Female beats Male

cecialfaro · Post by **cecialfaro** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:19 am

I have a 5 yr old female that last year she was laying eggs w/ out a mate. I got her a 5 yr old Male about 8 months ago. He was a breeder and when I first introduced them she attacked him so I put them in cage w/ a divider that way she wouldn't attack him. Previous owner told me male was ready for breeding in February but when I took out the divider in February she attacked him pulled out all of his tail feathers. Now my poor male doesn't have a tail. Is that normal?

pinkdevil · Post by **pinkdevil** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:16 pm

Is your female handraised? Has she been around other birds before?

She might also be very protective of her cage. How big is the cage?

Maybe she just doesn't like him. Some birds do clash even in their own breed.

ryelle · Post by **ryelle** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:17 am

yeah, like my stupid rats

"if you introduce them while the youngest one is still young theyll get on fine".. ya right. Oldest ones a pain in the butt, doesnt like anybody but himself.

i could see our fid being the same too. hes over protective of his cage and his toys and would prob kill another bird if it looked at "his" mirror

animals are just like people. theres just some people you cant stand lol. a bit annoying in your case cus u just bought another bird that cant do its job lol.

cecialfaro · Post by **cecialfaro** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:39 am

She wasn't hand feed and the cage is pretty big. Previous owner gave her up because she would attack her husband looks like Kye doesn't like males at all.

pinkdevil · Post by **pinkdevil** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:17 pm

Another option you might like to try is keep them in seperate cages until breeding season is in full swing, then when your girl shows keen interest in the male for breeding you could try and put them together and see if anything happens. She might be more acceptable of him then.

In the wild, the hens are naturally the boss and very dominant, but when it's mating time she becomes very submisive and lowers herself to be smaller and less intimidating to the male. He in return becomes the "Brad Pitt" and stands tall and struts his stuff, and does his "lurv dance" to show the girl just what a catch he really is

Have you noticed how tall the male becomes when he does this? Then, hopefully, love blossoms and they have a bit of romance. lol

They are not really a one partner bird so they don't really need to bond for life. So keeping them together all the time is not really necessary until breeding time.

Hope things work out for you.