My bird purrs and bobs her head

Question

Sometimes my bird makes a short purring sound at regular intervals. She makes it while she slowly bobs her head up and down and her wings twitch. What do this mean? She doesn't do it often and she hasn't done it for a while but I really hate it when she does it because she's no fun when she's in that state. I cant play with her, anything I do makes her start purring again, she wont go on my finger, she wont respond to anything but be also completely refuses to bite me, no matter what I do.

Also, she's a Sun Conure, in case that helps.

What does it mean?

Answer 1

pinched nerve?

in the mood for love?

happy and excited?

i dunno.

Answer 2

awwh shes fond of you :)

Answer 3

That's quite normal for sun conures to bob their head. It's a happy thing.

The purring I guess is a good thing too. My sun conure bobs her heard & makes funny little noises but they're not purrs. Suns can all have there own odd little sound effects as a way to express joy or pleasure.

Twitching wings are a begging motion that is common in sun conures.

I don't really know why would try & make her bite you, being a sun conure, that is the last thing you want to avoid.

When you say in that state, exactly what else is she doing that makes you unable to play with her? Are you playing with her with your fingers or with toys? Toys would give her more encouragement to play.

Also how long have you had her for & how old is she?

EDIT: Have you considered that you continually trying to get her to bite you is what may be causing the problem? All parrots react differently, some bite to keep you away from them while others figure if that doesn't work they will become absolutely unresponsive to you in every way. Making a parrot of any species bite you is  not a very good thing to do. It can cause many behaviours in the bird & can make them distrust you.

I can tell you right now if made my birds bite me they would eventually hate me & retaliate in some way.

She is still a baby & ALL parrots learn their behaviours from their human owners.

You may want to think about re training your bird using positive reinforcement rather than using negative reinforcement. If you google positive reinforcement for parrots you'll find plenty of very good info on what is positive, what is negative & how to do it. you might also find the Parrot Problem Solver book well worth buying & reading.

What you described in your question is begging....

EDIT AGAIN: I am trying to help you with advise but just because you do not like the advise does not mean you can personally attack. The advise of research & books  are sound advise, friendly advise & in no attacked you. If you do not like what people suggest in the future when they're trying to help you & your bird then don't ask.

Do yourself a favour & do some practical research. You might actually be very surprised at what you discover when it comes to your parrots behaviour. THAT is friendly advise so please don't get offended by it & attack back. If you truly think I'm not capable of such advise & don 't believe what I say then prove it by research...I research alright, in fact I never stop.