Strange behaviour in corella

[snoopy]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I have a long-billed corella that has been acting a bit strange lately. She (I think she's a she!) will be doing her normal daily routine when suddenly she will just stop, freeze, and stare down at the floor. This usually only lasts for 10-20 seconds. If I pat her she normally snaps out of it and is fine.

She is otherwise healthy as far as we can tell, but its really bugging me why she does this. I was even thinking could it be like a type of epilepsy (without fits), because she really seems to zone out each time it happens.

Hopefully she is just deep in thought (or something!) but I thought I would ask the question in case others have seen this in their birds.

Thanks for any help.

[Robyn]

LOL. Must be a TOO thing. Our SC TOO does the same thing. I always ask him if he's looking at ants. He'll be running down the driveway & all of a sudden he'll stop & just stare at the concrete. Silly bird. I really don't think it's anything to worry about.

[cinderella]

i have 8 corellas and they do it too.. maybe its their way of getting attention LOL..we do always go over and check it out and talk to them..they do have us trained well dont they.

[snoopy]

Thank you so much everyone. Reassuring to know its not just my bird. Cinderella, you might be onto something. A bird conspiracy for attention