Pets...My Parakeet paces in cage, even tho I let him out!

January 18, 2019 | Lee Martell

[sergeantdave]

Everything You Should Know About Psychomotor Agitation

Symptoms...

The most common signs of psychomotor agitation include:

emotional distress
restlessness
tapping
starting and ending tasks abruptly
fidgeting
pacing
hand-wringing
fast talking
racing thoughts
crowded thoughts

https://www.healthline.com/health/psychomotor-agitation#symptoms

[Fresh Wind]

Speaking of bird behavior...

I once saw a group of seagulls and crows in a fast food joint parking lot feasting on some scattered food trash.

The seagulls had assembled into one group, and the crows in another. There was no mixing.

Birds are clearly racist.

[trebb]

I think Ice Cube suffers from toxic masculinity....

Nice to hear from someone who cares about the total well-being of his pets...

[GOYAKLA]

Trans-species?

[ClearBlueSky]

Some parakeets are flat-out wacky. Yours sounds anti-social or stressed out. Had a few, each different-one would fall asleep on his perch, tilting forward slowly till he hit the cage floor, then do it again. The other was an escape artist. I had to wire the cage openings shut and he'd sit there and watch.He worked on those wires until he got them off then he was out! Found him on the kitchen window sill once, next to a blue glass bird I had there. Didn't notice him at first. Other times he'd hit the floor and take off running. Great fun for the toddler!
No real luck teaching either to talk, but the first one learned to say something that sounded like 'hey you'. Sheldon-the second-pouted a lot and danced to rock music.
Maybe yours would appreciate a close by, but separate, cage.

[Keyhopper]

Put a mirror in the cage

[EinNYC]

After a couple of years being in a non-enriched environment, in a cage which is probably too small, your pacing bird might just be showing a behavior it taught itself to give itself some stimulation in a stark environment. Have you tried a bigger cage and, when you take the bird out, giving it a bird playground?

[Tuketu]

Thank you for your critiques of my post. After some more consideration on behalf of you, Lee, and your schizoid Parakeets, Sky Blue and Ice Cube, I thought of a few items for your collective consideration.

Should you inadvertently create a 13 (AS OPPOSED TO 12) Step program to cure these birds, you MAY find them lying with you either on the floor, or on the bottom of the cage. Your presence in the cage will cause you great consternation. IF you wake up.

If you do wake up, it will hopefully be from the birds snoring, which also may evolve into a problem. To "nip" the problem in the bud, pour yourselves a "stiff one". Then you will be able to apply a remedy without being bitten. Place some frejoles inside their little beaks and let them enjoy. There are added benefits to this solution, later.

Should the remedy fail to cure the snoring, place a small piece of tape over their breathing holes, AKA "Beakstrils. You may have to manually remove the tape later or instead of parakeet twittering, they may "croak" instead. Should the tape be stuck, there is an alternative removal method. It is call a "Cloacal Kiss".

Do not copulate with the birds, unless you are a Democrat. Instead blow in, DO NOT INHALE! You may stop once the tape is off. You may later note the birds are well because they will zoom quite rapidly around the room. The "jet" action is a by product of the frejoles remedy.

At this point your birds should stop pacing or not. Hopefully they survive.

NB: JUST SAW THE "GINORMOUS" CAGE YOU HAVE! The poor creatures must think they are inside a CRAB TRAP! Get them out immediately!... before the crabs show up.

My in-laws once showed up with a talking Cockatiel. I would eat breakfast, very early before work,& the bird would scream "RUTH","RUTH" (Mother-in-laws name.) It annoyed me, so I said "Screw you". After awhile, it repeated the new phrase. I then added, "Up yours". When the in-laws returned to Florida & put the Bird on their jealousy deck, it screamed "RUTH, RUTH, Screw You, Up Yours." The women below and above were named RUTH! Back to the pet shop.

Hope you have additional pets with problems.

I will gladly assist you with any profound information I may impart