Tapping is common male cockatiels. Mine does it for two reasons. Sometimes he does it when he's tired and doesn't want me to disturb him (in this case, he's in his cage and it's territorial). When he's out of his cage, though, he'll do that either to flirt, or just to play. He loves hanging out on the keyboard and doing this.
Also when they are happy and try to imitate you like when you are typing or doing something similar. My cockatiel does that all the time, also it has to do with hormones
Wow. lol. My cockatiel looks pretty much like yours and started doing that recently. I was worried about her and dont understand what it means when they do that. But I'm glad my bird isnt the only one that does that :-)
Tapping is common male cockatiels. Mine does it for two reasons. Sometimes he does it when he's tired and doesn't want me to disturb him (in this case, he's in his cage and it's territorial). When he's out of his cage, though, he'll do that either to flirt, or just to play. He loves hanging out on the keyboard and doing this.
asazisc 1 year ago
@asazisc Oops, I meant to say "Tapping is common IN male cockatiels..." XD
asazisc 1 year ago
Also when they are happy and try to imitate you like when you are typing or doing something similar. My cockatiel does that all the time, also it has to do with hormones
idotv2 1 year ago
Apparently it's a sign of ownership, mainly a male behaviour. When they bang their beaks on something, they're saying "this is mine".
montyburnzz 2 years ago
Wow. lol. My cockatiel looks pretty much like yours and started doing that recently. I was worried about her and dont understand what it means when they do that. But I'm glad my bird isnt the only one that does that :-)
malakehsarah 2 years ago
my cockatiel does that too. i wonder why he does that.
NoOtherLikeMe7 2 years ago