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Post by ali9021 on Jun 20, 2019 14:55:11 GMT -5
Well it seems that Pickles is displaying hormonal activity already and she is only 10 months old (Unless the pet store lied to me).
I have only had her for 6 months but she has had to have her wings clipped due to rowdy behavior, she is lifting her butt up in the air a lot and rubbing herself on my lovebird. Also she is stealing stuff from my room and trying to build nests everywhere.
I have taken her to a vet but I may have to take her back because this is ridiculous. She is only 10 months old.
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Post by biteybird on Jun 21, 2019 6:06:08 GMT -5
Hi!  I'm in Australia. There are a few things you can do to discourage hormonal behaviour. 1. Make sure Pickles gets 12 hours of dark and quiet every night. Does she have a dedicated sleeping cage? We found this helped our Bonnie a lot. Just transfer her from her sleeping cage to her day cage, and vice versa, each day. Our Bonnie goes into her day cage around 7:30am each morning (sometimes earlier if I'm going to the gym) and she goes back to her sleeping cage anywhere from 6-6:30pm each night. She definitely needs 12+ hours of dark and quiet, away from TV/people noise and lights. 2. Remove any materials that she could use to build a nest. If she doesn't have materials it will discourage the nesting behaviour to some extent. 3. Limit her out-of-cage time. We let Bonnie out of her cage for about one hour per day. We both work full-time, so we let her out when we get home. Each time she is aggressive/hormonal she goes straight back in the cage for around 5 minutes...not TOO long, as we need to let her show she learnt something from it by letting her out again. But 3 strikes & she's back in the cage for that day. 4. Don't let her out when your other birds are out. Let them out separately - the quaker is the dominant species to the lovebird & may be aggressive. (Not always, but best to know your bird a bit better before taking the risk) I hope this helps. |
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Post by ali9021 on Jun 21, 2019 9:03:55 GMT -5
Hi! I'm in Australia. There are a few things you can do to discourage hormonal behaviour. 1. Make sure Pickles gets 12 hours of dark and quiet every night. Does she have a dedicated sleeping cage? We found this helped our Bonnie a lot. Just transfer her from her sleeping cage to her day cage, and vice versa, each day. Our Bonnie goes into her day cage around 7:30am each morning (sometimes earlier if I'm going to the gym) and she goes back to her sleeping cage anywhere from 6-6:30pm each night. She definitely needs 12+ hours of dark and quiet, away from TV/people noise and lights. 2. Remove any materials that she could use to build a nest. If she doesn't have materials it will discourage the nesting behaviour to some extent. 3. Limit her out-of-cage time. We let Bonnie out of her cage for about one hour per day. We both work full-time, so we let her out when we get home. Each time she is aggressive/hormonal she goes straight back in the cage for around 5 minutes...not TOO long, as we need to let her show she learnt something from it by letting her out again. But 3 strikes & she's back in the cage for that day. 4. Don't let her out when your other birds are out. Let them out separately - the quaker is the dominant species to the lovebird & may be aggressive. (Not always, but best to know your bird a bit better before taking the risk) I hope this helps. Thanks! I will try this method. It does not get dark here in Boston until 8:30 PM due to summer solstice and she has free reign of my room. BTW Bonnie is adorable as I have a soft spot for blue Quakers. I had a male named Boo Berry and he was just the sweetest/cuddliest little thing. Now of course I have a green monster who is more sour than sweet... Pickles LOL |
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I'm in Australia.