nighttime Wing flicking

[erik7181]

Hi, I have noticed that at night it sounds like my sun is constently flicking his wing, is this normal? its constent

 

[Mayden]

Wing flicking can mean a few different things. Birds will wing flick to help them cool down if they are too warm, it could also mean that they're irritated by something or even just trying to get comfy, but I'm not sure if it's constant. Does he only do it at night?

 

[osnyder]

Wing flicking can mean a few different things. Birds will wing flick to help them cool down if they are too warm, it could also mean that they're irritated by something or even just trying to get comfy, but I'm not sure if it's constant. Does he only do it at night?

Are we talking about when a bird flaps his wings like a maniac but is only showing off, and not trying to go anywhere? Because Stitch does that a lot. My interpretation is that he's telling me he's annoyed or he's trying to impress/boss around everyone.

 

[erik7181]

No its not the excercise flap lol the first post makes sense I bought him a sleepy teepee and insted of going in it he perchs on the top and kind of hangs there. So he is probly trying to get comfey, the heat thing could be its warm in my house because iv been keeping the windows closed to keep out the pollin. But its only around 70. I'm not to worried about it. I really think its the perching thing I took it out. He loves the cozy corner but he always breaks the tie down strings.

 

[Mlalla]

I have 2 young macaws and they have a perfectly fine perch but they would rather sit behind me on the back of the sofa in the evening they both will flick their wings and grind their beaks. They are perfectly content it's a part of settling down in the evening

 

[Kentuckienne]

The wing flipping at night, we experienced that with a parrot. Just the quick flick or two, but going on and on. I think it's always been because of an irritation. Either a feather cut too sharply and poking his side, or a feather growing in, or a feather coming out ... the flick is to snap the wing feathers back into place. Is your bird molting right now, or did he have a recent wing clip? There could be other reasons .. something itching the skin, or mites even.

Does he like baths? Sometimes a good soaking seems to wash irritating stuff off the body, and soften up the feathers, and clean them so the barbs zip together cleanly, and a bath always seemed to help with the flicking. The flicking used to come and go, and the aboveis just my impression of what was causing it.

If by perch thing you mean one of those "happy hut" jobs, take it out and throw it away! You would't BELIEVE how many posts there are here from people who lost birds to those things. People who said their birds loved them and never chewed them, and then one day the bird is on death's door because it's been secretly eating loose strings from the inside of the thing ... or they get a thread wrapped around a foot or toe and gangrene has set in by the time anyone sees it ... or they get their head caught in a loose thread and strangle, or hang by one leg until they die. Those things are terrible, awful, kill so many birds and they should not be on the market.

 

[ShatteredChaos]

My parrots sit down, wing flick and grind their beaks contentedly. It's what they do every evening while they're getting ready for bedtime. It seems to be a normal thing, at least in my experience.

 

[LordTriggs]

it could also be an involuntary dream response, much like humans kicking out in their sleep, I know I often times wake up to find my bedding on the other side of the room, though do take a look at irritation routes first of course and look if anything is possibly disturbing them in their sleep