so I don't know quite how to ask this. It kinda odd but funny
Pete is a Two'ish year old Sun conure that was rehomed with us about a week ago. so Pete and I are working out whether or not we trust each other. I spent some time just sitting at his cage offering a finger for him to step up. Giving him treats if he would take them and just observing queues.
The top of his cage opens so I just left I open. He would come up and give me kisses (slipped me some tongue too
yuck) then scamper back down to his perch. After a while he would hint that he wanted a scratch. and I got to scratch his head under his wings little on his belly. (all in his cage)
so here is the weird part after a while pete got on his perch and put his but up in the air (vent straight at me) and hinted he wanted his back scratched. I started rubbing his back and we would stick his vent higher in the air and lift his wings. At this point he acted a lot like my chickens did when they somehow expected me to jump them (seeing I was the biggest rooster).
So here he is but in the air wings up and forward and legs squatting while im rubbing his back. Im feeling very uncomfortable by now and waiting for the funky music to start playing. (My wife is laughing her @$$ off by now ).
So could it be possible that Pete is a Paula and was trying to do the funky chicken? or was it my imagination and he was just really enjoying the back scratches.
Pete is a Two'ish year old Sun conure that was rehomed with us about a week ago. so Pete and I are working out whether or not we trust each other. I spent some time just sitting at his cage offering a finger for him to step up. Giving him treats if he would take them and just observing queues.
The top of his cage opens so I just left I open. He would come up and give me kisses (slipped me some tongue too
yuck) then scamper back down to his perch. After a while he would hint that he wanted a scratch. and I got to scratch his head under his wings little on his belly. (all in his cage) so here is the weird part after a while pete got on his perch and put his but up in the air (vent straight at me) and hinted he wanted his back scratched. I started rubbing his back and we would stick his vent higher in the air and lift his wings. At this point he acted a lot like my chickens did when they somehow expected me to jump them (seeing I was the biggest rooster).
So here he is but in the air wings up and forward and legs squatting while im rubbing his back. Im feeling very uncomfortable by now and waiting for the funky music to start playing. (My wife is laughing her @$$ off by now ).
So could it be possible that Pete is a Paula and was trying to do the funky chicken? or was it my imagination and he was just really enjoying the back scratches.
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