> Question:  Is a male like a drunken sailor when put with a lone 
 > female of the same species? Or is he generally a picky male that 
 > needs to find a compatible female.
 > 
 > Motive:  I have a pair of AG's where the female is a good egg layer, 
 > but the male appears to not be mating her.  I am *thinking* of 
 > swapping him depending upon obtaining believable data (opinions 
 > count!) on this issue.
Some female birds can act like drunken sailors too if they've been without 
male companionship for too long!
Then again, there's always incompatibility no matter how hard you try! My 
Goffin's cockatoo male is working on his second mate and they're incompatible 
as night and day.. Same with the first one (who was returned to her real home 
after three months of trying....)
I also have a pair of Greys I think are incompatible, but I have to be sure 
of that by putting up the nestbox.
My spectacled amazon pair tolerate each other. They've been together for 
nearly three years and rarely sit on the same perch, much less explore the 
nestbox. Actually he chases her into the box when he's annoyed with her. 
Fortunately they've never hurt each other.
And I have numerous cockatiels who just won't mate with anyone. Period.
On the flip side of the coin, I have quite a few "drunken sailor" types.....
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