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 Post subject: Female Parrots?
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:56 pm 
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Do Female Parrots need more calcium than Males? Reason I ask is because Loki and Tiko both have a head twitching thing going on like anytime I talk to Loki her head twitches and so is Tiko and Tiko does have a calcium deficiency and her beak is chipped because of it so we are getting calcium and vitamin D supplements for her.I read head twitching means they have low calcium is this true? or is there another reason for it like why Loki does it when u talk to her.Loki has done this since we got her and I never thought anything of it I thought it meant she didn't like what i was saying.And I never buy cuttlebones anymore because they never get used and if I do grate them I always forget about it.Also if breeding season has anything to do with calcium African greys breeding season was in Winter and they moult now and Tiko is also moulting.



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:53 pm 
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As far as I know, head twitching doesn't have anything to do with calcium. It's probably because your voice is a little bit loud or the pitch of it is slightly annoying. Sometimes my birds do this and sometimes they don't.

A hen needs a lot more calcium if she's laying eggs. But as far as I know, her needs are fairly similar to a male the rest of the time.



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:10 pm 
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tielfan wrote:
As far as I know, head twitching doesn't have anything to do with calcium. It's probably because your voice is a little bit loud or the pitch of it is slightly annoying. Sometimes my birds do this and sometimes they don't.

A hen needs a lot more calcium if she's laying eggs. But as far as I know, her needs are fairly similar to a male the rest of the time.

I always talk calmly to my birds.My mam was singing Tiko's favourite song when she was twitching and she was dancing for a while too and its a calm song.Are they the only reasons for head twitching Loki does it every single time anyone talks to her.



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