Parrot acting uhm...frustrated

[Tro]

Hello,
My parrot started doing the whole butt rubbing thing about a month ago. The only time he does it though is when he is sitting on my nephews shoulder. He will eagerly try and get over to my nephew then sit on his shoulder for a minute and begin rubbing his butt. It's odd because although my nephew loves my bird and is around him fairly frequently, I spend much more time with my parrot, and he is on my shoulder a lot longer, but doesnt do it to me, so I think it's wired that he would display this behavior to my nephew. He doesnt do it to his toys or other people, although me and my nephew are really the only two who handle him, so he wouldnt really have the opertunity to do it to sombody else. Any ideas on why he only does this to my nephew? Is he trying to pair bond my nephew or something? Any opinions and ideas would be great
Also when he starts rubbing his butt on my nephew I go over immediately and ask him to step up which he does, but is not happy about it, then I place him on his play stand for a few minutes. My vet said that there is shot that they can give him to settle his hormones down a bit. I was considering the getting him the shot so he wouldn't be "frustrated" but decided not to since its almost winter (I assume their libido decreases in the winter, correct me if I'm wrong.)
Thanks for taking the time to read

[marie83]

Stay away from the hormones unless absolutely necessary.

You can manilputate the amount of light he gets, avoid anything which could be seen as a nest or shredded into nesting materials. Also avoid too much high energy foods and soft mushy foods for a while. Also avoid being too affectionate towards him when he is feeling frisky- no more than a quick head scratch. All this should trick him into thinking it is not the right time of year for breeding.

If your nephews old enough get him to remove the parrot himself to show him he isn't interested in that kind of relationship rather than you coming and intervening. If not carry on removing him yourself is probably the best option but be prepared incase he gets aggressive towards you or your nephew.

[Tro]

Thanks for the reply.
I already do much of what you said I cover him for 12 hours a night, I only pet his head and neck and avoid his back. I feed him different types of foods with his pellets each day mostly veggies and fruits I steam his veggies, but not to the point of being mushy. He does have a happy hut He doesn't sleep in it though he sleeps behind it, hes not aggressive around it or anything though. Perhaps he's sees it as nest anyway?
But he really doesn't do it that often only on my nephew, which is weird. My nephew is only 6 so I wouldn't want him to try and pick him up incase my bird bites I don't want the bird being dropped. I just feel kinda sorry for my nephew he laughs beacause it looks pretty funny, and asks "whats he doing?" ... But I hope my bird will stop during the winter for his own sake. I feel bad for him, that's the only reason I talked to my vet who recommend the shot if it gets bad enough.

[marie83]

Oki well you may actually want to consider upping his hours of light, not 100% sure but the breeder I got Ollie from said they go to nest when there are less hours of light not more. I assume he knows what he is talking about given he has been breeding them for years. Less light is when Ollie starts getting hormonal too so I'm inclined to say it is probably right.

[Tro]

Oh I see. I didn't know that, but that would make sense because we have been loosing a few mins of light each day for winter where I live. I could cover his cage for fewer hours a night and see if that helps him at all. Thanks for sharing that info with me.