11/19/2023 0 Comments Angry umbrella cockatoo![]() ![]() Cuddling – I’ve written about the dangers of too much cuddling before.But sugary and fatty foods can do it too, depending on the individual. In other words, feeding a wide variety of nutritionally rich foods says ‘this is the perfect breeding season.’ Pellets are often a key trigger – that soy is thought to stimulate hormones. Diet – an enriched diet is part of caring for our pets, but it does also signal constant bountifulness.Any artificial light does the same thing as the sun in terms of imitating good breeding conditions. Give your pet bird 12-14 hours of undisturbed sleep in the complete dark. Light – too much daylight stimulates the hormones by making a parrot think ‘spring’ all the time.Parrots in captivity find their hormones stimulated by a four main things: ![]() (Please note: The answer is not to breed your pets, as this requires a special set up, careful diet planning and expensive nutritional care, and the ability to care for and re-home any babies.) Hormones cause a lot of parrots, including this greenwinged macaw, to be re-homed to rescues and sanctuaries across the world Hand-raised parrots typically choose their caretaker as their mate, which, of course, is a role we can never fulfil – much to the detriment of our captive birds. It is very simple, and yet also impossible for them. Upon reaching sexual maturity, typical parrots have a single driving urge: to find a mate and make babies. Hormones strike twice a year in most parrots, spring and autumn, turning your bird from a gentle angle into a rampaging monster.
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