owner as mate?

[betty]

Hello,
I am new to this forum. I have a problem and researching what to do about. My amazon frequently tries to masturbate. I am taking care of a friend's amazon and my amazon is extremely aggressive to the new parrot. I have had other parrots before and she was never aggressive but this new parrot is a lilac crown and is smaller than my parrot, Monica. How do I stop her from being aggressive to the other amazon and how do I undo the problem that she thinks I am her mate?
Thanks,
Betty

[diotima]

I had this problem with my bird. She never does this anymore after I did these things:

Don't pet anywhere but the head. Don't hold around the body, don't pet under the wing or anything. And what ever you do, do not touch or stroke anywhere near their bottoms, this means do not touch tail feathers either! Only the head!

My bird would often turn around and stick her but up towards me when I would approach her. If your bird displays mating behaviour as you walk towards them, walk away, don't pay any attention. At the same time, do not tell the bird that what they're doing is bad, just act completely disinterested.

If the bird is displaying mating behaviour while you are in the room, do not look at them. Similarly, if they decided to do this on you, take them off of you.

The point is, you want to give the bird as many signals as possible that you are not interested, and you have to be consistent.

To address the other problem, I would not allow the birds to be out together. They should have separate out of cage time. Your bird could do some serious harm to the other bird. Your bird is probably being quite aggressive toward your friend's bird because it thinks it's trying to protect you, and it's even more aggressive because it thinks your it's mate.

Hope I could help!

[liz]

Your bird has hormonal problems like Rambo at this time of year. He can't help that he has an urge. Rambo will cry to anyone who will listen so it is not that he thinks one of us is a mate. He just can't help it. We just distract him with a toy or food or a scratch on the head. We give him the comfort of letting him know we understand.