Why?

[Dannii]

Lately I’ve noticed my English Budgie bobs his head…a lot. Mostly, when he’s by himself. He does it on a lot of different occasions too - when there’s fresh fruit in the cage, when there’s music being played, when the others are snoozing, when he sits on the iodine block ( I have a really big one ) and there are times when he just starts chattering softly and doing his head bob thing.

At first I put it down to excitement or showing off…but I’m not too sure now :rolleyes:

So I was wondering, what are ALL of the reasons a budgie head bobs for?…

[mskimber]

well, i googled eye pinning last nite and head bobbing was included too..it can be 1. a sign of aggression 2. they are over excited 3. just content, i figure when mine do it ( and it used to be just sangria but mojito has been doing it too not as much) they are content

[aka.pody]

Actually the males do that. It's part of their singing and eye pinning routine. The male will also do this not only to females as a courtship act, but also to other males as part of being a show off. There's no doubt that it's a happy little thing they do. :)

[mskimber]

but mojito is a girl and she started to do it too

[aka.pody]

but mojito is a girl and she started to do it too
Really? I've never noticed a female to do it. Little copy cats. :p

[mskimber]

not like sangria does but i noticed she started she'll make her neck long and then do 3-4 bobs ..he gets all puffy and hops around and does it

[lamagdalena]

what is eye pinning? and the head bobbing thing, my two boys do that, as well as my sun conure.

[aka.pody]

Eye pinning or dilating is when they make their eyes really tiny and concentrate on something.
My male does it all the time to his favorite ball. I think he's emotionally involved with it. :rolleyes:

[prettybird1212]

Dollar only does it when he's regurgitating food for Cloud and the chicks :)

[lamagdalena]

Eye pinning or dilating is when they make their eyes really tiny and concentrate on something.
My male does it all the time to his favorite ball. I think he's emotionally involved with it. :rolleyes:

oooh, I hadn't heard of it. So it's when they dilate their pupils? I can 't tell with my babies yet, only Dolce has a hint of an iris. But I will be observing their eyes from now on to see if I catch it. :P

thanks for the explanation.

[aka.pody]

Dollar only does it when he's regurgitating food for Cloud and the chicks :)

It's similar but not quite the same.

[aka.pody]

oooh, I hadn't heard of it. So it's when they dilate their pupils? I can 't tell with my babies yet, only Dolce has a hint of an iris. But I will be observing their eyes from now on to see if I catch it. :P

thanks for the explanation.

You're welcome. It's really kinda funny because their eyes get really really tiny. Like little black dots.

[Rainbow]

My passed Mr. Tumnus loved to bob his head when I took him out of the cage.

He would run around bobing his head up and down at Rainbow then she would join in lol.

[acudogmama]

Puppy likes to head bob when he is happy playing with his toys. Sometimes he really gets into it~!
And he makes a *tick*tock* sound when he does it too... it's kind of hard to explain, but it's a little different from his normal little clicking sounds~! Very cute.

He also likes to do it in a mirror when he's out of his cage (he doesn't have mirrors in his cage). I notices the eye dilating thing a lot too when he is head-bop dancing. *^_^*

[Pippin's mom]

All of my guys do this a lot..to anything and everything.:) They head bob and click their beaks on each other's beaks as well as lots of inanimate objects. They are always very happy when they are doing it.:D

[Dannii]

Ah, thanks guys :D

I was starting to think he had a ***** loose :rolleyes:

[Dannii]

:eek: oh dear, it wouldn't let me type s c r e w! - just to let you know, I didn't say anything bad! :o