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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 13, 2013 1:02:35 GMT
Hi, I recently adopted two girls (confirmed by forum members). One was always bossing the other around, however, today I've noticed a strange and alarming event. The bossy one is trying to get on top of the other and basically sits on her, regardless if they are on the bottom of the cage or on a perch. What in the world is going on?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2013 1:12:50 GMT
Hi, I recently adopted two girls (confirmed by forum members). One was always bossing the other around, however, today I've noticed a strange and alarming event. The bossy one is trying to get on top of the other and basically sits on her, regardless if they are on the bottom of the cage or on a perch. What in the world is going on? To tell you the truth you have a boy and a girl,they are mating. |
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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 13, 2013 1:21:15 GMT
Wouldn't the female be the bossy one, if so, why is she on top?
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 13, 2013 1:41:21 GMT
How old are your birds?
How long have you had them?
Can you post pictures?
Birds sometimes do unpredictable things.
You may need to separate them for a while, especially if the less bossy one looks like s/he might get hurt.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2013 1:46:00 GMT
Wouldn't the female be the bossy one, if so, why is she on top? yes girl are bossy and I am not sure why. Put up some photo so we can see them. |
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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 13, 2013 2:03:30 GMT
They are less than a year old, we had them less than two months. The green is the bossy one, the blue lost it's tail feathers recently. Attachments:
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 13, 2013 2:55:44 GMT
You could try rearranging their cage and giving them new toys to play with. Even home made toys--toilet paper rolls, crumpled up white paper and/or Q-tips.
They may need additional stimulation and alternatives to sitting on each other. This is just a guess. I cannot really confirm their sexes from the pictures because of the lighting. Increasing the hours of darkness to 12 by covering the cage may also help, if the green one is getting hormonal. A female who thinks it is time to breed may become competitive with another female. Do they get out of cage time?
Lets see what other forum members, who have more experience, may suggest.
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Post by Pammy on Dec 13, 2013 4:17:18 GMT
I still believe both of these birds are female.
Sometimes same-sex budgies will act that way. One of them is feeling like breeding, so you want to get them out of the mood. Diana's suggestions are just right. Make sure they are getting vegetables to eat, and that you find ways to reduce the fat in their diet.
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Post by Sarah on Dec 13, 2013 5:08:42 GMT
Your green hen is trying to assert dominance because she is going into mating condition. She is trying to force the other bird to submit so that if a male ever comes along, she will have first pick: you do indeed have two females. This is being caused by the mating hormones that are bothering your green hen. You need to make sure the cage is covered more than twelve hours every night, and you need to cut down on the fat and or protein they are eating. Your girls need to go on a fruit and veggie kind of diet, with seeds and pellets given only as a supplement. You can relax off this a little when your hen's cere turns white.
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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 14, 2013 0:00:05 GMT
So as of today they are on salad sprinkled with seed diet, which they seem enjoy very much. So weird, one minute they are sweet to each other, the other they are poking and sitting on each other. So different from a boy we previously had.
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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 18, 2013 13:18:08 GMT
I've noticed another alarming event yesterday. The weaker of the two was shoved inside her feeder cup entirely, while the other was sitting right on top of her. This was so shocking to see, I have separated them immediately into different rooms.
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 18, 2013 15:17:03 GMT
Oh, I'm glad I have two boys!
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Post by Sarah on Dec 18, 2013 22:11:35 GMT
It was a very good idea to separate them, at least as long as your green hen remains in breeding condition. How is it going, trying to coach her out of it?
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Post by xxhaimbondxx on Dec 19, 2013 14:50:21 GMT
I'm not sure what else I should be doing for her to stop. She's on a vegetable diet, sitting in a separate room, talking to her friend. I am pretty sure if I try to put her back, she'll become aggressive again. Should I keep the cages together?
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Post by Pammy on Dec 19, 2013 16:02:29 GMT
How many hours of covered-cage darkness does she get each night? The longer the night, the more wintery she will feel, and that should help coax her into believing this is not an optimal time for making babies. Poor little girl. She just has the mothering instinct really bad, huh?
I'm not sure about whether you should keep those birds out of sight of one another, or if it wold be okay to let their cages be side-by-side. In my heart, I want to say you should let them live side-by-side, but maybe it's for the best to keep them in separate rooms just until you can get your little hen out of her breeding condition. What a wishy-washy answer. Sorry about that!
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