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Josephine
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Joined: 01 Sep 2005
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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Aja has sometimes flying seizures.
She lowers her body to the ground, starts hissing, takes few steps back and then takes off in the air where she flies around very fast and confused. It looks like her body needs to fly no mather what and she tries to control it.
I don't know what this is, but she just gets this seizures out of nowhere. She has been doing it for two years, I think, and she has never been ill or anything.
I would understand this if she was locked in the cage all the time, but she is free day and night...
A week ago I noticed Jacques did this too (he hasn't done it again after that), but I don't know if he just learned it from Aja or all tiels do that.
Has anyone noticed this kind of behavior in their parrots?
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Thursday September 8, 2005 7:23 pm |
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shells picasso
Flier
Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
Location: Sydney |
My bourkes used to do this, they'd flap around excitedly flipping their tails as they flew and going nuts, they'd chirp as loud as I've ever heard them, I think they were just excited. |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 10:42 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
Hmm that sounds really strange. I know that my birds do it sometimes, but it doens't seem like they are having uncontrollable flight or anything.
How often does it happen, and how does she fly around for? |
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Friday September 9, 2005 8:03 am |
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Greg Sujecki
Experienced flier
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 1650
Location: Australia,Melbourne |
If your reffering to Cockatiels don't worry it normal  They are showing there excitement in this flight pattern.For my tiels do this from one side of the avairy to the other many time's .Mainly in the afternoon before bed time so to speak but also anytime in the day.My advice is enjoy it, for they are jumpy birds and are startled easily to, but nothing to worry about it's there breed.I find in my avairies once one tiel start's to do this they all follow..funny  but that's a cockatiel.When ever Mylo sneak's out an wanders through the avairies on the wire outside, my tiels hiss at him yet when he is inside they just fly away.Cockatiels have terrific flight patterns that can be scary to us to watch but amazing to watch too,hope this helps |
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Friday September 9, 2005 11:20 am |
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Josephine
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Joined: 01 Sep 2005
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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Thanks Greg
I wasn't worried or anything, because if something was wrong it wouldn't have lasted for two years...I just wanted an explanation I guess
I've noticed too, that when one starts doing this, the other follows.
She's funny when she does that, to her fortune she is a very skiled flier so she doesn't bump into a closet or the wall, she sometimes flies a centimeter away from my head and changes the hight drastically, I just watch her and am surprised how well she can control her movement at the speed she flies. Unfortunately my room is a small one so she doesn't have a big space to manoeuvre around, I think that's how she perfected her flying abilities. On the other hand, she can really strech her wings in the living room if she pleases 
Jacques is all though a clumsy flier and flies as close as possible near the ceiling, I hope he will learn to manoeuvre around from Aja in time
You know what is also funny in these tiels of mine...when I go to bed and turn off the lights and the silence comes in to the room, something starts to gnash and then I figure out it's my birds clattering with their beaks (as they were grinding something), they really like to do that A LOT when someone is trying to fall asleep |
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Friday September 9, 2005 8:07 pm |
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shells picasso
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Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
Location: Sydney |
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Originally posted by Josephine
You know what is also funny in these tiels of mine...when I go to bed and turn off the lights and the silence comes in to the room, something starts to gnash and then I figure out it's my birds clattering with their beaks (as they were grinding something), they really like to do that A LOT when someone is trying to fall asleep
he he, when I first got my too and he did this I was stunned  , I'd only ever had small birds before so a too grinding his beak sounded like someone grinding their teeth! I had to wear earplugs! It was so loud it would have rivaled my dads snoring Birds grind their beaks as they go off to sleep, kind of like a baby sucking its thumb, I think it must be soothing for them. |
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Saturday September 10, 2005 2:59 am |
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Josephine
Just hatched
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
Posts: 45
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Some sort of lullaby for them then 
As considering my dad, nothing can bit his snoring  |
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Saturday September 10, 2005 6:50 am |
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Greg Sujecki
Experienced flier
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 1650
Location: Australia,Melbourne |
he.he..grinding there beak is funny all my bird do that to.When l hear it make's me wonder what they are thinking before they go to sleep  |
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Saturday September 10, 2005 9:57 am |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
Oh I just love that beak grinding sound!! It means they are content where they are at right before they fall asleep!! I tell ya, all my little budgies do it as well, and when you have seven little budgies and one big cockatoo doing it at the same time, it's like a symphany or something, it's great!! |
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Saturday September 10, 2005 3:18 pm |
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