this is serious question. under 18 may find it uncomfortable

[TropicSea]

1: can parrots live without having sex?

2: can parrots masturbate?

back to 1: can parrots live without having sex?

I am a single man age 27 and I must masturbate atleast once in 4 days or else I'll be uncomfortable.. so im curious if animals especially parrots can live without having sex? can parrots live alone without any sex partner all their life? I know human can but human can masturbate. If parrots cant masturbate and doe's not have sex partner..... can they live alone without sex partner? or another fellow parrot?

Anyone have any answer?

[parrotsareyay]

Yes, parrots can live without it and they MAY masturbate on a favorite object (or owner) i've heard of many parrots doing that. Almost ALL pets do NOT have a partner since there is that ongoing thing that parrots would rather bond with their own kind instead of the owner (most of the time its true, but there has been exceptions)

The only problem with masturbation is that it can be done in excess and the owner must keep it under control

[TropicSea]

wow I wasn't sure if you were joking or not when you said "The only problem with masturbation is that it can be done in excess and the owner must keep it under control" so i google and found a video of a parrot masturbating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kReoq51cK9I

I am kindda suprised and a bit... like I wont be seeing my little parrot the same anymore haha. my parrot started to land on my head for 2 months now (i had her for 5+ years now) and kept on biting something on my head especially my forward then turns around the oposite way letting her tail down my forhead and now today while her tail was down my forhead.... i felt something wet and watery. i check and it was clear liquid like water. ????? parrots can release sexual liquid too?? this is the very first time there's this watery liquid.

Funny part is my parrot is a female! is this normal? or there's something else?


She also act weird now whenever bed time and I cover the cage with fabric sheet and nice and quiet, she wont sleep! instead she will lift up the door cage up and down nonstop!


and in case she really is masturbating during stepping on my head.... how to reduce her form doing?




ps. seriously parrots masturbating have never come to my mind. Never thought exist... untill she starts flying on my head and act strange.

[parrotsareyay]

I believe your bird may be hormonal now. Everything else is a bit of a mystery to me, so the experts should handle the rest.

[coolhady13]

hope my cockatiel never do this

[Zanizaila]

Many parrots kept as single pets get very sexually frustrated, yes.
My eight year old female Meyers thinks I'm her mate and several times every year she wants me to mate with her. She doesn't realize it doesn't work that way. Wrong gender, completely wrong species.

But it's kind of sad really. I had a cockatiel many years ago who masturbated on a big "fake toucan" (those toys that can imitate sounds) quite often. Now he lives somewhere else with a cockatiel-girlfriend, so that was solved.

Even though Saga's been "married" to me for almost eight years, I will try to get her a male, and my three year old macaw, Cirino, a female. Because even if I don't let them have eggs, they do get a lot out of being mated to their own kind.

They are wild, undomesticated animals that we can't neuter, so their sexual needs are very much intact.
They can live without if of course, but we all want to make the lives of our birds easier, but this is not a topic widely discussed...

That's probably also one of the major problems with forcing our parrots to live alone and "marry" us humans. Even if we could satisfy their social needs as well as another bird (which we almost never can), we could never help out with their sexual needs.

http://www.lafebercares.com/knowledge/learning_sex.html

[coolhady13]

Many parrots kept as single pets get very sexually frustrated, yes.
My eight year old female Meyers thinks I'm her mate and several times every year she wants me to mate with her. She doesn't realize it doesn't work that way. Wrong gender, completely wrong species.

But it's kind of sad really. I had a cockatiel many years ago who masturbated on a big "fake toucan" (those toys that can imitate sounds) quite often. Now he lives somewhere else with a cockatiel-girlfriend, so that was solved.

Even though Saga's been "married" to me for almost eight years, I will try to get her a male, and my three year old macaw, Cirino, a female. Because even if I don't let them have eggs, they do get a lot out of being mated to their own kind.

They are wild, undomesticated animals that we can't neuter, so their sexual needs are very much intact.
They can live without if of course, but we all want to make the lives of our birds easier, but this is not a topic widely discussed...

That's probably also one of the major problems with forcing our parrots to live alone and "marry" us humans. Even if we could satisfy their social needs as well as another bird (which we almost never can), we could never help out with their sexual needs.

http://www.lafebercares.com/knowledge/learning_sex.html

these is seems to be a big problem