Disney behavior

[Munchy]

HI all,

Disney does this weird thing and I was wondering if it is a matting behavior. He fluffs up, walks lightly while low talking and occasionally bobs his head while doing all of the former. It doesn't last long and he seems pretty happy when he is doing this. Does anyone know what this means?

[marie83]

Does sound like it might be the start of it. Ollie started doing that and at first it seemed ok but then he started trying to climb on our hands. Obviously we remove him immediately when this happens but I wish I had known what the behaviour was when it very first started, maybe it wouldn't have carried on if we had removed him from us to start with.

Saying that George my peach front used to do it occasionally to but to a much lesser extent, it never developed any further than that but I suspect he was either parent reared or literally only interacted with at feeding time. Ollie the GCC was definitely handreared and interacted with from 4/5 weeks old.

[liz]

It sounds like the Happy Dance to me. Both of mine do it.

[Munchy]

well he does seem happy! if it is mating behavior at least now I know to not let him act that way on us.
It's so funny that he does it when he is having a lot of fun playing around, it's like he goes to a different level.

[marie83]

Sorry, I didn't realise Disney was doing it when playing. It may just be excitement from the game in that case. Definitely look out for that sort of behaviour when he is fussed or has just been fussed though. It's amazing the things people post on here, behaviours I've never really paid much attention to, makes me think more in depth about my birds. I lost George (peach front)about 6 years ago and your post made me realise that all his bobbing gestures were either done in play or when he saw his own reflection in the mirror. With Ollie he only ever does it when he has had a cuddle but then it often leads to him climbing on our hands so now we remove him as soon as he starts.
So now you have me curious, is it two similar behaviours mating and playing with subtle differences we don't notice. Or could it be two similar behaviours in the two species which mean completely seperate things. How similar are peach fronts and half moons? All I know really is of the difference in beak colour and the similarities in body colour.

[liz]

I can see differences in personalities with my cockatiels. Sweetie, my oldest tiel does not want to be touched unless she needs help. When she is on the floor she lets me pick her up and scratch her head. She calls me to come and talk to her. Then she tells me all kind of stuff in cockatiel language. She is the first to try anything new and the others follow. If she doesn't want something in her cage she puts it out.

Shadow, her mate, is happy go lucky. He sings all the time. He will step up in the cage after telling me he really doesn't want to. He has learned some words but only says them when he is talking to me.

I rescued Lemone at the same time as Shadow. He is introverted and will only allow contact when he needs help. He never bites. His singing voice is the best of all 3 males but he has not had a song since his Twinkle died.

I had hoped that baby Bindi would have cheered him up. He claimed her and fed her when Twinkle died. Now that she does not want feedings they are just cordial. She is still a dumb baby. Although I held her a lot when she was little she threatens to bite me.

& Tommy & Tammy are complete opposits. He want every bit of attention that I can give. Sticks his face though the bars and blows kisses until I go kiss him. He sings, steps up any time and is a joy. tammy does not want any attention. She only steps up when she needs help.

I don't know with the Amazons. Rambo, male? & 21, is a double yellow head. Myrtle just turned 2 and is a blue front. Their personalities are different but I don't know if it is because they are different species.

[Munchy]

I don't know much about the differences between Half Moons and Peach Fronts. Except of course what you mentioned, the beak color. They are the same size about but come from two different regions.
It is an interesting question though if similar behavior is different based on species.
There are a few things that Disney does that I wonder why he does them, like making his way to my feet so he can scream at them.
I notice a lot of what he does and I try not to anthropomorphize, I try to understand what it is like with his senses, how he is seeing the world, so that I can understand what he is thinking, what his reason for doing what he does is...
I wish I understood bird behavior better.

[marie83]

I don't know much about the differences between Half Moons and Peach Fronts. Except of course what you mentioned, the beak color. They are the same size about but come from two different regions.
It is an interesting question though if similar behavior is different based on species.

I wish I understood bird behavior better.

I wasn't aware that they are from two different regions as I've never looked into it really, George was very much a bird who I never set out to take on but someone who was allergic to him couldnt keep him, I fell in love and took him on. There was no research to be found on peach fronts on the internet, despite spending many many hours on google, when I first got him let alone a good book in the local bookshops so based on that they are from different regions I would say that maybe they are less similar than they look but I guess without looking in depth at both birds histories it is impossible to say.

I know how you feel, I want to know everything lol, purely cuz I want to make them the happiest I possibly can than out of interest alone.

[liz]

I can see differences in personalities with my cockatiels. Sweetie, my oldest tiel does not want to be touched unless she needs help. When she is on the floor she lets me pick her up and scratch her head. She calls me to come and talk to her. Then she tells me all kind of stuff in cockatiel language. She is the first to try anything new and the others follow. If she doesn't want something in her cage she puts it out.

Shadow, her mate, is happy go lucky. He sings all the time. He will step up in the cage after telling me he really doesn't want to. He has learned some words but only says them when he is talking to me.

I rescued Lemone at the same time as Shadow. He is introverted and will only allow contact when he needs help. He never bites. His singing voice is the best of all 3 males but he has not had a song since his Twinkle died.

I had hoped that baby Bindi would have cheered him up. He claimed her and fed her when Twinkle died. Now that she does not want feedings they are just cordial. She is still a dumb baby. Although I held her a lot when she was little she threatens to bite me.

& Tommy & Tammy are complete opposits. He want every bit of attention that I can give. Sticks his face though the bars and blows kisses until I go kiss him. He sings, steps up any time and is a joy. tammy does not want any attention. She only steps up when she needs help.

I don't know with the Amazons. Rambo, male? & 21, is a double yellow head. Myrtle just turned 2 and is a blue front. Their personalities are different but I don't know if it is because they are different species.

What I was trying to say is that the personality is in each individual bird. All my tiels are one species but have differnt personalities.

[marie83]

This is true that each individual of a certain species have different personalities but they will all also display characteristics and behaviours of the species as a whole, or at least a well balanced bird will. I can't speak for others but I was wondering if one behaviour in one species, such as the head bobbing, will mean the exact same thing within another species. It may be something I look into further in the future because I only know what my own parrots display and head bobbing seemed to signal different things to the peach fronted I had than it does to my green cheek but I've only just clicked onto that because of the original posters message.