preening behavior

whenever tiago wants to have a preening session, he always goes for either my ear or my lip. He knows how to be gentle and doesnt nibble too hard. I know about human saliva supposedly being toxic to birds, but ive heard mixed things. Ive been trying to redirect him from my lips though just in...

My quaker parrot which I have had for about 3 weeks now, is obsessed with preening me. I'm not even joking. Once he got comfortable with me, it started with hands- he plucked out dead skin and sometimes even hair. Sometime later he moved to my face and today he insisted on licking my teeth...

My GCC Rudy is almost 1 year old, he has free roam during the day and only eats and sleeps in his cage. I change his toys over weekly and I am always buying new treats and toys for him. He has been moulting recently and has many new pin feathers however I came home from work today and there is a...

I have a Green Cheek Conure and he is maybe 8 years old. He is a healthy bird, and his feathers are shiny without any black banding. He has plenty of toys, and we take him out of the cage all day. Recently he has been over preening. He would groom and then squeak and a small puff feather would...

Hi all! I have two female GCCs who are finally getting along well enough to preen each other peacefully, but one of them (the older female that we have had 3+ years) is not just preening her flock mate’s head but also her tail, back, wings, and even using the baby’s (who is 4 months) preening...