Vickykh 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Member ID: 3,752 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 51 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,440 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I take George out of his cage every so often and he sits on my hand for a while. He always walks back to his cage when he wants to but what I was curious about is that once he enters his cage and sits on the perch he flaps his wings madly for about a minute. I am not sure why he does this but it is always after he has spent time sitting on my hand? Does anyone know why he does this? Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted October 28, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2007 When my budgies did this it was when they were clipped and they could not fly about, I believe it is a way they exercise their wings since they don't fly as frequently as unclipped budgies. Merlin and Pretty both stopped this when their flights grew in. Clipped or unclipped it is a form of excerising their wing muscles. Link to comment
Feathers 0 Posted October 28, 2007 Member ID: 2,977 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 51 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,031 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,850 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/11/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 6, 2009 Birthday: 08/08/1965 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hi Vicky, I agree with Elly,. Anytime I see that behaviour it is always done for exercise of the wings. My 'pet' budgie does it sometimes eventhough he gets to fly everyday outside of his cage. Feathers. Link to comment
thk 0 Posted October 28, 2007 Member ID: 3,445 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 400 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,730 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2010 Birthday: 17/08/1948 Share Posted October 28, 2007 My Charley used to do this and as his wings were clipped I thought it was a source of frustration but now that his flights have grown beautifully and he gets out daily for a fly around, he will still do it when in the cage. I'm also thinking now that it must be a form of exercising his "muscles" as well as just pure excitement! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 28, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Definitely flying or wing exercises. Even my princess parrots babies are wing flapping furiously as practise and they havent even got all their body feathers yet Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted October 28, 2007 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2007 My newest baby, does it just for fun. He'll often zoom around the room, then land on the cage and hold on for his dear life, while still flapping madly away. he loves it. Link to comment
Ravengypsy 0 Posted October 29, 2007 Member ID: 3,708 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 386 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,285 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/09/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 5, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Both my budgies and my teil do this. For the budgies I belive it's just to exercise the wings or out of excitement. My teil does it whenever he's on top of his play gym as if saying "mine all mine". hehe Link to comment
Chrysocome 0 Posted October 31, 2007 Member ID: 2,476 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 607 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/07/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 14, 2013 Birthday: 28/02/1987 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I agree with the above. I also noticed that Milly loves to do it when she's moulting. It makes the fluff and feathers float around and she loves watching the mayhem that ensues - particuarly me getting grumpy about having to clean up the mess! Squee is starting to catch on too Link to comment
KiwiBudgie 0 Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 7,761 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 81 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 675 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/10/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Oh . Cado is doing it also but I thought it is a form of excitement . Usually it's after he ate and I am talking to him. Link to comment
KiwiBudgie 0 Posted November 12, 2013 Member ID: 7,761 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 81 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 675 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/10/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 i have changed the cage from the big to small and then back to the big. Once he got into the big cage that he used to, he started to flaps his wings madly. I think it was sign of excitement, as he was really !! happy to get back into his cage Link to comment
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