Odd conure behavior?

[GaleriaGila]

Does anybody else's bird(s) do this? The Rb has always loved to manage a situation such that he can look at me upside down, from a perch, on his cage, from the curtain rods... wherever... and make these clicking sounds and flex his wings. What's this all about????? A macho display of worth? Play? Boredom?

Click!

 

[Dinosrawr]

The display looks almost like a sexual behaviour to me, almost like an invitation! Perhaps dear Ricky Bird is trying to manage the situation a bit differently from what you were imagining...

 

[GaleriaGila]

Well, that would figure. Ever watch the comic sitcom "Family Guy"? Rbird is the character 'Quagmire'... a real Don Juan minus the charm or good manners!

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Dinosrawr]

Giggity giggity! [emoji23]

 

[Notdumasilook]

When Booger hangs upside down from cage bars or perch hes wanting to play "pull my tail" or "tickle my belly'. When he hangs upside down from the brim of my hat he is wanting to wear my lips out giving sugar. When ever he does the lil "wing flick" thing its an expression of contentment... but it only happens when I put pressure on his back.. with my face or beard. Not a sexual thing... methinks its more a conure thing.

 

[plumsmum2005]

When Booger hangs upside down from cage bars or perch hes wanting to play "pull my tail" or "tickle my belly'. When he hangs upside down from the brim of my hat he is wanting to wear my lips out giving sugar. When ever he does the lil "wing flick" thing its an expression of contentment... but it only happens when I put pressure on his back.. with my face or beard. Not a sexual thing... methinks its more a conure thing.

Gosh are you sure?

 

[GaleriaGila]

GIGGITY-GIGGITY right back at ya, Dino!

 

[Dinosrawr]

When Booger hangs upside down from cage bars or perch hes wanting to play "pull my tail" or "tickle my belly'. When he hangs upside down from the brim of my hat he is wanting to wear my lips out giving sugar. When ever he does the lil "wing flick" thing its an expression of contentment... but it only happens when I put pressure on his back.. with my face or beard. Not a sexual thing... methinks its more a conure thing.

I wish it were just a conure thing - I have a close to 24/7 hormonal conure because she likes to rub her cloaca on her cage bars (can't exactly prevent that) or push things against her back as a sexual stimulus. It's gotten to the point where if I have her step up and hold her like I have in the past, her butt immediately goes into the air and her wings start flicking and those little clucks start coming in seconds.

I'm amazed at this point she hasn't laid any eggs, and we've been to the vet for it too at this point.

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

Why on earth would someone right the words "odd" and "conure" in the same sentence?

 

[GaleriaGila]

Skitty's Dad... I stand corrected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What was I THINNNNNNNNNNNNNNKING?????????????

 

[Notdumasilook]

When Booger hangs upside down from cage bars or perch hes wanting to play "pull my tail" or "tickle my belly'. When he hangs upside down from the brim of my hat he is wanting to wear my lips out giving sugar. When ever he does the lil "wing flick" thing its an expression of contentment... but it only happens when I put pressure on his back.. with my face or beard. Not a sexual thing... methinks its more a conure thing.

Gosh are you sure?

Well not 100% sure .. but Ive seen Booger when hes in "horndawg" mode and its different. When I give him a "beard massage" on his back and he flicks his wings in contentment Im thinking his lil birdie brain is going back to when he was a nestling with "momma" bird on his back.. feeling all secure and loved. My BFA has a similar reaction if wiggles his way under some kind of cover..(dark confined spot like a nest) and I slip my hand under the cover and with downward pressure.. stroke his back/wings. He gets kinda hypnotized... which is how many many years ago he learned to trust me stroking his back/wings...very similar to how Booger acts without the "wing flicking. That's level #1 trust from a bird when he allows and even enjoys that kinda contact... at least that's what I was told by the "bird lady" long ago. Im think its so cool how those instincts remain with them.. even though they get older. Doing a lil experiment with my 30 yo Cookie I actually kicked in his "nestling" instinct and had him begging food like a baby Amazon. Yep.. amazing lil critters they are.

 

[plumsmum2005]

When Booger hangs upside down from cage bars or perch hes wanting to play "pull my tail" or "tickle my belly'. When he hangs upside down from the brim of my hat he is wanting to wear my lips out giving sugar. When ever he does the lil "wing flick" thing its an expression of contentment... but it only happens when I put pressure on his back.. with my face or beard. Not a sexual thing... methinks its more a conure thing.

Gosh are you sure?

