Green cheek rubbing his bum on my hand

[moonmoon]

Pickle is a male green cheek. He hatched in the last week of September 2014. So is he trying to mate with me? He presses his bum up against my hand when I'm on the computer and started rubbing it on me lol. So I just ignore this behaviour right? I thought it would be a bit early for him to be doing this kind of thing.

 

[BoomBoom]

Rubbing bums has been attributed to sexual behavior in birds. I also think it's much too early. I'd avoid letting him engage in it on your person. I'd also avoid other acts they might perceive as sexual like stroke the back, tail, under the wings, etc.

 

[dhraiden]

Reduce how much touching you do of your bird, keep it separated from you in its cage for gradually increasing periods of time. The next time it does that mating behavior, remove it to its cage.