Lullx
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- Mar 6, 2015
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- Parrots
- Nephele - Baby CAG | Genevieve & Phaedrus - Green Cheeks | Lucy - Lutino Cockatiel | Ludo, Zero & Anzu - Budgerigars
I got Genevieve when she was about three months old, and freshly weaned. After a few days of being with me, she started doing this weird head bobbing motion, which kind of looked like she was trying to mimic the general idea of regurgitation.
I actually caught a short video recently of her doing it.
She's nearing a year old now, and still does it regularly. She often does it when she's hungry, if I've had her away from her food bowls for a while. She eats on her own just fine, she just likes doing this to alert me that she'd like to stop playing/snuggling/nesting in my hair and go eat.
But lately she's been uh... Attempting to regurgitate at my other GCC, Phaedrus. She grabs the top of his beak, near the cere, and just bobs her head up and down rapidly. Her beak is firmly holding the top half of his.
Nothing ever comes up, because she's not regurgitating properly. Phae accepts this like a champ, and will just sit there with his beak in her mouth until she gets bored and walks away.
Is this some weird leftover from weaning as a baby? Should she learn how to do it properly as she gets older? Or is this something else that I'm totally lost about?
I actually caught a short video recently of her doing it.
She's nearing a year old now, and still does it regularly. She often does it when she's hungry, if I've had her away from her food bowls for a while. She eats on her own just fine, she just likes doing this to alert me that she'd like to stop playing/snuggling/nesting in my hair and go eat.
But lately she's been uh... Attempting to regurgitate at my other GCC, Phaedrus. She grabs the top of his beak, near the cere, and just bobs her head up and down rapidly. Her beak is firmly holding the top half of his.
Nothing ever comes up, because she's not regurgitating properly. Phae accepts this like a champ, and will just sit there with his beak in her mouth until she gets bored and walks away.
Is this some weird leftover from weaning as a baby? Should she learn how to do it properly as she gets older? Or is this something else that I'm totally lost about?