Strange question

[nicvic]

I recently adopted a 15 year old Timneh Grey named Jake. I notice that he blows air out of his nose sometimes, almost like snort in a way, its kinda hard to explain. Does anyone elses bird do this. Or does this mean anything. Prior to owning Jake I had a blue front amazon and he never did anything like that. Jake's previous owner said he did this at her house also so it's not a new thing he is doing.

 

Jessi

[Luvparrots]

Hi Jessi, welcome to you and Jake. I can't help you with your air blowing grey. Perhaps others greys do this. Karma to you for taking in an older grey. If you have any pictures of Jake, we would love to see them. Can't wait to hear more about Jake!

[CuteMandaPanda]

Hi Jessi and Jake! If I'm understanding your description correctly, that I'd have to say, Yes, my Congo African Grey does the air blowing noise/snorting noise. I am interested what the other responses will say, but I don't think it is anything to be concerned about. I think it has to do with how they form sounds and noises as they don't actually have a voice box but more of an air control type of thing.

[ecodweeb]

Phoenix does this a lot. I always thought he was mimicing someone else snorting. Guess not!

[Greywings]

Greys are masters of sound-any kind of sound that gets their attention. The snorting could be a way to clear a little dust or seed hulls from the nares or it could just be a sound he likes.

[nicvic]

Thank you all for your replies, I am glad to hear that there are others whose greys make the same noise. I will try to post a piture of Jake soon. Jake is the second older bird I have adopted. My last bird was blue front amazon and he was 25 when I adopted him and I just loved him, unfortunately he passed away in June and boy was that hard. I was planning on buying a baby double yellow headed amazon in the spring but when I was asked if I would take Jake I couldn't pass him up. He is a sweet bird and loves to give kisses, but he is content on being in his cage and I would rather him be out of his cage so we are working on making him feel comfortable outside the cage.