Is he mating my head?

[bookworm0550]

I caught this on camera. Is he mating my hair? He keeps making these clucking noises and this happens when he's on my head. He also bobs his head up and down like he's gonna regurgitate. What can I do? Isn't he kinda young to know anything about mating?

Here's the link to my youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1zE2k_SrI

[HaleBoppPeachyluv]

hee hee hee!! oh yeah!! he's most definitely doin the clicky dance & trying to mate with your head... you may wanna get him a humpy toy. My haley & maka had a stuffed wolf (used the ear) and my Sunny has recently started a enjoying the favors of a county fair "prize" (monkey, foot)... lol monkey love!

[bookworm0550]

:omg: Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!! Not my baby boy!!!!!!! what's a humpy toy? Are you serious? He's really trying to mate my head? oh boy. Isn't he a little young?

[bookworm0550]

I feel so violated. :rotfl

[Kiwi*]

OH the "happy" dance as started as i like to call and he is most deff. doing it to your head! how old is joey...

[maya_exquisite]

OMG. *lol* Yeahhh... humpity-hump!! :rotfl

[bookworm0550]

joey is 4 months old. is that normal? My boyfriend is so grossed out. lol. Does this mean he's a boy then?

[maya_exquisite]

^ Kano is a girl and she rubs herself aaaaaaaaaaaall up and down her Happy Hut like that, but harder. *lol* I think she sometimes even "O's" 'cause she'll do it for a while, then all of a sudden look like she's seizing and flaps her wings... then done. :rotfl

[bookworm0550]

^ I think she sometimes even "O's" 'cause she'll do it for a while, then all of a sudden look like she's seizing and flaps her wings... then done. :rotfl

:roflmao: oh my goodness, too funny

[bookworm0550]

any humpy toy tips? a stuffed animal or no?

[maya_exquisite]

It is funny, but she's got a bald patch by her rectum 'cause she frequented the Happy Hut so often!! Come to think of it, ever since I replaced her old one (she WORE IT OUT) I haven't really seen her do it anymore... I replaced it with the exact same brand, same color... but I guess she knows. Her lover is gone and the new one won't replace it!! :rotfl

[bookworm0550]

haha, maya, you are too funny. wow, a bald spot by her butt. And she wore her hut out? oh dear. :lol:

[HaleBoppPeachyluv]

I know some owners discourage mating behavior, but i've never had too much of a problem with it. I let my lovies "court" me with the clicky dance & some regurgitation, and when they start doing the swishy with their butts, i find a stuffed animal for their humpy toy that they're willing to "love".

Mine only have access to the humpy toy outside their cages, though. I find that that way I can make sure they give it a rest! LOL

[brittbritt]

That video is priceless. I know from reading the responses it's the mating dance, but to me it looks like he's thinking- so my human won't give me toilet paper, we'll see about that!

[momo]

I feel so violated. :rotfl

I felt so ... wrong watching it HAHAHAHAHA!!..

you're getting double the action than your boyfriends getting lol!

hahaha.. oh... your poor hair.. i hope you got good shampoo.

[BarbieH]

Bom-chicka wah wah! :lol

I don't like to have Sammy try to hump any part of me. He's got a pseudo-mate sex toy we call Fuzzy Frog; found it in a pet store in the squeak toy section. It's roughly the same size as Sammy (not that it seems to matter), and it's got a lot of green like his.

Fuzzy Frog is also machine washable.

Added: Hey, it might be the headband he's most attracted to. Do you wear it all the time? Try taking it off next time you bring him out, see if he behaves the same way.

[bookworm0550]

no, i hardly wear my headband. I just wore it at that moment, but he does behave the same way. A fuzzy frog huh? Guess I'll have to go look at the squeak toy section today then. haha.

[Pips mom]

Yes, because he is doing the mating dance, clicking and trying to hump your head, I believe that there is a good chance that you got yourself a boy there.....although with lovies, it's sometimes hard to tell, and a few of them on here have fooled their owners about their sex.....most thought they had a boy and ended up getting an egg, so I guess you never know for sure 100% unless you have a DNA test.......but I feel pretty sure my Pip is a boy, sure enough to not test him. Pip loves soft toys to hump. Nice and soft and fluffy things.....his regular hump toy is a soft rope tied in a knot...it came in a bucket of foot toys I had bought. He also tries to hump Ivy's big swing....it's all covered in soft felt pieces and has one of those rope things like his humpy rope on top and he tries to hump that one too! So something small, cozy and soft. I also leave his hump toys out of his cage on top of it......this way he humps while he is out and it gives me a break for a little while from chasing him around when he's up to no good! :rofl:
Pip loves being on my head! but luckily, he doesn't think of it as a good thing to hump! :rofl: Now you know why they're called LOVEbirds! :rotfl

[chromasnake]

Yellow Bird loves the knot at the end of his boing (springy rope perch) when Tourmaline isn't receptive to his attentions.

