But last night, she added PLAYING DEAD! Which scared me! I thought there was something really wrong or she had gotten scared somehow, but there was no real reason to be and she was making her happy cricket sounds instead of the unhappy duck sounds. She had a leg injury two weeks ago so we had been extra gental with her too. She shot out of the tunnel, turned on her side, then spread her wings a little and laid there still, all before I had a chance to lift my hand. I waited for a few seconds...nothing. Just when I thought to pick her up to see what was wrong, she jumped up, hop hop hop in a circle, flipped on her back, and pawed the air waiting for my fingers. Then she tried it a few more times until she decided she wanted her head scratched instead...and again, she won't take no for an answer. Lol
Does anyone else's parrot play dead as a part of play? I've seen wild birds do it when threatened...but never a pet?! And for sure she is playing. She's far from hand shy and we were far enough away from the pillow that there is no way we could mistake play from "I feel trapped." But it certainly was surprising! I guess she won the game.
