Lyra Puberty Update and Q&A

[@poomsaekata]

Hearing the recording!:)

[@PionusTales]

Thank you for confirming 👍

[@poomsaekata]

Cleaning- I put towels on the chair I sit on in the kitchen, and the living room sofa has a gigantic brown fabric which covers the sofa and the chair, snd the rest. Otherwise- impossible!!

[@PionusTales]

@@poomsaekata we have towels and bed sheets and all sorts EVERYWHERE 😂 sometimes the girls pull them off and poo there before we realise. But we even have poo up the sides of walls where they've done a fly by bomb when turning a corner 🤣

[@PionusTales]

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[@dorea_d]

Hi there 🤗 I just found your channel. We have a white capped pionus about 18 months old and she recently started making the noise very similar the horny honk but so far she doesn't present with any other hormonal behaviour. I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that we just recently got our Hahn's macaw who is a little boy. She also screams her head off every time our macaw leaves the room and leaves her alone (although our cockatiel always stayes with her). I'm getting confused with her behaviour. They are not too friendly with each other so I'm also thinking it might be jealousy... Any advice please? 🙏

[@PionusTales]

All sounds normal to me. They can start puberty as early as 18 mo ths so if shes already started horny honks it could be that. Monitor how much protein and sugars she's having. As these can trigger hormonal behaviour. They still need them in their diet but at reduced amounts compared to other species. For example my girls only get nuts and seeds during training and a couple of small pieces of fruit a day. Horny honks can also sometimes not be hormonal at all, but due to excitement and overestimulation. Monitor her body language and see if it happens randomly or during a certain period. For example Quaffle sometimes horny honks when she's excited for bed or watching me exercise. Screaming when your macaw leaves the room means she recognises your macaw as a flock member and is simply staying in touch when they're out of sight. They don't need to be bonded or see each other as friends to know they're part of the same flock. For example Quaffle couldn't care less if lyra left the room. But if Quaffle leaves a room without Lyra,, Lyra will scream/contact call to stay in touch to let Quaffle know where she is. But they're not bonded or even friends, but Lyra recognises that Quaffle is flock and birds care about there flock members because there's safety in numpers.

[@dorea_d]

Thanks a lot ❤ I'll try to be more careful with her diet.

[@ssdegol]

How do male and female personalities differ with pionus? Is one more aggressive than the other?

[@PionusTales]

From experience, they don't differ based n gender. Each pionus is a unique individual with their own personality, likes, dislikes and tolerances. Neither gender is stereotypically more aggressive than the other, thats down to the bird as an individual, their life experiences, training and level of trust with a person.