Young Galah???

[Kjtcs]

Hi im in New Zealand and just purchased a Galah... it is really tame and friendly but keeps making this sound like a growling sound... the breeder we got it from told us it is a hungry sound, but it had just eaten... is this normal, I'm not exactly sure of age, but it weighs 200gms, and is eating seed and green leafy vegetables.

 

[strudel]

How loud is it? Is it like a puffing thing, or like a chirpy/squealing type thing?

 

[Kjtcs]

Quite a chirpy but husky sound.
Hope that makes sense i tried to upload a short video of it but i couldn't get it to work.

 

[strudel]

It makes sense, but it doesn't really convey something I recognise. It would definitely help if you could get the audio online. The only noise mine makes/made that I thought was strange is a little huffing noise, but it doesn't sound like what yours is doing.

 

[Jayyj]

It may well just be a sound he/she has picked up and enjoys doing - can't think of anything Alice does that sounds like a growl. I take it it's not beak grinding, which is a common sound for a content bird, especially when they're recently fed and ready for a nap.

 

[strudel]

I take it it's not beak grinding, which is a common sound for a content bird, especially when they're recently fed and ready for a nap.

Yes, that's the little huffing thing that I didn't recognise when I first saw/heard it. I wouldn't describe it as a growling noise, though, more a little hissing/huffing/puffing sort of thing. What's it like with Alice?