jubimambo
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Hi, I currently own 2 male zebra finch siblings in an apartment, they're both a little over 1 year old. They were handfed and are social with humans, and seemed bonded to each other when i got them at 2 months old. They would always cuddle together and preen each other. Mambo is the more pushy one, the Jubi is the more timid one.
Since they've matured, they've become territorial and pushy towards each other on a daily basis, mostly Mambo chasing after Jubi wherever it goes but on the rare occasion I would see a one-off plucking, and sometimes it would be Jubi plucking mambo back in retaliation due to mambo's constant over-dominance.
We let them have their daily flights for hours around our living room, so at times throughout the day i would see them cuddle beside each other for naps, and after a day of mambo chasing jubi around though, they usually sleep together, and its not uncommon to see them cuddling beside each other to sleep, but its definitely a rare sight to see them preening each other now. There was a period when they just reached maturity when mambo would chase jubi around inside the cage in the evening even when the lights were out, but i definitely see a lot less of this now.
Overall they seem to live together alright, never bad enough for me to need to separate them, but i feel they're most likely sexually frustrated, occasionally i would see jubi trying to mount mambo. Our cage isnt too big, around 27" L x 14" W x 23" H since space is limited in our apartment, but we let them free roam in our home most of the day so they only really return to the cage for food/water/sleep. For months now we've taken out all nests or nesting materials, but mambo remains to be pushy and chases jubi around all day. we do have a window perch station where they like to hang out most of the day, where they would both make 'meep meep' sounds and vibrate their tails which i believe to be mating signs. Below is a picture of them cuddling on the window perch station.
Was hoping to get some advice on how they can better get along, thanks!
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Since they've matured, they've become territorial and pushy towards each other on a daily basis, mostly Mambo chasing after Jubi wherever it goes but on the rare occasion I would see a one-off plucking, and sometimes it would be Jubi plucking mambo back in retaliation due to mambo's constant over-dominance.
We let them have their daily flights for hours around our living room, so at times throughout the day i would see them cuddle beside each other for naps, and after a day of mambo chasing jubi around though, they usually sleep together, and its not uncommon to see them cuddling beside each other to sleep, but its definitely a rare sight to see them preening each other now. There was a period when they just reached maturity when mambo would chase jubi around inside the cage in the evening even when the lights were out, but i definitely see a lot less of this now.
Overall they seem to live together alright, never bad enough for me to need to separate them, but i feel they're most likely sexually frustrated, occasionally i would see jubi trying to mount mambo. Our cage isnt too big, around 27" L x 14" W x 23" H since space is limited in our apartment, but we let them free roam in our home most of the day so they only really return to the cage for food/water/sleep. For months now we've taken out all nests or nesting materials, but mambo remains to be pushy and chases jubi around all day. we do have a window perch station where they like to hang out most of the day, where they would both make 'meep meep' sounds and vibrate their tails which i believe to be mating signs. Below is a picture of them cuddling on the window perch station.
Was hoping to get some advice on how they can better get along, thanks!
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