Constant wing flickering

[Shelby]

I know in macaws that is a baby behavior. It could be similar for conures, and if he is only 3 months old he is still kind of a baby.

Are the macaws in this video doing something similar to your conure?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Mxoz6 ... ata_player

[marie83]

It could be begging behaviour but wing flicking may also mean something is irritating, mine used to flick their wings loads when they had sores under their wings. Might be bet to get an avian vet check to be sure which is recommended any way when you get a new bird.

[MandyG]

If you're worried it wouldn't hurt to go to a vet just to be sure, and if everything is well you have the confidence that he's ok.

Mojo will bow down and flicker his 'shoulders' quickly when he's really begging. It's usually if I'm busy when I first come home and have only said 'hello' to him but nothing else. He'll do this while repeating "hello? Step up? Wanna step up? Wanna come out?".

[liz]

Rambo is 22. If we don't pay attention to his verbal begging he will flip his wings.

His verbal is "huh" or "is that good"?

[Pajarita]

What the baby macaw in the middle was doing is a very weak begging for food behavior (because he was already full) but a three month old sun conure would not do it like that (they do flutter their wings but do it very fast -looks almost like trembling) unless he was not weaned properly (malnutrition) or has some other problem which could be neurological or a metabolic disorder (for example, birds that have too low or too high calcium would have involuntary muscle movements).

He might also not be eating enough - are you weighing him on a daily basis? All weaning babies or babies that were bought supposedly weaned (which, sometimes are not, especially when they come from a breeder that is willing to ship a baby bird, always a very bad mark against the breeder) should be weighted every day at the same time to make sure they are not losing weight.

I suggest you give him some soft food (cooked brown rice, oatmeal mixed with organic unsweetened apple sauce, birdy bread, polenta cooked with a tiny bit of tomato paste, something like that) instead of all those seeds and pellets (which you should NOT free-feed).

And take him to an avian vet ASAP because every single baby bird should have a wellness exam as soon as he comes home (breeders sell sick babies ALL THE TIME).