How can i make my cockatiel not see me as a mate?

[Phoenixcockatiel]

Hello,
I have a male and a female cockatiel, but my male is fixated on me instead of his acutal mate.
I don't pet him on his back, I don't let him sing to my feet, but he shows all those behaviors and aggression towards me. Is there anything I can do?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Do you want your cockatiels to breed?

 

[Phoenixcockatiel]

Not neccessarily, but I would love them to see each other as mates so they dont get fixated on me because I feel that is unnatural and frustrating

 

[DonnaBudgie]

If I were you I would avoid having your cockatiels breed. Birds that are breeding sometimes don't stop breeding when you want them to. I have budgies that wouldn't stop breeding once they started and I had to separate the pair permanently. When that happens you can't keep your pets together!

I don't know how you can discourage him from looking at you as his mate and I'm not sure you should try to shift his attention to the female because then you may get a breeding problem thats not easily solved.