Parrot questions

[warhawk]

That's just a cichlid thing. They may still be male and female. With my first pair of parrots I got one then another a few weeks later. The original (female) chased and bullied the new one relentlessly for a couple of days. I made sure there was not going to be any serious damage but left them. Things calmed down and instead of attacking the new one, she began displaying to him and he did the same back after a bit. I think they first bred maybe a week or two later. I find that even parrots of the same sex will co-exist fine once they sort out who is top dog. They can't really do each other much damage anyway.

Thanks for the info. My wife really likes the Jack (large parrot) and wasn't very happy that he wasn't getting stressed out. I moved Jack to the tank with the smaller one maybe I need to move her to his tank.

 

[DN328]

I went through a month or two with one of my parrot constantly chasing the other. At some point, the one being bullied out grew the bully. Now the tables have turned and the bully is getting bullied, albeit not as bad as when he was doing the bullying...lol. I see his fins slightly edging, but more than likely it's due to him being aggressively against my little Aro.

 

[xxUnRaTeDxxRkOxx]

Don't confuse things... Male parrots are sterile. There may be exceptions but in general male parrots are sterile.

How am I confusing things? I stated a fact, some males can become fertile again over time, but it's a not likely for most male blood parrots. That's like saying cichlids can't change sexes, when in fact it's been proven by what's known as plastic sexing in which a tank with two female cichlids suddenly have fry in the tank.

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

But sterility due to hybridization cannot reverse itself. Sterility cannot reverse itself at all. There could be reasons a male can't do the job but sterile by definition means unable to reproduce.

 

[~T~]

How am I confusing things? I stated a fact, some males can become fertile again over time, but it's a not likely for most male blood parrots. That's like saying cichlids can't change sexes, when in fact it's been proven by what's known as plastic sexing in which a tank with two female cichlids suddenly have fry in the tank.

If you are stating fact then you'll have to back that up with some proof. Have you actually bred a pair of parrots or know someone who has, or are you just going with what someone told you or you read online?

But sterility due to hybridization cannot reverse itself. Sterility cannot reverse itself at all. There could be reasons a male can't do the job but sterile by definition means unable to reproduce.

Exactly.

Btw I used to run a forum soley dedicated to blood parrots and in the 4 or so years (maybe more) it was online. None of my members had any luck breeding their parrots. One even had a video of their blood parrot pair with fry. It looked cool but it was an illusion. The fry were fathered by a male firemouth that shared the tank. The male was essentially looking after another cichlids fry haha.