Hi everyone!
I just had a question about a long-time behavior in my Sun Conure and what it truly means. He often will hunch down (I hope that the right way to describe it) and start flapping his wings fast but lightly (not full out, they are still close to his body). Now, he has done this since we've had him but tends to do it more when I'm training, I have treats in my hand, and sometimes when it's feeding time (sometimes he does it right before he comes out or before we go into their travel cages, which they both love going into their travel carriers as it means going on a road trip or for a walk). When I first search it up ages ago, I thought it was just an exciting thing but he does it very often. I often always wonder why he isn't skin and bones at this point as he does it so often but his weight has always been in a good range (he does love to eat though and eat a ton so maybe it is burning a ton of calories). I just brought it up to myself recently as my Cinnamon Green Check has started doing it. I started training them at the same time and he was way easier to train. He was more treat motivated but she was a little less. She loves being with people though so I used that. I was trying to flight train them (only in the house, just to allow them to fly to me and around the house) and she would not do it. I tried so many ways to encourage her and nothing worked. One day, Mango (Sun Conure) flew to me and Claire (Cinnamon Green Cheek) just went for it. She seems unsure about her landing and was cautious about the whole thing. While I was super happy, she still isn't huge into the flying thing and seems to prefer being carried or walking around (which I don't like her doing as I worry about her being on the floor). She will do it sometimes when I ask but once again, isn't prone to do it at all. Long story short, now on top of her "dancing" (which I'm almost 100% sure is excitement) she also does the low body/head with the wing flapping before she flies. She also seems to do it when she wants to go to someone (from me to my mom, who she loves a ton) or when she wants to go sit somewhere else (it's very rare she does it with food but there has been the odd time). The only different thing is she does it with some head bobbing. So what does it really mean? Can it mean many things? Is it more excitement-based and a happy thing?
Thanks!
I just had a question about a long-time behavior in my Sun Conure and what it truly means. He often will hunch down (I hope that the right way to describe it) and start flapping his wings fast but lightly (not full out, they are still close to his body). Now, he has done this since we've had him but tends to do it more when I'm training, I have treats in my hand, and sometimes when it's feeding time (sometimes he does it right before he comes out or before we go into their travel cages, which they both love going into their travel carriers as it means going on a road trip or for a walk). When I first search it up ages ago, I thought it was just an exciting thing but he does it very often. I often always wonder why he isn't skin and bones at this point as he does it so often but his weight has always been in a good range (he does love to eat though and eat a ton so maybe it is burning a ton of calories). I just brought it up to myself recently as my Cinnamon Green Check has started doing it. I started training them at the same time and he was way easier to train. He was more treat motivated but she was a little less. She loves being with people though so I used that. I was trying to flight train them (only in the house, just to allow them to fly to me and around the house) and she would not do it. I tried so many ways to encourage her and nothing worked. One day, Mango (Sun Conure) flew to me and Claire (Cinnamon Green Cheek) just went for it. She seems unsure about her landing and was cautious about the whole thing. While I was super happy, she still isn't huge into the flying thing and seems to prefer being carried or walking around (which I don't like her doing as I worry about her being on the floor). She will do it sometimes when I ask but once again, isn't prone to do it at all. Long story short, now on top of her "dancing" (which I'm almost 100% sure is excitement) she also does the low body/head with the wing flapping before she flies. She also seems to do it when she wants to go to someone (from me to my mom, who she loves a ton) or when she wants to go sit somewhere else (it's very rare she does it with food but there has been the odd time). The only different thing is she does it with some head bobbing. So what does it really mean? Can it mean many things? Is it more excitement-based and a happy thing?
Thanks!
