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Something I've noticed with my quaker is that his squawk changes when he's tired.
It's not that he's making a different vocalization (although he also has a separate "you woke me up, go away" noise). It's the same squawk, only ever so slightly screechier, like he has to work harder than usual to produce the sound.
You know how someone exercising and counting reps out loud - for example pullups - may do the 1st one pretty easily, but by the last one, they're straining and you can hear it in their voice? Sort of like that.
I can literally tell from his voice if he's just normal cranky, or over-tired and in need of a nap.
Just curious if this is a Gus thing or a quaker thing (Gus is the only quaker in the house, and I don't hear a similar "tired timbre" from the grey or the tiels).
Can you tell your bird's physical/mental state from slight differences in how they produce the same sound?
It's not that he's making a different vocalization (although he also has a separate "you woke me up, go away" noise). It's the same squawk, only ever so slightly screechier, like he has to work harder than usual to produce the sound.
You know how someone exercising and counting reps out loud - for example pullups - may do the 1st one pretty easily, but by the last one, they're straining and you can hear it in their voice? Sort of like that.
I can literally tell from his voice if he's just normal cranky, or over-tired and in need of a nap.
Just curious if this is a Gus thing or a quaker thing (Gus is the only quaker in the house, and I don't hear a similar "tired timbre" from the grey or the tiels).
Can you tell your bird's physical/mental state from slight differences in how they produce the same sound?