parrotqueen
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Of all the strange things that cockatiels naturally do, and even the things that they pick up on their own...this is one of the wierdest.
This puzzles me, as I have read nothing on this before. They will be sitting on my shoulder, singing and using me as a jungle gym, as usual. All of the sudden, they will watch the pigeon flocks outside, and they start flapping their wings like crazy. They dont go anywhere, and they don't seem to be experiencing any fear or distress of any sort. They just sit and flap their wings all over the place. After they've done this, they act like nothing ever happened. They both do this, but one at a time.
It almost looks as if they're trying to get the pigeon's attention, or they really are scared. I really don't want my cockatiels to be experiencing pain or anything that I don't know about.
This puzzles me, as I have read nothing on this before. They will be sitting on my shoulder, singing and using me as a jungle gym, as usual. All of the sudden, they will watch the pigeon flocks outside, and they start flapping their wings like crazy. They dont go anywhere, and they don't seem to be experiencing any fear or distress of any sort. They just sit and flap their wings all over the place. After they've done this, they act like nothing ever happened. They both do this, but one at a time.
It almost looks as if they're trying to get the pigeon's attention, or they really are scared. I really don't want my cockatiels to be experiencing pain or anything that I don't know about.
and its very common for them to do this too. Mine does it while sitting on her cagetop and she wants something....she tends to use it to get our attention and come pick her up. It is very cute.
