No trace of hormonal behavior?

[Estee]

Wondering, after reading Janie's post on Shy--

I have never seen any of the mating/maturing/hormonal behavior that many people have described. No gacking, no mating with the mouse, etc etc. Obviously, no eggs. The most I've seen is some paper shredding/tucking into tail feathers.

Tutti is definitely a year old. Any thoughts?

[Janie]

My guess would be that Tutti is still just a little under the radar to start that. My younger two will be three in May and the gacking/masturbation did not start before they were a year old. I can't remember exactly how much older than a year they were but if I had to guess I'd say they were around 15 to 18 months when that started.

[Estee]

Gee, Janie, I guess I was hoping of more of a, "some lovies are just mellow." Nay? It's going to kick in when my kids are becoming teenagers? Oh dear.

[ittyandrita]

well, i've actually worried about the same thing. Two of my boys are 1+, and while they gack for rita whwn she asks for it, i've never seen any swishy. Itty-bitty, on the other hand, who, was probably around 5 or 6, never showed any hormonal behavior during the too short months i had with him.