The more time you spend with your birds the more you start to wonder what is going on with them, especially if they rub their beaks on each other.
This article explores why birds rub their beaks on each other
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Why do birds rub their beaks on each other?
Bird beaks may seem like a body part that the bird can’t feel, like our nails and hair, but in fact, beaks have numerous blood vessels and nerve endings which allow beaks to feel.
Birds use their beaks to communicate and to do other things. This is why your birds may rub their beaks on each other:
To show affection:
One of the things that your birds will communicate when rubbing their beaks is affection.
Beak rubbing is the bird’s way of kissing and showing romantic affection but it also shows respect for the other bird, this is the case when two birds of the same sex rub their beaks together.
Other signs of affection between birds include feeding each other, nuzzling each other, and prodding each other with their beaks.
This is also a major sign of trust between the birds as it takes a lot for one bird to let another bird get close to its face especially close to the delicate eye area.
Letting this happen makes them vulnerable and it is restricted to only other birds who they trust.
Not only does this communicate affection to the other bird, but this beak rubbing is also soothing to the bird that is doing the rubbing and makes that bird feel content, soothed, and safe.
What to do:
You don’t have to interfere or do anything in this case, this is a sign that your birds are bonding and happy with each other.
You should actually be happy that the birds aren’t fighting with each other and don’t feel threatened by each other.
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