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December 16, 2021

Male mating problem


I had a female so i bought a male but male cocatail gets up on female after that he gets down and starts mastubating with the stick they don’t mate properly how to stop this behaviour and get them to mate properly


Answer:

Hi,

Are both birds at least 2 years old? If not, then you need to separates them and wait until both birds are 2 before you put them back together. If they are two, then all you can do is wait and see if he eventually gets it right. Breeding birds takes a lot of patience. It’s a learning process for them, and they will make a lot of mistakes before they ever get it right. And some birds never make good breeders. All you can do is make sure they are old enough, eating a good diet like pellets and not a seed mix and give them plenty of privacy. Breeders don’t do well if you are checking on them all the time.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda

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