Hello guys! A year ago me and my partner got Kiwi, he is an Agaporni fischeri and our first bird. A few months ago he started humping my hands and my girlfriend's hoodie, that's all he would do the second he got out the cage - hump and regurgitate. I even went to vet but he said it was his way of socializing with us, which doesn't sound right to me but what do I know. Recently things have taken a turn for the worse, all Kiwi does is hump the perches in his cage and pluck his chest - there's a decent bald spot there now. His general behavior has changed a lot, on one hand all he does is masturbate and pluck himself but also he has become a lot more calm and lets me scratch his cheeks, something he very very rarely let me do in the past. He also just looks a lot more tired and just isn't himself anymore. Is that a normal thing - season, hormones ? I have been looking for an avian vet around us but there are none and I had a bad experience with a general one once. I really dont know if this behaviour is normal or if there is something wrong with him. Also some context, we work very long hours, sometimes Kiwi will spend the whole day alone in the house/his cage (we don't have other birds or pets for that matter). Since he is our first bird and all we have to go on is google I just wanted to ask for an advise. Thanks.
PS: Also, the second I take him out of his cage he poops, like he waits for it. I keep the door open so he can come out when he wants and one day he literally flew out and came to take the biggest dump on me...
PS: Also, the second I take him out of his cage he poops, like he waits for it. I keep the door open so he can come out when he wants and one day he literally flew out and came to take the biggest dump on me...
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