butch? I wonder why...

[Amethyst]

Originally posted by Andromeda18_
Of course animals aren't gay! Animals will always copulate with animals of the opposite sex, it's their instinct to do so and that's how they pass on their genes. They do display homosexual behaviour because they also have sex with animals of the same sex but sex with animals of the opposite sex will always take precedence. And just about all sort of animals display (let's put it this way) bi-sexual behaviour. It's not something that happens as a rule (such as sex to procriate) but it does happen.

Ok, I just have to list this as an example...

I've had a lutino (yellow) male lovebird with a normal green female lovebird, both were sexed so there is no doubt about sex... the male lovebird would copulate with the perch... even though the female was more than willing... When I seperated them and the male lovebird was placed with a female lutino lovebird, they immediately mated and had babies... guess he preferred blondes... *laugh*

I've also had a blue streaked lory male copulate with my hand, but even though he was placed with 2 different female blue streaked lories, he never mated with them. Course he was hand fed by me... so that could explain the attraction...

Some species of cockatoos are known for copulating, whether they are a true pair or not... some species just don't exhibit that type of behaviour.. some do... shrug... Cockatiels will mate anytime, anywhere, but they are usually a true pair, not the same sex.

Oh, just for reference, I've raised birds for 15 years or more, and have had some species of the following: lories, lovebirds, greys, cockatiels, conures, cockatoos, amazons, meyers, finches, princess of wales, bourkes, mini-macaws and probably more I've forgotten by now... *laugh* Thank goodness I'm down to 7 birds...