seems that all she's doing when she's out of her cage is preening, preening, preening. I have seen her preen in her cage, but not to the extent she does when she's out. She's done this since I got her in January. I brought her to a nature camp to be introduced to 12 6-7 years olds (they could look but not touch), and she preened the whole time she was on my hand.
Is this a nervous habit, or are other female tiels also obsessed with their feathers? If it's nervous, then why does she want to come out of her cage only to become nervous?
