Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets General Parakeet Chat Is she in breeding mood?

Since i've found out that Lily is offically a girl! (show all the signs! Even the vet said she was! Light/white cere.. bosses everyone around... don't talk much unless she thinks it's needed... very agressive!!)) so lately i've found a lil basket for them to play in!! it has news paper in the bottom and a lil whole they can get threw!! ((it's a wire basket... not dangers at all)) and lately she's been going into the bottom and tearing up the paper. like she doidn something!! and Brad has been helping her with it too.. ((when she lets him help)) she also make sure she's the only one that goes into the basket..... i'm just making sure but is that a sign of nesting or anything?

BUMP BUMP!!

It does sound like she might be if theres 1 female and 1 boy becareful,,, also how old are they?

i have 2 boys and 1 girl!! as u can tell by my pixs..... idk how old Lily is but the light blue one is the oldest and the dark blue one is the youngest..... for some reason my light blue one ((Sky)) and Lily have been getting along alot better lately! most of the time they fight! but now it's just Sky and Lily and Brad seems to get left out!! and he now tends to fight Brad alot too! even if he gets to close to Lil! His cere doesn't seem darker! and Lily doesn't seem to mind just him being around her! in fact they kiss now!! and Brad and Lily use to be the only ones to do that!!

2 males one female- Bad combo, the males will fight for the female im not sure if there nesting but dont let them near it for a while or take out the newspaper,

ok will do! but i think they are fighting over her! and SKy is winnning!

anymore advise anyone?

It is always dangerous having 3 birds as one does get left out. I don't personally find it exciting that they are fighting this much. How large is the cage they are in? I know I advised you over this one before, but I don't quite feel you have listened to the advice we have given you.

This sounds suspiciously like breeding behavior. If Lily and Sky breed, then you absolutely must have them in a separate cage from Brad. A breeding pair MUST be in its own cage.

Please go to the breeding section of the forum and read the breeding instructions post, if you haven't already. You really, really need to have this information or your birds could die from your not being prepared.

Lishious: FYI, except when actual breeding is going on, 2 males and 1 female is much safer than 2 females and 1 male; the females will often fight to the death over a male.