Well not 100% sure .. but Ive seen Booger when hes in "horndawg" mode and its different. When I give him a "beard massage" on his back and he flicks his wings in contentment Im thinking his lil birdie brain is going back to when he was a nestling with "momma" bird on his back.. feeling all secure and loved. My BFA has a similar reaction if wiggles his way under some kind of cover..(dark confined spot like a nest) and I slip my hand under the cover and with downward pressure.. stroke his back/wings. He gets kinda hypnotized... which is how many many years ago he learned to trust me stroking his back/wings...very similar to how Booger acts without the "wing flicking. That's level #1 trust from a bird when he allows and even enjoys that kinda contact... at least that's what I was told by the "bird lady" long ago. Im think its so cool how those instincts remain with them.. even though they get older. Doing a lil experiment with my 30 yo Cookie I actually kicked in his "nestling" instinct and had him begging food like a baby Amazon. Yep.. amazing lil critters they are.

Sorry to burst any bubbles here but that is one sure fire way of stimulating your parrot. The rule of thumb for petting adult pet birds is to stick to the head, and totally avoid stroking down the back, tail, or elsewhere on the bird’s body.

 

[Notdumasilook]

Gosh are you sure?

Well not 100% sure .. but Ive seen Booger when hes in "horndawg" mode and its different. When I give him a "beard massage" on his back and he flicks his wings in contentment Im thinking his lil birdie brain is going back to when he was a nestling with "momma" bird on his back.. feeling all secure and loved. My BFA has a similar reaction if wiggles his way under some kind of cover..(dark confined spot like a nest) and I slip my hand under the cover and with downward pressure.. stroke his back/wings. He gets kinda hypnotized... which is how many many years ago he learned to trust me stroking his back/wings...very similar to how Booger acts without the "wing flicking. That's level #1 trust from a bird when he allows and even enjoys that kinda contact... at least that's what I was told by the "bird lady" long ago. Im think its so cool how those instincts remain with them.. even though they get older. Doing a lil experiment with my 30 yo Cookie I actually kicked in his "nestling" instinct and had him begging food like a baby Amazon. Yep.. amazing lil critters they are.

Sorry to burst any bubbles here but that is one sure fire way of stimulating your parrot. The rule of thumb for petting adult pet birds is to stick to the head, and totally avoid stroking down the back, tail, or elsewhere on the bird’s body.

Ya lost me there... I don't have any bubbles to burst. And I'm not sure who made that "rule of thumb" nor do agree with it. My birds are doing just fine.. love to play pee pie, mock fight, beak wrestle, footsie grab, get rolled on their back like a cat etc, and they have a ball doing all the above and more. It would be pretty boring playtime with em if all I allowed was a head scratch. Indeed they
are full of all kinds of instinctive behaviors that can trigger different things for different reasons Im sure, but as intelligent critters it doesn't mean it will or that even if it does its a "bad thing". They also love to play...with each other and with me... and to me that's part of the joy of having these critters as my companions to begin with. And if Cookie decides to "hump" the arm of the couch a few times a year I just politely turn my head Heck if I was 30 years old and never had a 'date" I'd hump the arm of the couch too :04:

 

[GaleriaGila]

July through September is The Season of Quagmire at our house.

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

I think its rather easy to tell whether or not your bird is being 'stimulated' when you pet them. Obviously, if you see it is encouraging the behavior then you want to stop- but I don't think petting, in general, is a bad thing. It depends on the time of year too.

I did notice when Skittles had a cuddle hut, he was more aggressive with me than he is now. He would regurgitate in his hut regularly. Now, he cuddles in my shirt to get his 'cuddle fix' and he doesn't get aggressive with me either.

His cuddle hut was actually stimulating him more than cuddling in my shirt. There really is no 'set rule' on this. Its much more of a gray area than that.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Horndawg................ hehehehehehehehehehehehe!

Cuddle hut! Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!

Lovin' it!

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

He is a little horndog! He regurgitates on so many things. I mentioned it to the vet during his annual (the behavior) and she had this funny look on her face and said he's jut being "amorous" with his favorite things. He only does it on certain 'fabrics'- like ropes, curtains, towels. Sunnies definitely have fabric fetishes!

Funny thing is, he no longer chews on my shirts when I'm wearing them- instead he cuddles in them. lol. I like this behavior much better! Not only is it cuter, but its cheaper too!

 

[Rival_of_the_Rickeybird]

Thank you for being a voice of Reason, Skitty'sDad.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Now I've heard it all!
Parrot fetishes!

 

[Aluminum]

Why on earth would someone right the words "odd" and "conure" in the same sentence?

Don't those words mean the same thing?