Blues breeding desire??!!

[BACON]

I've had blue for 9ish years. She's now 13yrs old. She has always regurgitated food for me and for the past few years she been doing all kinds of noises like squeaks and other noises. These usually pass in a month or so. This year tho its been going on for a lot longer, probably 3-4months, and any little hole under cushions or a rug is a nest to her, she forces her self under and makes all these noises again.

My questions this. Is it cruel of me to with hold her natural desire to breed.??

After all these years with me would she accept a mate?? (We are pretty well bonded)

And if I did get her a mate to breed her would it be ok to take a young bird to hand rear as a pet(I've hand reared before)

They wouldn't be kept in the house tho, probably have to get a breeding cage for the shed up the garden. Turn it into my parrot room??

Ooorrrrr is it just the case of doing/changing something to break her out of this habit.

I've always wanted to breed her tho :S

Any help as always is great.
Thanks.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Bacon, the tricky part is to find a mate that she would accept, and vice versa. Don't just go out looking for a male, and assume they will be a match made in heaven.

At 13, she is certainly young, and yes, she "could" breed under all the right circumstances.

No, I don't think it's cruel to prevent her from "nesting", or "laying eggs". She is without a mate, why take any chances of something possibly going wrong (i.e. eggbinding).

I would distract her, change her routine, don't encourage her behavior to wanting to "mate", by not petting her back and such.

I'm pretty sure the light schedule may have something to do with her continuous desire to breed as well.

 

[henpecked]

She would probably kill any male you put into her cage. She has a mate . If you got her to change then she'd probably try killing you if you got in between her and her mate. It all depends on your goals. If you're wanting to breed amazon your going about it all wrong. Stick with her being a pet and discourage breeding behavior. If you think her playing nesty is cute then your making the problem worse.

 

[Pajarita]

Please don't breed her. She is a pet not a breeder. All you have to do is keep her to a solar light schedule and reduce protein in the winter and she will be fine.

 

[BACON]

Thanks guys.
First of all I totally understand all the things put forward. I've bred and raised birds from a youngish age and I know it wouldn't be easy.

Unfortunately I'm not in a great position to be changing her routine. I work from 0600-1730. So during the day I'm afraid it's cage time. ( no one else will have her out as she attacks everyone) she doesn't really play with any toys she has either. I feed her fresh fruit and peas in the pod and a small amount of nuts and either Harrison's or rarely a seed mix every morning.

She's even taken to doing this mating thing in her cage... She's never done this before and it's gets more and more intense so much so that it almost gets like a trace and she then kinda falls over???

In a way it is cute.... Seeing her go under cushions etc sticking her head out etc but I dont want to encourage her. Even a small hole it's her 'nest'.

With concerning getting in between getting between her and her mate that wouldn't be a problem. Like I said I'd take a baby to hand rear.

Nothing's set in stone. At the end of the day I'm living at home and if mum says no then no it is lol.