Regurgation

becandsam

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Hey guys, i have a 7 month old male eclectus. He is a very smart and happy parrot.. we were just having our usual cuddle on the lounge and he sat on my arm and started regurgating his food and wiping it on my while making a strange noise he then started wiggling his tail while making his noise, from what i have read this is some sort of sexual thing.. can anyone give me some advice im not really sure what to do, is this something i should be discouraging? any advice would be great
 
I do discourage it when mine does it. He will pester you to death and keep doing it non-stop. When he won't quit, I place him on the stand or back in the cage. Mine does it on my back by holding on to the collars of my shirt.
 
Becandsam, this can be a problem with companion parrots. Please read this link.

Site Name - Articles - Behavioral - Sex And The Psittacine

I am with Mikey, i never encourage this behaviour & usually put my birds straight back on their stand & guide their attention elseware. If you stop it now & that will also mean to give cuddles sparingly. By addressing it now hopefully you will be able to get it under control by the time he matures. At the moment he is just practicing.
 
Mylah does it a lot she feeds her toys and even the tv cabinet sometimes we just take her toys of her when she does it
 
Yipe it is a sexual thing.....
When your bird begins to make strange noises and starts wiggling his tail, best to distract him immediately. Always have a toy nearby, or begin talking and singing to him.
 
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Thanks everyone for your advice, i will be most definatly distracting him if this happenes again.
 
My 7 year old male is constantly regurgitating. He feeds all his toy and I am his favorite toy. I only get a couple minutes of time with him because there is no redirecting his attention. I also put him down and tell him no. Nothing seems to help. Hopefully your baby is still young enough to teach him. Good luck
 

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