hormonal behavior

Hi, I'm having issues with my two male parakeets and my female cockatiel, any advice is appreciated. Lately it's been a real issue. My two male parakeets are Katkout (if I had to guess his age, I'd say 2-3yrs old?) and Beskout (1yr old). My female cockatiel is Kouki (guessing around 5yrs)...

I have a 25 year old male green wing macaw that I adopted 2 years ago that lately has gotten aggressive or hormonal after I shower and return to the room. He is fine before I leave but when I return he is wings out, poofy and eyes are pinning. He has showered with me before and been fine, and he...

Hi all! This is my first post on this forum and I'm looking for some help with my GC. My bird, Ricco is around 9 years old and has always been an absolute sweet heart. I went to college for around 6 months and I just got him back into my dorm, I understand he's adjusting but his aggressive...

Hey everyone! It's my first time posting here, I hope I'm doing everything right. It's a long story and some trigger warnings for plucking/harming and unfortunately birb passing away. I got a lovebird couple in 2017. I got the male (Melon) first and the female (Muskmelon) afterwards...

Before I start this, I will say that any replies to this made after this coming Tuesday, February 4th will not be relevant anymore, as I have decided with a heavy heart that Mickey will be going to a different owner. I've lost my income recently and thus I will no longer be able to afford to...

hi, my first bird is a rescued cockatiel and after a year or so i thought it was a good idea to get him a new friend because i new i was coming up to lots of exams the next year and i wanted him to have a companion other than me, and that's were my second bird came in (a female lovebird) i got...

My female budgie was hormonal for the past two months . In the previous days I have noticed that her hormones are calming down as her cere color is fading from dark brown. And she has become less agressive and quite . She is also taking afternoon naps which she was not taking during the hormonal...

Hi all, happy holidays! TLDR: struggling with frequent regurgitation. What to do when it comes up during clicker training? I “got” my lovebird Lola a clicker and some training toys for Christmas. We are on our third day of clicker training and I have some questions about regurgitation. Lola...

Hello you lovely people! I am looking for some advice regarding my male cockatiel - Vega. I have had Vega since he was a few months old and he is now nearly five. He is very tame and spends almost all of the day out of his cage. I work from home and so he invariably spends the day with me...

Hello! First, apologies, because this will be quite a lot to read! :shy:My name is Aidan, and I was looking into getting potential advice and input from experienced bird owners! I've wanted a pet bird my entire life, and I am finally in a financial and realistic place to do so! I am getting...

i have a dutch blue and peach faced lovebird. they’re a bonded pair. however i noticed my male being very hormonal..he’ll make a noise like he’s mating and his leg would be sticking out and rubbing his vent against the perch. is this just a seasonal behavior like this? because we got them back...

So, I've got a weird one. I have a 26 year old male Eclectus that I've had since he was a baby. He's super neurotic but wonderfully social and funny in all the weird Ekkie ways. He's always been somewhat hormonal, but he is went through a pretty rough chronic hormonal period about 10-15 years...

Hi, I've had my green cheek conure Kyrie for a little over a year, not sure of his exact age but I think he hatched in May 2022. Lately he's been very hormonal and sees me as his mate, I'm not sure what to do or what's enabling this behavior. He tried to regurgitate on me yesterday, has been...

Hi everyone, my female budgie (Ocean) and my female pineapple conure (Zendaya) are extremely close. So close that I believe that Zendaya is making Ocean hormonal. Ocean constantly lays eggs but immediately abandons them and will go right back to feeding Zendaya. I’m just trying to figure out if...

Hi there! Writing in desperation for support and tips for helping a chronically hormonal make GCC shift back into a healthy bird. background: Chapulin is a rescue, age unknown, confirmed male, and he’s been with me for a little over two years. He’s my first conure and I’ve been avid about...

Hey everyone! Obviously hormone season is here it seems for a lot of people, including for my conure! So this time Kiwi, my 5 year old green cheek conure, has been regurgitating on EVERYTHING. Like literally everything. Thankfully not on me, but I mean it. The towels on the floor, the floor...

Hi everyone- I’ve posted on her a few times about my lovie who has an issue with hormones, regurgitation and falling in love with all her toys. i have taken her to the vet countless times to see what it could be with absolutely no answers because everything has come back completely healthy and...

My lovie has just been sitting at her food bowl with her head in the bowl. It’s been like this for a couple of months, occasionally she plays with her toys but for the most part I’ve just caught her like the photo attached. She’s acting very hormonal otherwise- and she doesn’t lose or gain...

Hello, I've lurked on this awesome website for this topic and that, and now I've got an account! Below are Scruffy and Squeak, both as old as lovebirds and cockatiels basically get at 18+ years each. In the past couple weeks, Squeak passed away from a mass on her liver, leaving all of us and her...

My lovie is 8 years old and she’s exhibited these behaviors for almost 4 years now. We have done every exam in the book- x-rays, blood work, crop swabs, gram stains. Everything comes out clear. She remains at a healthy weight, never loses any. I’m at a loss, she goes through periods where she’s...