My first bird - need help deciding pls!

[Roger P]

The information I was able to obtain when I was looking into Quakers advised that this is why they are commonly known as Quakers, because of the "quaking" that they do. It is something that the bird does when it is young and grows out of for the most part. It should likely go away at the 6-9 week mark, but some go longer than that. How old is he?

That said, I tend to agree with zazanomore, if you are concerned about it, it may be worth a vet visit, if for nothing else than to calm your nerves and get him checked over. Let us know what happens.

[kateb]

Kudos to RogerP - he is indeed "quaking". I searched high and low online for an answer (using terms like shaking, flapping, flipping) and couldn't find it, but after reading your post I jumped onto YouTube and typed in Quaker Quaking and struck gold - videos of other Quakers doing the exact same thing!

He is much better today - pretty much back to his old self, so hopefully it is temporary. His mood has also lifted from solemn and moody back to happy and chirpy and he's stopped biting. Thx again

[Roger P]

Happy to be of assistance. Good luck and have fun! They are great talkers!

[footfoot]

I went on youtube to quantify this quaking quaker question quickly and sure enough they do do the wiggles.
Wow quakers are beautiful birds.