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Post subject: Re: Don't look at them Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:47 pm |
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Name: Baruch
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Maybe because they're birds? They don't really have that reasoning process.
Last edited by Feathers on Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:53 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post subject: Re: Don't look at them Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:58 pm |
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Name: Jessi
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Well, if it is what I think it is, chances are they want to do the act privately. When you were a teenager, would you want to do the same thing in front of your mom? Although given how naive Silver is, that would be very unlikely. But in any other case, either he's making noise for your attention, or he has a bit of birdie performance anxiety. Alex would sing while I'm out of the room, then stop when I come in. Thought she was just shy, but I have a feeling she also does it for attention (Alex loves attention). If it is just harmless singing, you could try praising Silver when you catch him doing it. Or without looking at him directly, you can whistle along to see if that encourages him. Whenever my birds make any kind of chattering or whistling noise, I usually say something like: "are you talking?", or just respond all like: "yeah?", "Oh really?", "Ya don't say." They seem to like it when they think they're having a conversation with me. I have some unusually chatty hens though, and naturally Georgie is a chatterbox.
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Post subject: Re: Don't look at them Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:58 pm |
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Thank you for your comments.
It's interesting that Alex does something similar. Now Piper (male budgie) will chatter to me even when I am up close and looking right at him. Piper is a very self-confident bird.
I like the comparison to teenagers. Maybe that's something to do with it.
Whenever I hear Silver making a sound that, with a lot of imagination, could be the beginning of "pretty bird," I say it right back to him. This happens, again, not when I am looking at him, but while I am doing something else. He will answer me back, although not right away. Maybe five or ten seconds.
I think he really loves making noises, and seeing how they sound. I remember, when I was a kid, singing for a long time in bed at night before I would start making an attempt at sleeping. My brother did this, too (he sang, "I'm Popeye the sailor man," which I pretty much hated. But, that's another story).
So, I think it's not so much to get attention. I think he enjoys doing it, like I would play hopscotch all by myself for ages. So, I think he's just embarrassed to have me looking at him while he is doing it. I'm that way, in that I can play a musical instrument MUCH better when no one's in the room listening to me. So, I have to PUSH myself to actually play in front of other people, because I think it's a good thing to do. But, I don't think Silver would have that level of thought process.
Perhaps pushing oneself to do something "good" for oneself is something unique to human's.
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