Now before I get to the point, I want to make it clear I have an almost perfect track record for bringing home a wide variety of animals who are one sandwich short of a picnic, not the brightest crayons or are just plain intellectually disadvantaged. From a dog with social anxiety, to a cat who was dropped on his head at a young age (and acts it), to a rat who seems to be cognitively challenged and thoroughly believes he is, in fact, a human. Thus, it was really no surprise that my budgie turned out to be a complete nutjob either.

 

Everything I've read indicates that budgies dislike being held upside down. They don't find it comfortable, and just generally don't find it a very cool thing to do, despite whatever the cool, popular budgies next door are doing.

 

Why is it then that my budgie seems to get a particular joy out of spending all day hanging upside down, particularly if you're talking to her (we only just discovered it was a hen; seems she has been cunningly disguised as a cock for the past year - all part of her plan for world domination, I'm sure). Now, I know I'm not the most beautiful woman on the block, but surely I don't look any better upside down. :mellow:

 

It's not even just hanging upside down, or doing loopty-loops on the perch, it's full on owlish rotation of the head to an upside down position while she studies you intently for anything excellent to be bitten, chewed or otherwise demolished in some sadistic way. Or sometimes, for a change, it may involve getting a new view on the wider world by hanging upside down from the roof of the cage.

 

Is my budgie ill, or simply practising for the unannounced rebirth of Mr. Squiggle? Or is she perhaps just another of my special needs animals?

I think you have a very acrobatic budgie that is one nut short of a peanut , actually she sounds like a a lot of fun and you should enjoy her antics

I find it very amusing! She particularly likes doing the owlish rotation of the head into an upside down position when I'm making non-stop kissy noises at her. Of course, it is very difficult to maintain these kissy noises when you're trying desperately not to burst into hysterical laughter which would, no doubt, cause her deep psychological trauma and may result in Mummy and Daddy paying lots of money for her to see a psychologist to talk about her unsupportive environment growing up!

I find it very amusing! She particularly likes doing the owlish rotation of the head into an upside down position when I'm making non-stop kissy noises at her. Of course, it is very difficult to maintain these kissy noises when you're trying desperately not to burst into hysterical laughter which would, no doubt, cause her deep psychological trauma and may result in Mummy and Daddy paying lots of money for her to see a psychologist to talk about her unsupportive environment growing up!

 

 

Bailey my yellow faced male does that he's a freek,Lol

we call him crazy but hes just adorable really

:budgiedance: So you have a budgies that isn't the sharpest tool in the shed ... :oliveb:

This post was sooo funny to read - I must say that Mine do play upside side down but that is when they are either on

their toys or chewing the bark and leaves - I find this Funny and adorable You will have plenty of fun and happy times with this little one .. Enjoy :dbb1:

Thank you :hap: I'll try and get some photos or a video of her doing her "tricks" for you :hap:

She sounds like quite the character

I love the ones that are full of playful character!!

I look forward to your photos

she sounds really interesting, l would also love to see pictures of her doing that.

She sounds like a sweetie. Full of brattiness.

Cats that act like dogs, budgies that act like fruit bats, I think we all have a little bit of acting out various animal kingdom behaviours at times, ever heard of 100 monkey syndrome?

Thats where MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO came from eh?

 

The 100th Monkey Syndrome

Apparently, in the 1950s and 1960s some scientists & researchers dropped sweet potatoes onto the beaches of several uninhabited islands. Most of the time, the monkeys on each of the island would find the potatoes and eat them. It took one younger monkey on one island to wash his potato in the water, and then the rest of the monkeys on that island did the same.

 

Then the researchers found out that, all of a sudden, monkeys on other islands were washing their sweet potatoes. These are islands that are separated by many miles of water, so the monkeys had no physical way of communicating. They conducted this experiment several times over and came to the conclusion that at approximately 100 monkeys, the phenomenon jumped over to other, disconnected societies. Their hypothesis was that this also happens with human beings

Edited September 4, 200816 yr by Neat

^hmmmm.......that is neat.

LMAO Birdluv I thought for a second that you were calling me "Neat" Not neat as in cool ...

:D