O.K., moi aussi.
Les Quakers ont des nids hors de la période de reproduction et certains petits oiseaux pondent n'importe où et pas juste les petits.
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By Sally Blanchard
Sometimes a tent can become something more than just a place to hide or hang out. During breeding season, some parrots will perceive their tent or hut as a nest and this may encourage sexual behavior.... ... I also put a tent in the cage so that if anything threatened her, she could go into the tent and feel safe. She used the tent for at least a year before I had to remove it. Why did I take it out? Although she is the sweetest bird on earth, she became aggressive with me. Sure enough, she had laid an egg in the tent. I also don’t provide my 18 year-old double yellow-head, Pascal, with a tent. She has scoliosis and I don’t want to do anything that might encourage her to lay eggs because it may create problems because of her skeletal problems.
https://companionparrotonline.com/BIRD_ ... ivacy.html
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Hormonal Behavior in Company Parrots
Triggers of Breeding Behavior:
1 Extended hours of light. Lengthening days and increased amounts of artificial light will cause a bird's reproductive organs to increase in size which in turn triggers a significant increase in hormonal activity.
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The availability of a suitable nest site and nesting materials. A suitable nest sites may, in your pet's eyes, include ordinary household items like cardboard boxes, areas behind cushions on the couch, even shoes. It is best to discourage them from claiming those as nests. Nesting material can be paper or a favorite blanket.
3 Availability of a mate (can be you, another bird or an object, such as a favorite toy)
4 Diet: Levels of fat and/or protein, as well as starches in the diet. Warm, wet food (nestling food) also encourages breeding behavior.
5 Perceived sexual petting (i.e., stroking the bird's backside or near the vent)
http://www.avianweb.com/sexualbehaviorinbirds.html
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Discouraging Breeding Behavior In Pet Birds
Hilary S. Stern, DVM
2. Keep your bird away from dark, enclosed spaces. Most parrots are cavity nesters, which means that instead of building a nest out in the open they look for dark, enclosed spaces in which to lay their eggs. In order to stop your bird from laying eggs it is essential that she is kept away from such areas. Nest boxes should be promptly removed.
Birds can be ingenious when looking for a nesting site (under a couch, behind the microwave, even in the dryer!), so it is important that she is under close supervision when out of the cage.
http://www.forthebirdsdvm.com/pages/dis ... -pet-birds
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Dr. Kerry Korber, (BA, DVM)
Some hormonal triggers to avoid are:
-If a female anything that would make a good nest area. Dark corners or boxes. Possible nesting materials.
http://www.parrotplace.ca/hormonal_parrot.htm
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par ~Calliopée~ » Ven Juil 29, 2011 11:57 am 
