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Which male?

Cockatielmamaw

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Ok I now have two big cages fully equipped with 5 happy healthy cockatiels. Recently I noticed my yellow female was allowing my. New male, buddy to mate her. But my Sammy loves Sundance( the big yellow female) He also mates with her and pays strict attention to the nesting box all day. First of all, yes I want babies. Secondly, I have people waiting for their little tame baby. Ok, my dilemma is, how do I know which male is her mate? She loves and accepts both. So now I have poor Sammy in the other cage to see how Sundance will do with buddy. He looks so sad. But he is my youngest at about one year old now. I have raised babies from just out of the egg for all of you who will ask if I know what I'm getting into, yes I do. Sweetie went to the bird vet and it appears that her under wing plucking was due to a stopped up oil gland. She is doing great. My intention is to record every step of my new babies to come. In excited!
 

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Wish you good luck with all of your tiels.
 

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Maybe both males are her mate???


Contrary to popular belief, many parrot species are not monogamous. It's unclear how many species are monogamous vs polygamous (and it's many forms).
 

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How would they act if you left all 3 together?
 

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Well, if you are wanting babies, I'd first look at which male is physically the better specimen in terms of health and temperament. Put those two together in a cage and see if it works out. Having a spare male around interfering with everything can end up disrupting incubation and the feeding of babies. Sometimes its not easily to breed birds the right way in a pet situation because you want to let them out to roam the room and have freedom and all that freedom causes weirdness within the pair bond in our artificial home environments and interacting with other birds in close proximity. When I decide to breed birds and have a high survival rate of the babies, I put both members of the pair in a cage where they won't be harassed by other birds and I leave them alone to be birds.
 
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