SherLar
Walking the driveway
So Koko 29 yo, that was supposed to be a male, shocked us by laying an egg a couple of weeks ago.
So as a refresher, our main floor is dark and quiet by 730 pm, no meat proteins, no petting except a few scratches on top the head, no nesting materials etc.
She is still masturbating a couple of times a day, and I have heard that many of you have experienced this with your own birds.
So knowing that these sex hormones are hard on the bird, and there can be a positive feedback loop, causing the gonads to be larger and inflamed, should I try to interrupt her when she attempts to masturbate? She does not fly, never learned how. My hose is not conducive to her learning and I am not a teacher. I have tried getting her away from her cage and playground and onto doing new things as a distraction. What else can I do for her? Or should I be looking to have the vet intervene with hormone inj?
Sherri
So as a refresher, our main floor is dark and quiet by 730 pm, no meat proteins, no petting except a few scratches on top the head, no nesting materials etc.
She is still masturbating a couple of times a day, and I have heard that many of you have experienced this with your own birds.
So knowing that these sex hormones are hard on the bird, and there can be a positive feedback loop, causing the gonads to be larger and inflamed, should I try to interrupt her when she attempts to masturbate? She does not fly, never learned how. My hose is not conducive to her learning and I am not a teacher. I have tried getting her away from her cage and playground and onto doing new things as a distraction. What else can I do for her? Or should I be looking to have the vet intervene with hormone inj?
Sherri