Yoshi regurgitating to mirrors

So last couple of months Yoshi(1yr and 9 months old now) immediately tries to feed the bird in the mirror whenever he sees it.

Never does it to me or my wife even though I constantly kiss him.

What does it mean exactly? Is it mating behaviour? Is he going through sexual maturity?

He is extremely interested in other birds also and will try to hang out and get close to any bird he sees. Makes me think maybe I should get him a partner which brings me to my next question.

If i get a second ekkie does it have to have it's own cage? Does it matter if it's a boy or a girl? I am sure this question has been answered before but I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

Thanks in advance for any help.

No, at 1 year and 9 months, he's definitely not yet going through sexual maturity. He just REALLY likes what he sees in that mirror. Let's face it. Yoshi is OBVIOUSLY quite taken with himself. So conceited! Hahaha!


Getting another ekkie of either sex should be fine. Of course, as with any parrot, there is always the chance of individual personalities clashing. But there is nothing inherently problematic with getting either a male or female. (Well, except that having one of either sex always opens up the possibility of mating.)

As for whether you would need a second cage, I'd say yes. Have two ekkies ever successfully shared a large enough cage? Certainly. But there is always the very real possibility of one becoming cage territorial and fighting the other to the death.

So yeah, I'd get another cage. Haha!

This next doesn't apply to you, but if you had a female, there would be a little more potential for conflict in getting a second female, IMO. In the wild, up to 6 or 7 males will often gather and compete for the affections of one female. This female, however, will stake out one nesting site and defend it to the death against predators, other parrots (including cockatoos) and rival ekkie females. So as you might imagine, while 2 females might find a way to get along, their hardwired instincts make it a tad less likely than it would be for 2 males or a male and female.

Jade has never regurtaded in his life he is over 2 years old but Jade use to have a Robin bird friend who i found on the flor when he was 6 days old , i pick that robin up and hand fed him then i unstal his cage on the balcony ( Jade paly graund) when ever in the morning Jade flu to the balcony , first thing was fly un top of Robin cage and try to play with him during hours!

One week ago i decided to let Mr Robin back to Nature and Mr Jade keeps looking for him!

Anansi said:

Getting another ekkie of either sex should be fine. Of course, as with any parrot, there is always the chance of individual personalities clashing. But there is nothing inherently problematic with getting either a male or female. (Well, except that having one of either sex always opens up the possibility of mating.)

As for whether you would need a second cage, I'd say yes. Have two ekkies ever successfully shared a large enough cage? Certainly. But there is always the very real possibility of one becoming cage territorial and fighting the other to the death.

So yeah, I'd get another cage. Haha!
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Ahhh K well that sucks as I really don't have the space for a second cage I mean unless I kept them out the back. However that would be an issue as I have raised Yoshi with an open cage policy and would have to change this if put out the back.

Hmmmm oh well.

Although I would be inclined to think(through no experience whatsoever other than my experience with Yoshi) that if i got another male it wouldn't be cage territorial simply in the way I treat birds. Which is open cage, hours of time outside in the sun everyday in a backyard large natural play area and multiple visits to parks to play in trees.

Anywho I won't risk it anyways would hate to have conflict and be forced to give one away.
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But thanks for the info!

solrac13 said:

Jade has never regurtaded in his life he is over 2 years old but Jade use to have a Robin bird friend who i found on the flor when he was 6 days old , i pick that robin up and hand fed him then i unstal his cage on the balcony ( Jade paly graund) when ever in the morning Jade flu to the balcony , first thing was fly un top of Robin cage and try to play with him during hours!

One week ago i decided to let Mr Robin back to Nature and Mr Jade keeps looking for him!

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Haha that is adorable. Yep Yoshi is super interested in other birds no matter their aggressiveness(he doesn't understand that birds swooping on him is an unfriendly bird lol) or size(my mums neighbour has a macaw and he will do anyhting he can to get up right close to his beak which is scary cause it looks like the macaw can decapitate his head with one bite!

suley said:

...Although I would be inclined to think(through no experience whatsoever other than my experience with Yoshi) that if i got another male it wouldn't be cage territorial simply in the way I treat birds. Which is open cage, hours of time outside in the sun everyday in a backyard large natural play area and multiple visits to parks to play in trees.

Anywho I won't risk it anyways would hate to have conflict and be forced to give one away.
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But thanks for the info!

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Sounds like an ideal situation for tour ekkie, and yes, I agree. If two makes were going to successfully cohabitate in a single cage, the routine you've set up for Yoshi would likely give it the best chance for success. (Assuming your cage was large enough.) But there's just no escaping that you'd be taking a chance.

I'm curious. Given your backyard routine, is Yoshi clipped, harness-trained, or "out and about" trained?

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suley said:

...Although I would be inclined to think(through no experience whatsoever other than my experience with Yoshi) that if i got another male it wouldn't be cage territorial simply in the way I treat birds. Which is open cage, hours of time outside in the sun everyday in a backyard large natural play area and multiple visits to parks to play in trees.

Anywho I won't risk it anyways would hate to have conflict and be forced to give one away.
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But thanks for the info!

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Sounds like an ideal situation for tour ekkie, and yes, I agree. If two makes were going to successfully cohabitate in a single cage, the routine you've set up for Yoshi would likely give it the best chance for success. (Assuming your cage was large enough.) But there's just no escaping that you'd be taking a chance.

I'm curious. Given your backyard routine, is Yoshi clipped, harness-trained, or "out and about" trained?

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Yoshi is clipped. Not sure what 'out and about trained' is though.

I would absolutely love to train him to free flight but I don't think I would be able to do it and I am relatively certain that if he could fly in anyway he would be off with the first group of Lorikeets he sees flying past him lol.

In reality I hate that he doesn't fly but If I allowed him to grow his wings then I couldn't take him out at all :/....

My absolute ideal situation would be that of Penguin the magpie(google it). A family saved an abandoned baby magpie and reared it too good health and adulthood and now it lives outside in the wild but is still very much a part of the family as it comes and goes as it pleases into the family's home. It's hilarious and so adorable and would be my absolute dream.

Nice!

Out and about trained is just a reference to a bird who is fully flighted but is trained not to fly off "with the first group of lorikeets he sees flying past him." Hahaha!

Actually, if harness-trained you could still take him out. (Full disclosure, I'm still working on harness-training mine. But check out any threads by RuffledFeathers for an idea of how amazing it can be.)

But he looks like he gets so much outside time with you guys! (Not just in this thread, but in a few others as well ) He must love it!

Great pics! I love how he looks like he's posing in the pic with you and your S/O. Hilarity! He seems quite well bonded to you both.