[Bubblelady]

Well, it's official. YOU are Joey's "chosen one". And Joey being as cute as he is, maybe your boyfriend has cause to worry? Just kidding. It was just this dance, also on my head, that resulted in my first lovie's name change--from Katie to Bo. Oh, and the scratching is part of the "dance" Bo did the dance every time he greeted me. And there was no stopping him until he completed the whole :blush: dance. I definately recommend a humpy toy! I think HalleBoppPeachylov's combination of foreplay with human followed by a stuffed/toy surrogate a brilliant solution. I tried the surrogate part only and that was a dismal failure. Bo got as mean as the meanest nesty hen :omg: It just might have worked for both of us if I had used HalleBopp's "method". Welcome to the world of LOVEbirds :rofl:

[cp.lovebird]

He's definitely mating with your head! My just over 1 year old lovie Ducky does the same thing so I've starting wearing a small towel on my head. He also likes to mate with a paper bag on top of my other lovie's cage (Squeaky watches this with disgust and then gives Ducky a little nip!) Poor lovies want some lovin':rofl:) I haven't given him a humping toy yet!

[Bubblelady]

I've starting wearing a small towel on my head.

I'm getting an interesting visual image :whistle:

Lovebird people are an interesting flock :rotfl

[bookworm0550]

Ducky does the same thing so I've starting wearing a small towel on my head. He also likes to mate with a paper bag on top of my other lovie's cage (Squeaky watches this with disgust

Hahaha. Too funny. I was thinking about wearing a towel too, but decided against it in case he liked the towel.

[cp.lovebird]

Ducky does like the towel but not as much as my hair!! At least I get a little peace. The funny thing is that Ducky has taught Squeaky to hang out on my head too. These birds are too funny! :rofl:

[dieflying]

Um, I'm a little weirded out by this, but in a more amused and funny way.

[Bubblelady]

Um, I'm a little weirded out by this, but in a more amused and funny way.

I'm so glad it's in the "amused" way because, unless your little Kath has been DNAd, you may be joining this conversation one day. And, if Kath is, indeed, a hen, you may be joining the "nesty devil hen" thread. Either way, 'tis best to be amused by it all, since there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop a lovie from doing whatever it wants to do. :rotfl

[Flapjack]

My Jack- who I prayed was male (until she laid her first clutch of 6) began humping everything at 4 months. She is VERY amorous still at almost 2 yrs.
Paper towels, jingle balls, my hand (eww), rope toys, anything at all.
Sometimes all I have to do is begin to approach the cage, and she clicks, kisses, dances, and spreads her wings in anticipation.

[dieflying]

Aww, I'm going to feel bad if Kath is like that. . . needs a companion or something! But I guess that could be a human.

[thebubbleking]

saves on shampoo lol
Sunshine only seduces and swishys boo or the lovie hens that come to visit or get better :O

[cp.lovebird]

Hahaha. Too funny. I was thinking about wearing a towel too, but decided against it in case he liked the towel.


At first I tried a showercap but it was really hot!!! :rofl: :blush: And Ducky was terrified of it and wouldn't go anywhere near me. :( So then I tried a brightly coloured scarf and got the same reaction. So, now it is the towel. I know I look ridiculous with a towel and 2 birds on my head. So I just ask my brother-in-law if he likes my new hat!! :rotfl

[Bubblelady]

So I just ask my brother-in-law if he likes my new hat!! :rotfl

Hey, you could start a new fashion trend :rofl:

[lemonypickett]

Eddie does this too. I think the hair is "very exciting" to them!

He LOVES his "happy huts" of any material. Anytime I take one out to wash it and I put a new one in, he gets very "HAPPY!"

[bookworm0550]

haha, i'm on the lookout for good squeaky toys.

[cp.lovebird]

Hey, you could start a new fashion trend :rofl:

True! But definitely not practical. :rotfl