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- From: prkenne@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (CAROL SHARP)
- Subject: Re: "Normal" male cockatiel behavior?
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- Date: 30 Dec 1992 08:49 EST
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- In article <1992Dec30.055257.28688@ryptyde.cts.com>, scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes...
- >
- > 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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- Sounds like you're going to be proud grandparents to some baby cockatiels
- just as soon as your little fellow can arrange for it :-)
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-
- "Learn from the mistakes of others--you can never live long enough to make
- them all yourself".
-
- -Carol
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