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Hi AA!
I volunteer at an aviary where we have three Amazons.
Harvey (Yellow-Fronted) has always reacted very strongly to Mya (DYH). Harvey would flare his tail, pin his eyes, and get very excited when he sees Mya. He will sit as close as he can to her. He also calls out when she goes out of his view. Miss Mya has a very neutral reaction to Harvey and doesn't seem to care a lot one way or another.
Normally they are in adjacent cages that are separated by a solid wall, so they didn't get to see eachother unless they went into their outdoor flight. So here are my questions...
We recently placed them in large flight cages beside each other, that are separated by a double layer of wire. Now they can see each other. Harvey was almost always hanging onto the cage wire closest to Mya's cage, and was making noise and acting excited (tail flaring, eyes pinning, making lots of noise and calling).
Mya was strutting on the perch furthest away from Harvey, with her wings out and tail flared, and eye pinning. I had to leave, but I couldn't tell if it was aggression or if it was a display for Harvey. She has done it before in her cage when I'm in there, but she was never aggressive to me, and it seemed more hormonal. Is this an aggressive/stress related behaviour, or is it courtship? Could someone tell me what courtship from Mya might look like?
I've attached a rough schematic (it isn't complete, there are a lot more branches and toys and perches in their cage). If his obsession continues we may put a "privacy curtain" between the two.
Thank you, amazon experts!
I volunteer at an aviary where we have three Amazons.
Harvey (Yellow-Fronted) has always reacted very strongly to Mya (DYH). Harvey would flare his tail, pin his eyes, and get very excited when he sees Mya. He will sit as close as he can to her. He also calls out when she goes out of his view. Miss Mya has a very neutral reaction to Harvey and doesn't seem to care a lot one way or another.
Normally they are in adjacent cages that are separated by a solid wall, so they didn't get to see eachother unless they went into their outdoor flight. So here are my questions...
We recently placed them in large flight cages beside each other, that are separated by a double layer of wire. Now they can see each other. Harvey was almost always hanging onto the cage wire closest to Mya's cage, and was making noise and acting excited (tail flaring, eyes pinning, making lots of noise and calling).
Mya was strutting on the perch furthest away from Harvey, with her wings out and tail flared, and eye pinning. I had to leave, but I couldn't tell if it was aggression or if it was a display for Harvey. She has done it before in her cage when I'm in there, but she was never aggressive to me, and it seemed more hormonal. Is this an aggressive/stress related behaviour, or is it courtship? Could someone tell me what courtship from Mya might look like?
I've attached a rough schematic (it isn't complete, there are a lot more branches and toys and perches in their cage). If his obsession continues we may put a "privacy curtain" between the two.
Thank you, amazon experts!
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