Category Mating Behavior

A category covering the mating behavior of pet parrots, including signals, courtship, breeding considerations, and how to care for birds during the breeding season.

Mating Behavior

Parrot Mate-Guarding: How to Handle an Overly Bonded or Jealous Bird

Bright sun conure perched on a branch, with orange body and green wings.

Practical steps to curb mate-guarding: spot signs, set boundaries, train, separate when needed, enrichment, and safety tips.

Suzanne Levine
February 20, 2026

Mating Behavior

Understanding and Managing Hormonal Season in Parrots: A Survival Guide

Close-up of a blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) with bright blue wings and a yellow body, perched against a dark green background.

Manage parrots' hormonal season with behavior strategies, enrichment, safe housing tweaks, nutrition, and veterinary care.

Suzanne Levine
February 8, 2026