Oh dear Moses is a stud!

lisascannell · Dec 22, 2013

So I introduced Moses to my other cockatiels. Within a minute of meeting Monica he's in courtship mode. Displaying his best talking and whistling! And Monica is totally impressed look at her bum in the air! They were ready to mate! But Monica is only 4 months old!??

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Oh no now he's testing his charms on Lucy!!!

SpotsandSally · Dec 23, 2013

LOL. Stud boy, eh? You should start calling him that, lol!
He insists he should have babies...

whether you will allow that to happen or not is the question.

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

OMG he is like totally obsessed with being a stud!! I hope he's not always like this LOL and both my girls think he's wonderful! I might need to put a breeding box in there in case they decide to lay eggs!!!
It was funny too because while he was courting her he was saying "pretty bird, woot woo!!"

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

I actually captured it on video and will post it as soon as I can get the sound to work!

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

How do I get them to mate? It'd be kinda cute to have babies in the house

Moses has his own cage but it's kinda small

Lucy lives in a very big cage!!

MikeyTN · Dec 23, 2013

Do not allow them!!!!! At 4 months old, the females aren't mature enough to lay, it is better when they reach at least 1 year of age. So no nest boxes and best to keep him separated from the girls.

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Monica is young Mikey but Lucy is old! I can mate him with Lucy?

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

I'm glad Rocky is not affected by his charms becase I have been hoping he's a boy

MikeyTN · Dec 23, 2013

Yes you can mate him with Lucy! Just so that you know once you let them mate, Moses may become aggressive towards you! Same with Lucy....

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Yeah I don't want them aggressive

I want babies though, but I would rather my birds like me! Lucy is really sexual at the moment though, she does the bum thing even when I just pat her. I posted a video of it.

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Would they mate in Moses' small cage or would they need to be in a bigger cage? It's something I'll have to think about if I'm going to do it..

MikeyTN · Dec 23, 2013

This is the cage I use to house two pairs during breeding. Once I get my walk in aviary built this coming year I will attach the nest boxes within the aviary instead.

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Ok, thanks

MikeyTN · Dec 23, 2013

That cage have the nest box doors built-in on the top left and top right sides of the cage. It's a rather a inexpensive cage to own.

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

He's also screeching at the girls too...is that part of courtship or is that just being aggressive?

MikeyTN · Dec 23, 2013

How is he screeching???

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

He kind of lunges at her and makes an upleasant noise if she comes too close but otherwise he's talking away

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Now the budgie is obsessed with him too...it seems none of the girls can keep away!

lisascannell · Dec 23, 2013

Also, do they do this courtship all year round or just in the warm weather??

Oh dear Moses is a stud!

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