Humans seem to be more selective over the people that we spend time with and are very selective of the humans that we choose to mate with.
This article looks into if a male and a female budgie will always mate.
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Will male and female budgies always mate?
Budgies are great companion birds to humans but these birds need companions of their own in order to remain healthy and happy.
Sometimes these companions can be of the same or opposite genders. But if you put two budgies of different genders together they will not always mate. Here is what you need to know about this:
Compatibility:
Whether your male budgie and your female budgie will mate with each other will be based on compatibility.
If the two birds are compatible, then they will develop a bond and will mate.
If the birds are not compatible, then they will not mate. In fact, they just may fight weigh each other and injure or kill each other.
Birds who are compatible and interested in each other will nibble on each other, touch each other’s beaks as a beak kiss, and groom each other.
The male will also try to show off and impress the female and she will accept him
The birds may start to kick and fight if they don’t like each other and will not mate with each other.
What to do:
If your two birds are not mating, and you want them to mate, then you will need to bring in some new birds that are compatible with the birds you already have.
This will usually work but you’d need to figure out if the new birds are compatible with the old birds.
You also need to take steps when introducing the new birds to the old birds, the new birds need to live in their own cages so everyone gets used to each other before interacting physically.
Give them some time together by letting them visit each other for short periods of time then put them back into their cages.
Once the new birds and the older birds are introduced you can mix the new and old birds in one cage.
Age:
The ages of your birds will also determine if the birds will mate with each other or not.
The birds need to be of age before they are ready to breed. The birds need to be at least one year old before being ready to breed.
Both birds need to be in the right condition to breed as well, the right condition means that both birds are physically ready to breed.
The male’s cere will turn darker blue when it is ready to mate and the female’s cere turns a deep tan shade
What to do:
If one of your birds is ready to breed, but the other bird isn’t then you’d have to replace the one that isn’t ready to breed with a bird that is ready to breed.
If you don’t then the bird that is ready to breed will become sexually frustrated.
When introducing a new bird to the cage, follow the steps mentioned above to ensure that the process goes smoothly.
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