My bonded Too's trying to mate.

[stcymcintyre]

My female is 8 years old and I was told she has laid a couple eggs in the past (Iv'e only had them a little over a week) but the eggs were removed and discarded. The male is 4 years old and they have been together since he was a baby. This weekend they started trying to mate. Is there anything I can do to stop them? I have also noticed that she is chewing his feathers. I thought he was doing it as he was kinda rough looking when I got him but upon studying them, Iv'e found that it's her doing it. Her feathers are pristine but his are pretty chewed up. They are caged together.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

Aside from splitting them up it sounds like your bonded pair is trying to achieve the next step to become a "proven" pair. Are they handtame pets? Not sure what you could do to dissuade them from their current path (other than separating them)

 

[stcymcintyre]

They are hand tame but still trying to get comfortable with their new humans. The male took to me right away and seems to be very relaxed in the home. The female took to my daughter but is still studying the rest of us. If I separate them will they be able to be put back together? Or should I just get another cage for sleep time and build them a common play area? If they are in different rooms that one another they scream until they are back in the same room again.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

If you want to separate them why not leave them in the same room so they can still see eachother? Perhaps 2 playstands?

 

[Jayyj]

I'm sure there are more informed people than I to comment on this and really I'm intending this as asking a question rather than giving an opinion, but my understanding is females generally don't lay unless they have a suitable nest? If this is the case and reproduction can be prevented by careful habitat control, is it really a problem if they have a sexual relationship and couldn't seperating them, even into seperate cages in the same room, be traumatic for a bonded pair?