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Silver my male cockatiel used to love scritches. There seemed no limit to how long I could scritch him. Since Leminy is with us, she scritches him. Now I can’t get him to accept scritches. Is this common?
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tielfan
Post subject: Re: Unwanted scritches
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 6:15 pm
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Name: Carolyn
Posts: 7986 Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Gave happy chirps:201 times Got happy chirps:725 times
I don't know how common it is, but it happens. He has found his one true love, apparently, and doesn't want to be unfaithful to her.
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Dianne
Post subject: Re: Unwanted scritches
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 3:00 pm
Lovebird
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He does love her. However, they can’t seem to figure out how to mate. They keep trying though. He gets one foot on but that’s it.
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tielfan
Post subject: Re: Unwanted scritches
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 4:47 pm
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Name: Carolyn
Posts: 7986 Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Gave happy chirps:201 times Got happy chirps:725 times
Sounds like Vlad. He's progressed to standing on the hen with both feet, but that's all he does - stand there until her legs collapse from the weight.
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Bluekeet
Post subject: Re: Unwanted scritches
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 10:28 am
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Name: Stephanie
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In my mind, birds are fickle, picky things. Jaid loved scratches as a baby then when he met Beaker, he decided it was more fun to wrestle so every attempt to this day of me scratching him triggers attack mode.
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