bry1929 Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Hey there everyone! I first wanted to say that you guys have been so helpful with my journey with Larry, so I can't thank you enough! Larry has this habit of rubbing his beak back and forth on his perch. Is this normal? Why does he do it? Thank you again! Bryanna (:
danmcq Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Yes, it is perfectly normal. They do this as a beak cleaning effort.
Timbersmom Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Yes, indeed, Timber rubs his beak on his perch, his cage, his food bowl, my arm or whatever is handy to get that offending particle of food off his beak.
Luvparrots Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) My TAG, Ana Grey, hates to have a messy beak so refuses to eat messy food. If a speck gets on her beak, she immediately cleans (rubs) it off. Now Sterling Gris, my big CAG, always has a messy beak as he is Mr. Piggy. Edited April 5, 2013 by luvparrots
Guest Jocelyn Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 My Romeo is nutoriously clean with his beak and he eats a lot of chop and birdy bread. He gets what seems to be embarrassed when we point at him and calk out dirty beak. He also seems to rub his beak and tap it on things while he dances to music
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Aww! Romeo is a cutie and seems to have good table manners! I have different perches in their cages. Checkout " perches".They are great for many reasons and very important. Nancy
danmcq Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 It's a claiming action as well... THIS perch is MINE, this bowl is MINE, ... is MINE, is MINE, is MINE, is MINE. Grey rules of ownership! Not too certain about that comments validity. But, would say they do believe everything they see, they think about, you have and anything else not mentioned is without a doubt, undeniably the greys!
Ray P Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 The only thing that does not belong to Corky is the mortgage.
Mistyparrot Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 It's a claiming action as well... THIS perch is MINE, this bowl is MINE, ... is MINE, is MINE, is MINE, is MINE. Grey rules of ownership! That explains why Misty seems to prefer to clean his mucky beak on my knee! Steve n Misty
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 I get a kick out of the mine, mine, attitude! They sure do that! BUT... as they get older, they empathize if needed. Sophie does very well in this department. Nancy
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