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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
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just curious,
fankie always fluffs the fethers on his head up if he wants a fuss or he has seen some thing he likes but a parrot owner from down the road came to see him and he fluffed his feathers up at her and she said she was staying away,
why do most parrots fluff there fethers up?
has frankie just got it back to front?
can you help please
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Wednesday August 17, 2005 9:28 pm |
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shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Parrots use their feathers in showing any kind of emotion. Sometimes they fluff up when they're relaxed and just about to take a nap. Other times they fluff up because they're being territorial and fluff up to appear bigger than they really are. I can't remember what kind of bird Frankie is, but birds with crests, like cockatoos and hawkheads, raise the feathers of their crest when they're happy, excited, alarmed, or angry. In order to be able to read what why your bird is fluffing up, you's have to be able to read the rest of his body language. Foe example, does he look like he's about to lunge and bite? Or does he look more like he's asking for a head scratch? |
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Wednesday August 17, 2005 9:34 pm |
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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
when i got him he used to get told 'HEAD DOWN' in a males voice which is dead deep and every thing else, and i got told if he fluffed them up he will let you fuss him if not back away! but i thought it was daft from the begining to let him no that if he didnt want 2 do some thing he didnt have 2 so one day he never and i scrathed his head any way and his feathers stayed down but he fell asleep but its not as if hes going 2 lung at me!
if n=he feels intimidted then he shakes his head about and looks like a rite little looney!!! lol
sami
hes a blue fronted |
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Wednesday August 17, 2005 9:39 pm |
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