On my little Chico ..... for the past 2 weeks or so, he has been making these funny little "puffy" noises which are SO CUTE, but its usually to the ends of you know those rope fixtures you can put in the cages, the big plastic things, and it looks like he is almost trying to feed them .... he was GLUED to one (not literally) last week and now migrated tot he one in his cage, and he seems to just want to stay there and coo and make these noises and stuff .... occasionally he will have his little crazy flying spree and hang with me, but not as much as before, he is just under a year old and I am thinking he is going through some sort of hormonal thing possibley, as males tend to feed their young , he also gets very amorous on my foot at times so he probably wouldnt mind some female budgie lovin !! but anyways, i hope its a little phase and he will soon get over it cause I miss his cheeky little self

 

Oh and one other thing ... he has a YUKKY habit of munching on his dry poo in his travel cage ... he doesnt do it in his big cage at home, only this one, he LOVES to travel as I bring him to work at times , so it cant be nerves ....he is chirpy and fun and cute but tends to go on the floor of the cage to chew on the dry poo .... as soon as I see him do it I clean it all away .... do others do that too ? is that normal or does he have a strange fetish ?? (Laughing out loud)

 

ANY feedback appreciated THANKS !!

Edited September 14, 200717 yr by MissHarley

He is a mature male who has crazy hormones raging and the urge to find a mate and procreate is very strong. He may get over it - eventually. A male I had inside for a couple years did that non-stop.

Birds will grind up their dried poop, you can't stop them doing it, all you can do is clean out the cage a couple times daily to lessen the amount there is.

thanks for the friendly information Karen, I am glad to know Chico isnt the only budgie out there who likes his own poop