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Post by biteybird on Mar 15, 2016 0:46:51 GMT -5
Bonnie does this 'thing' when she's finished with holding and eating food in her left foot. She takes - sometimes gobbles! - some hasty bites from whatever she's holding, then when she's had enough she dramatically opens up her toes and drops it.  In reality she is probably only opening up her foot/toes, but I swear it looks like she's flinging or throwing it!  I assume other quakers do the same thing? I want to try and capture it on video one day, as everyone who sees this thinks it's hysterical. In fact, we have bets as to which foods will fall prey to The Foot Fling before they are finished, LOL. |
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Post by zim on Mar 15, 2016 0:58:43 GMT -5
Lol! I've seen Yoshi drop a couple things after eating some of it, but he generally doesn't do it on purpose. If something startles him he will drop it, or if he grabs it in his beak and tries to reposition his foot around it, sometimes it'll get dropped. I've never noticed him fling anything, however.
He's kind of getting lazy tho in regards to holding food. He wants me to hold it for him while he eats off of it. And he is such a slow eater (I'm assuming most birds are). He's training me well.
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Post by Caseysmom on Mar 15, 2016 9:31:16 GMT -5
Lol cute, yes Casey will drop something if something yummier comes up. She could be busy eating pellets but if I reach over with a treat she will fling the pellet and snatch the treat!
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Post by aaron on Mar 15, 2016 13:47:05 GMT -5
Cupcake will often drop things, although something tells me Bonnie has a slightly more dramatic move here, from what you're describing. I'd love to see what you're talking about |
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Post by easttex on Mar 15, 2016 17:36:31 GMT -5
I've seen Peppy fling food only once, but Allie does it all the time. It's funny to watch her, but you have to be sneaky, because doesn't like a witness. She'll stand on the edge of her food dish, put a foot in, and swirl everything around. Then she grabs a pellet and tries to send it out between the cage bars. What a mess she makes! And she doesn't even eat any of it first.
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Post by cnyguy on Mar 15, 2016 19:58:28 GMT -5
That is a typical "parrot thing," but Bonnie seems to be putting a little extra energy into it.  George the YCA was very good at flinging food, usually with his beak. If he wasn't in the mood for a slice of banana, he could usually get it to stick to the wall when he flung it out of his cage. |
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Post by julianna on Mar 16, 2016 15:17:53 GMT -5
Oscar is definitely a flinger. He flings with his foot and bill. I once had 7 love birds that would fly around my house and they never made such a big mess as one little QP does. One good thing... he will crawl down his ladder at times to pick up his leftovers.
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Post by aaron on Mar 17, 2016 8:29:35 GMT -5
Wow! Hard to imagine managing seven lovebirds flying around a house. How did you keep up with that?!
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Post by biteybird on Mar 17, 2016 10:58:37 GMT -5
One good thing... he will crawl down his ladder at times to pick up his leftovers. Bonnie, as a rule, disdains putting herself out to pick up leftovers from the bottom of her cage once she has flung them. She has to be pretty desperate to do that. Once, though, she flung a bit of scrambled egg (which she loves), then seemed to be looking for it. I said "It's down there, go and pick it up" - and blow me down, she actually did! Most of the time, however, she looks at me as though I'm crazy and clearly expects me to hand her a new bit of whatever food she's dropped. |
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Post by julianna on Mar 17, 2016 12:56:49 GMT -5
The love birds I had were wonderful. Mom and Dad with 5 babies. The parents were teaching the young ones how to fly. I only had the young ones for a short time as I would find them all good homes. Course mom and dad would hurry up and make a new batch. Together over the years they raised 45 babies. One day I will take pictures of the old pictures I have and post them.
Yes they were a lot of work and very very very noisey.
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In reality she is probably only opening up her foot/toes, but I swear it looks like she's flinging or throwing it! 
I assume other quakers do the same thing? I want to try and capture it on video one day, as everyone who sees this thinks it's hysterical. In fact, we have bets as to which foods will fall prey to The Foot Fling before they are finished, LOL.
George the YCA was very good at flinging food, usually with his beak. If he wasn't in the mood for a slice of banana, he could usually get it to stick to the wall when he flung it out of his cage. 