Indy's not a baby anymore...

[Kumashe]

While I was getting my school stuff ready for tomorrow, I looked up to see Indy "rocking" on his rope perch. It kind of took me by suprise. I mean I was prepared for it to happen someday, but... yeah. Would this be considered male or female sexual behavior? I'm begining to lean toward Indy being a female now...

[bellarains]

Actually it's more a male behavior, but there are hens who do the "rocking" too, so it's not a given.

Yep, sounds like Indy has reached sexual maturity. You want to make sure you keep his "object" of choice cleaned well, as he may also gack to it, as well as "rock" on it;)

[Janie]

I have three males ( I think! ) and only one of the two younger "boys" displays affection for objects on a daily (hourly) basis. That would be Shy. :D Oliver, I think, is past his prime at ten years old but Big Boi is the same age as Shy and has never humped a single thing that I know of. He is a DNA'd male, same as Shy but he is not interested in anything that I know of. :D Keeps me guessin'......hopefully "he" will not start shredding and tucking! :whistle:


Good luck with school starting tomorrow! Better you than me! :lol

[Purpose By Design]

yeah i remember when Sydney did that,i could'nt stop laughing.

[Janie]

yeah i remember when Sydney did that,i could'nt stop laughing.

:lol.....me too, it cracks me up! My youngest son (20) won't look and in the beginning my hubby also turned his head figuring that Shy needed privacy but now, like me, he looks and laughs! :D

[Kumashe]

I feel bad for laughing about it, but I can't help it. He took me by suprise.

[LauraKGN]

Tobey suprised me the other day by doing the same thing w/ his "cuddle buddy" :rofl:

[KedaDibandion]

My girlie bird has a jingly ball toy and a ping pong ball that she goes back and forth with. Sometimes when she feels like laying a clutch, the ping pong ball is the daddy -- sometimes it's the jingly ball. (scandalous!)

[linda040899]

I've been breeding lovebirds since 1990 and I've seen this behavior countless number of times. Mostly it's males but I've seen females do it, as well. The only lovebirds I have that have never displayed the self-satisfaction behavior are my Abyssinians. This topic has been discussed numerous times in this community but that thought hadn't entered my mind until just this evening!

[Janie]

Linda, that is very interesting. Wonder why????

As of this week, my late bloomer Big Boi finally joined the ranks of puberty and he really is making up for lost time! :lol When I walk into their room now I find him on one birdie buddy having the time of his life and Shy on the other one, doing the same. :D Oliver seems to be perplexed by it all! :lol

It went on for so long this morning that I had to to get out the camcorder! :whistle:

[Kathryn]

:happy: It's a good thing birdies don't get complexes from being laughed at and videoed "doing their thing":whistle:

[Janie]

Kathryn, I promise you that I would not do that to my human kids! :rofl: