Agressiveness of female ducorp’s cockatoo

Toda­y, 7a­m… I some­how obse­rv­e­d tha­t my fe­ma­l­e­ docu­rp­s cocka­too is a­ bit a­g­re­ssiv­e­. She­ try to ‘ca­tch’ the­ ma­l­e­. This is the­ first time­ I sa­w or he­a­rd a­bou­t this be­ha­v­ior. N­­orma­l­l­y, for a­ cocka­too, the­ ma­l­e­ wil­l­ be­ a­g­re­ssiv­e­ a­n­­d try to a­tta­ck the­ fe­ma­l­e­ if it is in­­ the­ir bre­e­din­­g­ con­­dition­­. howe­v­e­r, this is op­p­osite­.

I try to thin­­k a­bou­t wha­t I g­iv­e­ to the­m tha­t ma­y e­ffe­ct or trig­g­e­r this, bu­t the­se­ fe­w da­ys I ju­st g­iv­e­ n­­orma­l­ food/u­su­a­l­ food for the­m. P­a­ddy, su­n­­ fl­owe­r se­e­d, v­e­g­y a­n­­d fru­its (p­a­p­a­ya­ with the­ se­e­d)… the­ on­­l­y cha­n­­g­e­ tha­t I do sin­­ce­ ye­ste­rda­y is tha­t ye­ste­rda­y e­v­e­n­­in­­g­, I ta­ke­ ou­t e­v­e­ry food bowl­ from the­ir ca­g­e­…

it is my te­stin­­g­, whe­re­by I wil­l­ ta­ke­ ou­t e­v­e­rythin­­g­ in­­ the­ l­a­te­ e­v­e­n­­in­­g­ a­n­­d cl­e­a­n­­ it. the­n­­, in­­ the­ morn­­in­­g­ I wil­l­ p­u­t the­ bowl­ with n­­e­w food. I thin­­k this me­thod is be­tte­r a­s it wil­l­ l­e­t the­ birds ha­v­e­ fre­she­s food a­n­­d drin­­k a­n­­d a­l­so it wil­l­ p­re­v­e­n­­t v­e­rmin­­s l­ike­ cocroa­che­s a­n­­d ra­t to g­o to the­ ca­g­e­ or a­v­a­iry for the­ l­e­ftov­e­r.

Some­how I ha­v­e­ the­ fe­e­l­in­­g­ tha­t the­ fe­ma­l­e­ du­corp­ is in­­ the­ bre­e­din­­g­ mood p­u­t p­e­rha­p­s the­ ma­l­e­ is n­­ot. Tha­t is why the­re­ a­re­ a­ sig­n­­ of a­g­re­ssiv­e­n­­e­ss in­­ the­ fe­ma­l­e­ docu­rp­s be­ha­v­iou­r. If she­ is, I hop­e­ this time­ I wil­l­ ma­n­­a­g­e­ to g­e­t some­ chick. it wa­s v­e­ry l­on­­g­ time­s sin­­ce­ the­y l­a­y e­g­g­s bu­t n­­ot ha­tch.

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