jdmiller95
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Hello all! I just joined this forum this morning. I have a quick question!
I just brought home my linnie baby (hatched March 31st) two weeks ago, today. We are getting along very well, he's still a bit hand shy but if I do convince him to let me pick him up he tweets happily about it. He's "yelling" less and less now -- as I call his clearly-unhappy-noises -- but I've determined that, when he yells, it's not as often about "get away from me" so much as needing something -- such as when his water was empty, or if I'm cuddling him up on my shoulder he'll yell if I stop or move my hand away. Of course he still yells as a "get away from me" kinda thing sometimes, but not as often.
Okay, now for the preening question -- this stuff was relevant! Sometimes when I am cuddling him up by my neck (he holds on to my tshirt collar), if I stop for a few seconds, he'll climb onto my shoulder -- or onto my back, behind my neck -- and pretty intently peck/prod at my hair -- not pecking/poking hard, but just very fast (my hair is very short, so he's basically pecking at my head), all the while "yelling." This is a situation where he's happy before he climbs over there, and is happy when I hold again. I am confused about what he is doing, because I would assume that if he's "preening" he wouldn't act upset about it. What does this sound like to you? Is this preening, or is it him like jabbing at me to say "pay attention to me," or what? What is the right thing to do in response to it? Thanks! <3
I just brought home my linnie baby (hatched March 31st) two weeks ago, today. We are getting along very well, he's still a bit hand shy but if I do convince him to let me pick him up he tweets happily about it. He's "yelling" less and less now -- as I call his clearly-unhappy-noises -- but I've determined that, when he yells, it's not as often about "get away from me" so much as needing something -- such as when his water was empty, or if I'm cuddling him up on my shoulder he'll yell if I stop or move my hand away. Of course he still yells as a "get away from me" kinda thing sometimes, but not as often.
Okay, now for the preening question -- this stuff was relevant! Sometimes when I am cuddling him up by my neck (he holds on to my tshirt collar), if I stop for a few seconds, he'll climb onto my shoulder -- or onto my back, behind my neck -- and pretty intently peck/prod at my hair -- not pecking/poking hard, but just very fast (my hair is very short, so he's basically pecking at my head), all the while "yelling." This is a situation where he's happy before he climbs over there, and is happy when I hold again. I am confused about what he is doing, because I would assume that if he's "preening" he wouldn't act upset about it. What does this sound like to you? Is this preening, or is it him like jabbing at me to say "pay attention to me," or what? What is the right thing to do in response to it? Thanks! <3