Hi, we have a yellow nape that has been with us for 24 years. She is a well-behaved bird, very sweet and loving.
One thing she likes to do that isn't so great is make a big mess outside her cage with whatever we put in the bottom of it. We've tried a number of things and using newspaper seems to work best. Lately though, she has been going to the bottom and shreds the paper and runs around underneath it and bangs her beak on the bottom of the cage tray. I am guessing she is trying to nest, but not sure.
If it's a nest she wants, should we think about getting her a nesting box, even though we are not breeding and she is our only bird?
One thing she likes to do that isn't so great is make a big mess outside her cage with whatever we put in the bottom of it. We've tried a number of things and using newspaper seems to work best. Lately though, she has been going to the bottom and shreds the paper and runs around underneath it and bangs her beak on the bottom of the cage tray. I am guessing she is trying to nest, but not sure.
If it's a nest she wants, should we think about getting her a nesting box, even though we are not breeding and she is our only bird?