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- From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure)
- Subject: "Normal" male cockatiel behavior?
- Organization: Ryptyde TimeSharing, San Diego, CA
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:52:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.055257.28688@ryptyde.cts.com>
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- Hi all,
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- We've got a pair of cockatiels, one 2 year old female, and a
- 1 year old male. The male seems to have taken a liking to the female,
- and chases her around the house. It all seems normal enough up to this
- point. Once he corners her, he sort of squats down, spreads his wings
- slightly to the sides, stretches his neck forward, and makes a kissing
- sound. Actually, it is something between kissing and barking.
- The female just runs away, but he waddles after her.
- I suspect that he picked up the "kissing" sound from my wife,
- who makes that sound when she pets him. Has my wife "corrupted" our
- birds behavior? Oh yeah, I almost forgot: in addition to the
- kissing sound, he also says "hi! hi little bird!" when chasing her.
- I'm fairly sure that the last part isn't normal. 8-)
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- Any info appreciated!
-
- Scott
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