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Caique nibbling his own shoulder

HazelParrott

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Hi, Our caique sometimes nibbles his right shoulder whilst he is playing. As he does this, he makes a squabbling noise. We are wondering if this is just because he is a bit over-excited or whether there is another underlying cause such as a pain in his shoulder which is aggravating him. We have had him since he was about 2 or 3 years old and he is now about 10 years old. He has always done this squabbling-shoulder-nibbling behaviour on odd occasions. Any ideas, please?
 

sunnysmom

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Can you feel if there's anything there that might be bothering him? Does he fly?
 

Tim

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I think it’s just a Caique “I’m pissed off at the world including my shoulder!!” Thing. As long as he’s not hurting himself, or pulling out feathers, I think it’s normal.
 

CrazyKozmo

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I think it’s just a Caique “I’m pissed off at the world including my shoulder!!"
LOL!! So true!
 

BeakyBird

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I think it’s just a Caique “I’m pissed off at the world including my shoulder!!” Thing. As long as he’s not hurting himself, or pulling out feathers, I think it’s normal.
Aint it the truth! My baby does the same thing and I'm like knock it the heck off! Glad to know I'm not alone. :>
 

Maria_604

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My 10 year old rescue caique does this exact same thing! Usually when preening or when I'm scratching his head, it's like he gets overexcited and grouchy and takes it out on his own wing, shoulder or leg. He makes aggressive type beak motions at it while doing his "I'm angry" screechy squeaky noise but doesn't actually attack/bite himself properly.
 
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