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Post by kjjl on Apr 1, 2005 9:15:56 GMT 10
What do you think of the idea that tiels use their feet to eat/play..... I've heard that it isn't common for a tiel to use their feet..but more of a "big bird" thing..
Monty uses his feet to eat leaves and last night was sitting sooo cutely eating a sunflower seed with his foot..it was sooooo cute!!! he's often tried to use his foot but always ended up falling over or just generally being a clumsy little thing..
He also grabbed a feather he had molted and was picking it up with his foot and chewing it..sooo cute!!
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Post by lovemytiels on Apr 2, 2005 4:40:10 GMT 10
Hi Kjjl, I have seen tiels using their feet but they are not as good at it as the bigger parrots. I had a male tiel that use to talk & sing to his foot all the time. He use to raise it up & it really did look like he was talking to it, use to crack me up laughing as he did it all the time. As they are not really use to using their feet for lifting up & grabbing food they are a bit clumsy. Cheers Anna
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Post by ziki on Apr 3, 2005 16:59:35 GMT 10
well tiels dont have hands like us so to play with toys, eat, climb or do any kind of moveing they are gonna use their feet.
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Post by hillcresttiels on Apr 3, 2005 17:03:12 GMT 10
Not neccessarilly Ziki as not many Tiels use their feet!
Frank
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Post by ziki on Apr 3, 2005 17:07:01 GMT 10
what do they use instead then?
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Post by hillcresttiels on Apr 3, 2005 17:21:42 GMT 10
The majority of Tiels feed normaly using their beaks to pick at the food but very unusual to see a Tiel pick up a nut for eg with their feet to eat like a Cocky for eg  Frank |
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 3, 2005 18:08:10 GMT 10
Yeah I have a budgie who holds her face while she sleeps! She has always been weird like that tho
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Post by kjjl on Apr 3, 2005 21:27:38 GMT 10
i knew it wasn't very common so my little one is very clever ;D well i already knew that heheh...now if only i could solve the screaming problem...separation anxiety   |
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Post by josiedownunda on Apr 3, 2005 23:02:04 GMT 10
Funny you should mention the 'foot' thing as it was only this morning I was watching my pet platinum hen holding a clawful of sprouts while she selectedly chewed away at the seed. No clumsiness at all....look just like the big cockatoos. I guess I noticed it because it was unusual to see. I have a few that seem to do this......I notice it more in the suspended aviaries. Maybe they have started doing it to help avoid losing their food through the mesh. I have to wonder if one bird started it and the others followed suit..ie..a learned behaviour. I did notice one doing it last year but now it seems there are quite a few that are rather skilful at it.
Jo-Anne
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Post by billspets on Apr 4, 2005 7:53:47 GMT 10
well me personally think that bird are very smart as in the fact that they can adapt to there enviourment
like jo-anna has said she has relised it ove time where her birds are using there feet to hold things so they wouldent fall threw the wire of the cage
i think where the feet of bird goes it goes down to necessity as i have seen some ery comical things with birds using there feet
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bill
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Post by kjjl on Apr 12, 2005 16:02:50 GMT 10
monts still uses his/her feet very well..it's sooooo cute.all curled up grabbing somehting like a BIG bird heheh..adorable and this mummy thinks monts is sooo clever  |
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Post by emz on Apr 13, 2005 9:37:43 GMT 10
Gday, i actually busted my new lil bubba this morning for the first time using his foot to grab some millet spray..though he saw me watching him then stopped ..  .. makes me wonder what else he gets upto when no one is around......emz ;D |
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.. makes me wonder what else he gets upto when no one is around......emz ;D