What is my bird doing, is this masturbation?

[SpiritFlyer]

I didn't know what to make of this at first.

At the end of the "boing" there's a plastic ball with a hole from which there is a metal hoop to hang from the top of the cage.

Flyer would stick the tip of his beak into the top hole in the plastic ball, wrap his feet around the fuzzy part of the boing, and start going to town.

I chuckle but I kinda feel sorry for him as if Nature is playing a cruel joke.

Of course, Spirit has to be in a different part of the cage while this is going on. She won't put up with it.

We now return you to your family-friendly forum.

[Janie]

I didn't know what to make of this at first.

At the end of the "boing" there's a plastic ball with a hole from which there is a metal hoop to hang from the top of the cage.

Flyer would stick the tip of his beak into the top hole in the plastic ball, wrap his feet around the fuzzy part of the boing, and start going to town.

I chuckle but I kinda feel sorry for him as if Nature is playing a cruel joke.

Of course, Spirit has to be in a different part of the cage while this is going on. She won't put up with it.

We now return you to your family-friendly forum.

Bill, your entire reply just cracked me up! : :