Hi Robin, my Ana Grey is 10-months old and she has been gliding down to the floor and walking back and forth to her cage ever since she has been my companion, since she was 3 1/2 months old. She was clipped by her breeder before she was mine. She climbs up on her little Atom, window perch, and a cargo net as she pleases, they all have ladders or ropes hanging on them for her pleasure. She always walks around after me and climbs on my feet to be picked up. So yes, all is normal, little Dixie is just gaining her independence.