Purring?

[Newbie GCC]

The Fids are "purring" to each other from their own cages. Not a "coo". Think cat with more throat. Starts of quietly and they get progressively louder. Wish I could record it so everyone could hear it. It sounds so sweet!

Any clue what it could mean?

 

[webchirp]

Mine make a light "brrring" sound when alarmed by something.

 

[Newbie GCC]

They are calm as cucumbers, just preening and rubbing thier beaks on thier rope perches and just started purring. Wish I could understand conure-ese. Would love to know what they say to each other.
Or maybe I don't........they could be talking about me..............

 

[ArowanaLover]

They probably are, as long as the rest of their body language is positive, then they are probably saying only good things.

 

[camelotshadow]

Mine purrs sometimes too & so does Cahtie's. Its so cute. I purr back & some times we purr to each other.
I take it as a hi or some form of social communication

 

[Heather F]

Frodo makes little purring sounds too.

 

[Wolf]

Take it as a wide awake version of the beak grinding.

 

[Sam-wow]

The Fids are "purring" to each other from their own cages. Not a "coo". Think cat with more throat. Starts of quietly and they get progressively louder. Wish I could record it so everyone could hear it. It sounds so sweet!

Any clue what it could mean?

I know the sound exactly ! You described it well. Sam usually does it when he is calm but maybe unsure or wondering about something. Does that make sense ? Kinda like he is in between thoughts.
I dunno, maybe that sounds silly but that is when I can remember him doing it. His body language goes along with it as well.

 

[Newbie GCC]

Whatever it is, it was sweet as can be and as soon as i moved, focus changed and purring stopped. Will have to remember to keep the phone or camara ready to go for a few days and see if i can catch it on video.

 

[DancingFeathers]

Triton does it to tell me to pet him. It's really cute!!!

 

[SueA555]

Joey does it when I pet him for a long time.