Help with regurgitation

Help with regurgitation, hello my dear friends, I need some suggestions on what to do with my bird, he's a Jenday Conure, his name is Buddy, and I think what he's doing is choosing me and a toy in his cage as a mate because he will regurgitate on my hand or my chest when I'm petting him, when I leave the room he squawks and squawks so I need some help with that !, thank you for any advice, Valerie

Generally, people suggest avoiding petting a bird's back (erogenous zone), redirectgng the regurgitation, not rewarding the screams...
In general, about hormones... Ever since the Rickeybird hit sexual maturity at about 3-4 years of age, I've had to manage his hormones! If kept on too steady a long day, and too much light, he stayed "in the mood" (aggressive, even louder than usual, pleasuring himself on my neck ) year round. If I keep him on a natural light schedule... up with dawn, down with dusk, year around... THEN he's only a little monster rooster from July to September). He has his own room, so I can do that easily.

GaleriaGila said:

Generally, people suggest avoiding petting a bird's back (erogenous zone), redirectgng the regurgitation, not rewarding the screams...
In general, about hormones... Ever since the Rickeybird hit sexual maturity at about 3-4 years of age, I've had to manage his hormones! If kept on too steady a long day, and too much light, he stayed "in the mood" (aggressive, even louder than usual, pleasuring himself on my neck ) year round. If I keep him on a natural light schedule... up with dawn, down with dusk, year around... THEN he's only a little monster rooster from July to September). He has his own room, so I can do that easily.

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Thank you, I keep him in the living room only natural light, and I put him by the window for two hours a day on his open cage. I took the toy out that he was also regurgitating on and hopefully that will help.!


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GaleriaGila said:

Generally, people suggest avoiding petting a bird's back (erogenous zone), redirectgng the regurgitation, not rewarding the screams...
In general, about hormones... Ever since the Rickeybird hit sexual maturity at about 3-4 years of age, I've had to manage his hormones! If kept on too steady a long day, and too much light, he stayed "in the mood" (aggressive, even louder than usual, pleasuring himself on my neck ) year round. If I keep him on a natural light schedule... up with dawn, down with dusk, year around... THEN he's only a little monster rooster from July to September). He has his own room, so I can do that easily.

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I wonder if the TV is bothering him, my husband is hard of hearing and Buddy and I are not, but the TV is rather loud, it irritates both of us LOL


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My Nike got very horney last year to the point that she would hump me whenever I held her and was constantly regurgitating. She also got very aggressive.

What I did.

1. No more petting
2. Increased her dark time to 14 hours. I use a black Cozy cover over her cage and her sleep area is not in the TV room.
3. I removed her favorite toy, she was constantly regurgitating for it.
4. I did not follow my vets recommendations, I did not modify her diet to reduce protein and I do not keep her 12" from me. He is a renowned avian vet and claims that studies show that any bird allowed within the 12" personal space is either mate material or subject to an attack.

It took months but she's fine with us now and very bonded but with only an occasional head bob (actually I cant remember when she last did that) and if I see the body language that she might start humping I immediately put her down. At this time last year I could not even hold her but she's still acting normal.

I attribute it mostly to the increased darkness period and removing the toy.

Thank you Bill, your recommendations are very close to what I did so I guess I must be doing something right. When he starts bobbing that's it, I put him down. I will increase his cover time I never thought about that, so thank you. He does get a nap time in the afternoon where is covered up, and then he's covered up all night.


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