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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:02 pm 
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Why do birds like to swing?


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:02 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Bird swings
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:03 pm 
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Where have you been? Problem takin in some blunts.


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 Post subject: Re: Bird swings
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:07 pm 
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Feathers wrote:
Where have you been? Problem takin in some blunts.


I've been doing some other stuff, but yes, smoke wheat.

Now, to answer your original question, I suppose they just like the motion of it.



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 Post subject: Re: Bird swings
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:08 pm 
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But. Why? I mean. Doesn't it make them nauseous? It's like a roller coasters.


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 Post subject: Re: Bird swings
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:49 pm 
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In the wild they have to sit on tree branches that sway in the wind. Sitting on a swing would be similar.



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:02 pm 
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All of my birds like to sit on a swing, especially at night.

However, they don't do anything active to initiate a swinging motion. And, I notice that if I swing any of them, like when they are on my hand, they will usually leave.

Perhaps it's that a swing is usually the highest place to perch.

On the other hand, I have a swing suspended from a light fixture so it's about two inches above the top of the cage. They have never once gone onto that swing. And, it is identical to a swing inside of the cage that they use quite a bit.



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:54 pm 
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Actually I remember hearing from somewhere that some birds like the "enclosed" kind of swings. My budgies do. Like the kind with the wire above them? Or you know something similar. Like a security kind of thing.



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All my birds like the swing....



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:22 am 
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Lately I've been putting up perches on electrical wiring. Basically they're swings. But as there are many in my aviary, I can't really tell if they prefer the swings over more sturdy perches...



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