Weird behavior

[prettylila]

I haven't been on in ages but I just started to notice my Lila acting strange. I took her to a new avian vet today whom I disliked very much, he didn't take her temp, weigh her and I had to hold her while he trimmed her nails? Which I didn't mind but I've never had to do that.

 

Anyways, on to the issue. I know what beak grinding is b/c she would do it almost every night before she would doze off. But now ALL day she'll lick the roof of her beak obsessively. ALMOST like shes eating but isn't at all. Is this a sexual behavior? Shes 4 and a half. Her poop looks fine, shes eating fine and drinking. I don't think shes sick. Shes on me right now doing it, its bothersome b/c it just started like a week ago. She's not bringing anything up, she has no discharge. I'm at a loss. HELPPP?

[Dave007]

It's possible that she has a very tiny chip in her upper beak which causes them to lick it to wear it down. They do that for long periods of time. Greys also like to put a tiny feather in their mouth, wet it down and roll it around in the upper roof of the beak. Many times, this can go on for hours. They enjoy doing that but if what she's doing looks unnatural to you it's best that you see the vet about it. If there doesn't seem to be anything drastic going on even though she's doing that, that may give you a bit of time to find another vet if you don't wanna go back to this one.