Ellen, is she agressive at all when she gets hormonal, or is this the extent of her behaviour? I have heard of very aggressive, "Jekyl and Hyde" type of personality changes in the Pionus species, which is what has steered me closer to the Poicephalus species. I am looking of adding another parrot to my flock, and considered both the Pois and Pionus. I do like the Pionus for their size but their temperament seems less predictable than the Pois. At 9 years old, Olive is still well within her reproductive stage.Oh yes, it is definitely hormonal "come mate with me" behavior. She is about 9 yrs old and has laid an egg in the past. Sigh..
That's good to know. I have to say, most of her vocalizations I don't mind at all, but this one gets rather annoying when it's incessant! I've been slacking off on putting her to bed early because I want to spend as much time with her as possible, especially with Rocco here, but it is probably making this worse. I really don't want to have to deal with her laying eggsThis is one sound I don't miss. Kei used to do this for hours when she was hormonal. It usually only lasted a week or so though. She never laid eggs. She used to sit on her marbella beads though.