On 10-2295, ELLEN KESSLER wrote to TOM WEISS:
 EK> Some female birds can act like drunken sailors too if they've been
 EK> without male companionship for too long!
I've heard that ... but my 'male' has been DNA'd.
 EK> Then again, there's always incompatibility no matter how hard you
 EK> try! My Goffin's cockatoo male is working on his second mate and
 EK> they're incompatible as night and day.. Same with the first one (who
 EK> was returned to her real home after three months of trying....)
 EK>
 EK> I also have a pair of Greys I think are incompatible, but I have to
 EK> be sure of that by putting up the nestbox.
 EK>
 EK> My spectacled amazon pair tolerate each other. They've been together
 EK> for nearly three years and rarely sit on the same perch, much less
 EK> explore the nestbox. Actually he chases her into the box when he's
 EK> annoyed with her. Fortunately they've never hurt each other.
My 'pair' sit on the same perch.  He feeds her at the box hole when she sits 
on eggs.  He calls (vocal coos) to her when she is in the box apparently to 
get her to join (?) him on the perch.  He does not bite nor force himself on 
her that I've observed.
 EK> And I have numerous cockatiels who just won't mate with anyone.
 EK> Period.
 EK>
 EK> On the flip side of the coin, I have quite a few "drunken sailor"
 EK> types.....
Any drunken (males) AG's?
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