Chatter beak?

[Bernadette N]

Beaker often sits on his perch chattering his beak continually. It makes the same sort of noise teeth might if they chattered because you were very cold, only with a more poppy and crunchy noise. What is he doing?

[linda040899]

Sounds like beak grinding and this is a good thing! Parrots do it when they are resting and comfortable with their surroundings. All of mine do it when they are going to sleep. :)

[Z28Taxman]

Sounds like beak grinding and this is a good thing! Parrots do it when they are resting and comfortable with their surroundings. All of mine do it when they are going to sleep. :)

Yep, it's a good thing. Ditto's favorite beak grinding time is when we're on the couch watching tv, he'll snuggle up in my hand, bury his beak between my fingers and grind away! :happy:

[light487]

Hehe.. it's a cute sound really.. when we are snuggling and Lucky is doing this, I will grind my teeth back at him.. I don't know if he can actually hear me.. but I hope he can and understand that I am snuggling with him as much as he is with me :)

Last night he was so content when snuggling on my shoulder that he ended up going to sleep (head twisted around, feathers fluffed up, face planted under back feathers etc).. :)

[Bernadette N]

Aww, i'm glad it is a happy sound! Thanks everyone. I thought it was! I hope he is a happy little chap. His was singing with me this morning. :-)

[JohnUK]

Bernadette N: Like you I was initially concerned about the same noise made by my two. Now, I'm happy to hear it.