>A general question posed to all to ponder.
>Premise:  We all know that parrots do pair off when in a flock.
>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.
>Your opinion/fact:?
One experience with this:
When I first bought Kirsche's father, I also got another male
cherry-head in the same deal. I set up Cherry (Kirsche's mom) with "Red"
because he was the bigger, bolder male of the two. They IMMEDIATELY went
to nest, and produced Kirsche and Jazz. As soon as I pulled the babies
to handfeed, Red began beating up on Cherry--HARD. So I removed him from
the cage. Then we moved to this house, and I had to put him back in with
her due to lack of space for cages. He beat her again. I still had the
other male, "George", who I'd planned to sell. I had to swap Red for
George to get Red away from Cherry. I put George in with Cherry. Within
weeks, Cherry and George were sitting on fertile eggs--with Red in the
cage right below them on the rack screaming the entire time! I
eventually sold Red, and kept Cherry & George together--they are my
breeding pair of cherry-heads now.
But with my cockatiels, the bond seems to be stronger, and I have never
been able to split up pairs and re-pair the birds with other mates. Go
figure...
--Kathy
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