Hormonal behaviour?

[reeb]

Hi everyone!

Berry is acting a bit hormonal at the moment, and I’m not sure why. She has been squatting low on her perch (or on my shoulder!), emitting soft little sounds while trembling a bit. From all my research, this means that she’s broody and wanting to mate.

Her environment hasn’t changed (she’s never had a nesting box or any other nook or cranny to lay), and she isn’t performing any nesting behaviour.

All the advice I’ve found suggests that one should avoid touching a broody female on her back and only focus on head scratches while she goes through this hormonal phase.

Is there anything else I can do to prevent any more hormonal behaviour?

 

[SilverSage]

How old is she?


Here is my article on hormone management

http://www.silversageaviaries.com/handlinghormones/


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[reeb]

She’s around 8 months old. Thanks so much for the article, will give it a read.


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[Vilatus]

Definitely avoid petting anywhere but her head and neck. Personally I found it helpful to rearrange the cage, and make sure that there isn't any cozy dark corners.

Also I do recommend Silver's thread, it's very informative, I've given it a read myself and it helped.

 

[clark_conure]

WTF??? reeb doesn't know something about ...oh it the cockatiel........I was going to say if you were stumped by a budgie I'd have to rethink my whole worldview....

Just treat her normal and when she lays the egg take it away sometime she's not around...when it's not there anymore out of sight out of mind...

Or i'm a callous A-hole but that was what I was told to do when I was a kid and had a Fem cockatiel.