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Question
my amazon male keeps humping his perch making noises is this normal ? why is he doing this also my cockateil is doing the same!!

Answer
Hello Karen,

Your birds are masturbating,very normal parrot behavior. Here are past answers to help you understand the environmental signals that activate breeding hormones.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Birds-General-2349/2008/1/single-male-cockatiel-displ...

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Birds-General-2349/Cockateil-Behaviuor.htm

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Parrots-1638/Moody-Cockatiel-1.htm

Jennifer
www.feathersandscales.com