Is this movement bad??

[TayKiren]

This is freaking me out. He did it for a few minutes and stopped. Is this extreme crop adjustment or something worse?? [ame]https://youtu.be/saNhG4RoQmo[/ame]

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[noodles123]

I am NOOOOOT a budgie expert (although I have "owned" one)..To me, in this context, it looks like possible regurgitation or courting/mating behavior. DO NOT QUOTE ME, AS THAT IS A GUESSSSS!!!!

I hope others will chime in.

It really does seem like is is wanting to..."feed" your other bird...which is very sexual for adults, so keep that in mind and 500% remove any shadowy spaces etc.

 

[TayKiren]

Yeah, that's what it looks like, but I've never seen them do it so.....rapidly or with such large movements.

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[noodles123]

again, wait for another reply, but it seems like that at face-value from a person who has never owned multiple budgies at once (again, not an expert--but seems likely).

 

[Laurasea]

I'd agree it looks like wants to regurge to the other one. I did have my boys regurgitate to each other before, it was much less exaggerated than yours tho. But I think this is a normal behavior.

I'd like to ask about diet? The diet might be a factor in the exaggerated, like harder to get up

 

[TayKiren]

Today they had spinach, bok choy, and dandelion greens with their normal seed diet. I then removed the seed and put in just pellets, as I am trying to transition them onto them. I just put seeds back in and he is eating.

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[ParrotGenie]

I seen them regurge each other, so is normal. Likey won't be shock if it is a female and male if they mate shortly.

Keep trying to offer pellets they will eventually get use to it. Seeds are just to fatty for them.

 

[SailBoat]

Yes, it is possible that it is regurgitation, but it is just as likely crop adjustment, especially as it was a one time event.

Pellets should be considered as supplemental replacing some seed, but not all.

 

[Scott]

Not familiar with budgies, but movement appears well controlled with no problem maintaining position on the perch. My guess is with all of the preceding comments!