Tail movement??

[xxlazaro]

Hello I have two cockatiels and for a while now one of them , she moves her tail very slightly up and down I don't know why I mean I have heard of tail moving side to side but never up and down maybe their the same and maybe someone has experienced thus before but I don't know I would appreciate if someone would help me thanks

[Andromeda]

How long have you had the bird? If you are absolutely sure that the tail bobbing is new I would take her to the vet. Tail bobbing is a sign of illness because it means the bird's breathing is labored.

That being said, I have a green cheek conure that is a re-home and a few days after I brought him home I noticed that he had a very, very slight tail bob when he breathed. I was very worried and took him to the vet where they listened to his breathing with a stethoscope and did all kinds of blood work on him and everything came back normal.

That was 4 1/2 years ago and he's been fine ever since, he flies all over the house, etc. It seems for him a tiny tail bob is normal.

However, if this behavior is new and is something you're not noticing in your other bird I'd take her to the vet as soon as possible. Birds are notorious for hiding signs of illness and often if they are ill they don't start showing it until they are near death and in order to catch an illness in time you have to look out for small signs that they might be ill and tail bobbing is one of them.

[xxlazaro]

Ok thank you and this behavior has gone on for a little while but since we bought her, her nose hasn't been that good it gets a little clogged with feathers causing her to scratch her nose and her nose area is rough and very flat but ill see how she does and ill call the vet on Monday and well see how she goes and on top of that she appears to be molting ohh boy haha anyway thanks a bunch

[marie83]

Ok thank you and this behavior has gone on for a little while but since we bought her, her nose hasn't been that good it gets a little clogged with feathers causing her to scratch her nose and her nose area is rough and very flat but ill see how she does and ill call the vet on Monday and well see how she goes and on top of that she appears to be molting ohh boy haha anyway thanks a bunch

That doesn't sound normal to me. Defo get her checked out and please keep us updated.