kaks and cockatiel do they breed

kristina · Snr Member Joined: Apr 26, 2006 Posts: 46

i have a pair of kaks and the female is currently sitting on around 7 eggs
and the male is looking after her very well but he keeps sitting on top of the cockatiels and screaming. didnt think much of it but today i watched him and he was on top of the female cockatiel and he was mating with her i mean proper is this a problem can they breed with each other or is it nothing to worrie about. do i need to separate them or is he just felling lonely,because his misses isnt showing him much love. signlol

Orange · Snr Member Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 154

I think I can say pretty safely that they won't successfully breed....although somebody may tell me I am wrong!

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

As far as we can assertain. Kakariki will not cross breed with other species.
There is a thread here where there is a claim of cross breeding with a rosella...but members remain sceptical of the claim. Roseela are a ferrel wild release in NZ, and the population extends to most of the country now in large numbers...there is no recording of cross breeding in the wild either
If they do breed AND eggs hatch...Please let us know