When they are ready, mating will occur and a suitable nest box inspected and if suitable, becomes the family home. Parrots in the wild feed one another as courtship ritual. I guess due to the daily socialization he has enjoyed all his life My fears that in breeding mode Benni would try to bite me were not realised. However now the breeding season is over she spends most of her free time preening Benni. Until now though in this, their first breeding season Benni wanted Mina to follow him under the cage where he tried to make a nest out of brown paper. I expect that they will try to breed in 2021. Possibly because they are better fed or have no predators or other factors to deter or stress them.īlue and Yellow Macaws – wild birds a couple credit Scott Anagnoste Case Studyīenni (6) and Mina (3) are definitely a bonded pair. One curious fact is that captive bred birds tend to become mature earlier than wild-caught birds. Anecdotal evidence suggests that unwanted hormonal behavior is more intense in the male.Īmong Parrots and the greater majority of bird species male birds initiate mating, but hen birds usually decide if it goes any further. Males usually achieve sexual maturity at a later age than the female. Cock birds are generally older than hens. Larger Parrots reach puberty between 3 to 6 or even seven years of age. Conures achieve sexual maturity between 1 to 2 years, while Lories and Lorikeets are 2 to 3 years old. Small Parrots like the Budgerigar, Cockatiel and Lovebird reach puberty between 6 months to 1 year of age. Puberty begins at a mere 2 months of age in the Zebra Finch. The onset of reproductive behavior that happens in sexually mature birds – doesn’t happen at the same ages for every species, or at exactly the same time in every individual of every species. There are strategies to alter the home environment and Parrot/human interaction in such a way that will lessen the frustration and stimulation that a hormonal Parrot experiences even if they cannot totally eliminate it. So, the view that it’s unnatural for captive birds not to breed is false. Female, especially young birds are also often out competed by more experienced females who choose the best mates. in some species only the alpha males get to breed, and the frustrated second graders bide their time till an alpha drops off the perch. In the wild male birds are ‘turned down’ by females all the time. But to lessen the bird’s frustration it experiences at the onset of maturity and the associated conflict it can cause, it’s important to examine how you handle and make contact with your companion Parrot to avoid simulating or reciprocating courtship behaviour which the Parrot sees as a prelude to mating.Ĭurtailing the sexual advances your Parrot makes is natural. Learning about a particular species reproductive behaviour in the wild can give you better insight. An imprinted bird that is hand reared with no contact with other Parrots is more likely to be frustrated and sexually fixate on humans than a bird that is parent reared than one who grows up sharing company with humans and Parrots. The problem the bird is experiencing is one of frustration. Your ‘positive reinforcement’ training, reducing day light length, reducing protein and carbohydrate content of food for a few weeks, and stopping inappropriate stroking will all have a good effect.” Frustrations
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