I have seen a couple of birds (males mostly) who like to climb inside paper bags, boxes etc. When they do this usually they make noises as though they are whispering to themselves. This usually leads to aggression if they are disturbed. My conure is only two months old and has started this behavior. He also does this when he is covered up at night. Any idea why they do this?? Serious answers only please!
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Tagged aggression, behavior, birds, boxes etc, conure, couple, idea, night, paper, paper bags, something
About a month ago, I got a budgie. He was very timid, so we named him Timmy. He was not hand fed. I figured getting him tamed would be a challenge, but since I know of 0 local breeders, and no Mom and Pop pet stores left in the area, it was pretty much my only option. There used to be a lot many years ago, now it’s only Petco and Petsmart, with two local fish stores.
Well, I let him acclimate to his new home the first week. Spending time with him, talking to him.. but he never moved.. the only time he would move is when he went to get food or water. I figured he was still freaked out about the move.
Well, it didn’t help. He still rarely moved 3 weeks later, and panics every time I open the door to his cage. Any and all attempts at training have failed. Disappointing, but not unexpected… being a “bin o’ budgies” bird, my expectations weren’t that high.
Well, since he refuses to interact with me, any of his toys, and just sits immobile all day every day, I figure he must be lonely. Maybe if I get a girl, it will liven him up and give him some kind of interaction. Maybe they’d mate and I can hand feed the babies and get a tame budgie.. pipe dream, but none the less, I worry about the little guy just being immobile all day.
Well, I got a bigger cage, another budgie, a couple more toys and a nest box (yeah I know, overly optimistic). Within the hour, Timmy perked up quite a bit. They were chirping back and forth, he’d follow the other one around, the new one groomed him a bit. It was all cute and adorable.
Then the oddest thing… The new one regurgitated seed and fed it to Timmy, who ate it. Is this normal for budgies? The only time I’ve seen this is when the parents feed their young…
Ok here is the deal, i have one male cocktail and one female. I have had both of them for about a year. Now all of a sudden out of nowhere the male bird starts either talking or singing to the female and approaches her but she move backs, or runs away. The male bird starts biting her A LOT now, first i thought the male didn’t like her but I’ve been researching and it seems that the male wants to mate but the female doesn’t??? i am not sure i bought a nest box should i put it in? i don’t know much about babies and i don’t know if i should buy a bigger cage….. should i put the nest inside of the cage? i need help and fast!!!!!
P.s the male bird raises his feathers on his head and threatens me and bits me when i approach him, i went away for summer vac. could it be that he forgot me and if he did what should i do to keep the relationship!?!?!?!
I cant seperate them because when i do both the male and female call each other
Clips from the National Geographic channel program “Prehistoric Predator: Terror Bird”, which premiered 28 April 2009. The clip features WitmerLab research on the skull, brain endocast, and inner ear of the phorusrhacids Andalgalornis and Psilopterus based on CT scanning. Rendered in Amira and QuickTime by Ryan Ridgely. Bob Chandler (GCSU), who is collaborating with Witmer on aspects of terror bird paleobiology, visited for the shoot. Also featured is Steve Wroe (UNSW), who used the WitmerLab CT scan data to generate biomechanical simulations of terror bird feeding strategies using finite-element modeling. For more like this, please visit www.ohio.edu and wwww.facebook.com
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Tagged anatomy, behavior, biomechanics, Bird, brain, CT scan, dinosaur, finite-element analysis, inner ear, modeling, morphology, phorusrhacid, terror bird, vision
Research on the anatomy and feeding mechanics of extinct phorusrhacids (“terror birds”) was published in an article in PLoS ONE (bit.ly The animation of the skull of the terror bird Andalgalornis shows CT-scan slices going through the skull (revealing the source data for much of the research), as well as a series of powerful downward bites followed by pulling back of the skull by the neck. Andalgalornis was an extinct, 4.5-feet-tall, flightless predatory bird found as 6-million-year-old fossils in northwestern Argentina. Movie by Ryan Ridgely & Lawrence Witmer, Courtesy of WitmerLab at Ohio University. For more on terror birds and the PLoS ONE article, please visit www.ohio.edu For more info and content, please visit www.facebook.com
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Tagged anatomy, behavior, biomechanics, Bird, brain, CT scan, dinosaur, morphology, phorusrhacid, predation, terror bird
I have a male and female yellow nape amazons that i wold love to be on eggs. over last week the male seemed to be feeling frisky and he showed intrest in the nest box not the female i didnt think was feelling frisky she did alot of growling and pushing the male away when he attempted to get a leg up>they were doing allot of mutual preening and i was hoping maybe we were on the egg path. today the female climed to the highest branch she could get to and sat there. she came down right befor bedtime and had herself a little snack and the climbed herself right back up. He doesnt evern try to get up there with her and hes sleeping in one spot and her in another so what now . whats it mean, I didnt see a mating but my monitor only has good viewing up close but there were times when she was on her side for breif seconds. spring fever couldnt be over that quick could it .any advice on if the mood will return to my birds and how to help my female get rid of her “headach” thanks
when we got the pair, she was the dominant one, always making the male get her food, and it was funny to watch. she had a playful attitude, even though she was scared of me. for the past month, i noticed the male becoming more dominant, and the females behavior changing, so i checked online and i figured out she could be nesting. i left her a box and some paper and they seemed to enjoy that. she began spending a majority of her time in the box. last night, out of nowhere, we found her passed away under their ladder..and the only think i can think of is her calmer behavior…please help. the male and i are both sad..and i dont know what to do, if i should just spend more time with him or get him another mate?
