Biting tail feathers

[Kirby2009]

Hello!

My budgie is constantly biting my other budgies tail feathers! He’s very persistent. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this?

 

[Shezbug]

How big is the cage they are in? Can you give more details like ages and sex and what is happening when this seems to happen? I know one of my guys used to do this to the other one but only sometimes if the opportunity was there for a few seconds. It was almost like an annoyed "and this is what you get for shoving your tail in my nose" type of thing.

@Ripshod @Lady Jane

 

[Kirby2009]

How big is the cage they are in? Can you give more details like ages and sex and what is happening when this seems to happen? I know one of my guys used to do this to the other one but only sometimes if the opportunity was there for a few seconds. It was almost like an annoyed "and this is what you get for shoving your tail in my nose" type of thing.

@Ripshod @Lady Jane

They usually do it when out of the cage! They also have their own cages. They are both under 6 months. The younger one usually grabs the older ones tail! I just through it was so strange and there was nothing on google about. Didn’t know if I was the only one that have witnessed it. I know biting feet is aggressive etc.

 

[Ripshod]

If there's no damage to the feather then it's not a real bite. Mine do it all the time. It's like when they moult a feather when preening they'll often sit and roll it in their beak for a while like a child 'investigating' something new. Of course the owner of the feathers will object to it, but it seems to be just play (like children play tag) - unless the feather is damaged or pulled. Don't worry about it, a budgie will eject feathers to escape an attack.

 

[Shezbug]

Lol, sometimes when mine used to do it there would be one budgie hanging completely free of perch or bar support from the other budgies tail like it was a swing and the hanging bird would look like it was trying to ride a bike with them teeny budgie legs and toes going crazy It honestly was one of the funniest things I have seen budgies do!

 

[Kirby2009]

Lol, sometimes when mine used to do it there would be one budgie hanging completely free of perch or bar support from the other budgies tail like it was a swing and the hanging bird would look like it was trying to ride a bike with them teeny budgie legs and toes going crazy It honestly was one of the funniest things I have seen budgies do!

I see that you’re from Australia?! That’s awesome. Do you see wild budgies ever