Please take a look

Kokoko · Regular Member Joined: Jun 13, 2007 Posts: 22

Koki is about 4 1/2 months old. She is very sweet, active and happy as far as I can tell. Please watch the video at the link below.

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/rlkramer1/?action=view&current=2007-10-13_004.flv

She recently began presenting this behavior. Only in the small training room, which she loves to go to. Is this sexual presentation? If so, how can I take her mind off this, other than getting another kakariki?

Thanks!

Peter · Foundation Member Joined: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 599

Yep, this is sexual presentation. She considers you as her partner and since kakariki come easily into breeding mode, it happens. I have no experience with kakariki as a pet. In my aviary holding I notice frequently matings and never have found any eggs. Since there is no possibility(nesting boxes) to lay eggs I think this is the trigger to reckon with.
So, do not allow any nesting possibility. Otherwise there is a danger that she starts to lay eggs.

Kokoko · Regular Member Joined: Jun 13, 2007 Posts: 22

Thanks Peter,

I was afraid of that. I'll take a close look at her cage and see if there's anything to remove. I'll also rearange it to see if that helps.

Thanks again,

-Ronnie

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

I wounder if she was around a hen house ??
Yes what Peter says but it seems she has an accent??
We have a house parrot, a king parrot, which dosent speak King, speaks kakariki...he was raised with kakariki and no Kngs.

Kokoko · Regular Member Joined: Jun 13, 2007 Posts: 22

She was pulled from the nest just before fledging b/c the hen was pulling all her feathers. I think the breeder had many types of birds. She stayed in a pet store with many types of birds for about 3 weeks till fully weaned after being pulled. For three months no other birds. She began with this display almost to the day a pair of parrotlets moved in.

I stopped taking her to the training room for about a week. She did this only one time out of training room about 3 days ago when I play guitar. Today took her to training room and she did not do the display.