Luna (~11yr old Pionus) stayed with my mother for a week while we were out on vacation. I'll mention that she has stayed with her before. Both times when I went to collect her, she was super happy to see me, and spent the next couple of hours making all the cool noises she normally doesn't make unless she's really excited about something.
I know that she gets more fruit when she stays with my mom, and apparently this time she also got possibly too many almonds. Probably like a couple a day. Normally I give her one at a time, and not everyday.
Since returning home, she has been doing her hormonal-clucking-butt-in-the-air dance non stop. Normally she reserves this for when Michael (her favorite) comes home from work. She has never done this around me to this extent. I've been trying not to touch her too much, but she'll do it no matter where she is or what's happening. When I put her back on her cage she walks down and climbs up to my shoulder. I let her stay until she starts it up again. (I am working at a desk next to her cage)
This is maybe a silly question... but is it possible that the increase in fruit sugars and extra protein from almonds over the last week coupled with seeing me again made her extra extra horny?
She seems hormonal 80% of the time that I've had her anyways (2 years), so I've never been quite sure what is normal.
The most surprising thing about her current behavior is that she's NOT currently regurgitating, which she normally does to an extent that I think is excessive, but she's seen two vets and neither seemed to have a good answer. (when I picked her up from mom's house, I saw that she had smeared regurgitated goo all over her cage top like she normally does, and was doing it constantly while I was there, but she hasn't done it today while we've been home).
SIDE NOTE: I started a thread a year ago about her regurgitation, but still haven't quite figured things out. Everything I've read just says it's normal and a sign of affection, but no one says how much is normal, and how often. I've tried to stay away from her when she's eating, tried not playing with her immediately afterwards, I only pet her on her head/chin/neck when she wants it, keep her on proper diet and proper light schedule, although I think maybe she's getting too many hours of light, so I'm going to start covering her cage completely at night and not halfway, so I can control the 12-hr light period.