I have 4 females and apparently one male. He has chosen a horrible mother and the eggs don't even appear to be fertile. There is another female ready to go, who will likely be a wonderful mom (she's the daughter of my old female). Can I take the other 'wife' out of the cage and leave him with the other girl? Do you think he will choose her? She's 'asking for it', so maybe he won't resist.
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Your male will always choose the most dominant female in the aviary.
He will stay bonded to her unless they are separated.
Remove the older female, or put him in a breeding cage with the younger female.
It might take some time for her to seduce him.
you can change its mate but it will take a long time but it will get a new mate.
Heep his bonded completely out of sight and it might work, just make sure that he is not related to the new female. If the eggs are infertile, he may not have done his job in the first place. It usually takes several tries to "get it right".
They're kind of human like in this. You can take the mate away and give him a new one, but he may or may not take her. If you decide to do this, be sure to take the current female very, very far away, where he can never hear her or catch her scent.
He may also recognize you as the one who took his mate away, and that will cause him to dislike you. Have a friend who has very little contact with the birds do this for you. (DO NOT BE IN THE ROOM WHEN THIS HAPPENS!) And, give him a few days before introducing the new mate--he needs to calm down and mourn a bit first.
You could do that, but wife might divorce him for adultery if he goes with the hussy. Then what are you going to do? Set up seperate cages and negotiate custody rights over the chicks? You'll be shuttling chicks back and forth and next thing you know you'll be named in the lawsuit for encouraging the break up. Don't get involved! Let them work it out.
I think if you sit down with the male, in private, and talk to him about what he expects to get from his current female then he should come around. Tell him the relationship he's in now really isn't going anywhere. The eggs are not working out and even if he did have a couple chicks with her, is that really the bird he wants to spend the rest of his life with.
Plus if he sees that there are other 'birds in the cage and fish in the sea' he will take any oppurtunity.
If all else fails, take the female out of the cage for a couple of days and mention to the male that you saw the female in the yard with some crows and she was getting a little bit frisky with them. Tell him you don't want to jump to conclusions but she was a little too close for comfort. He will get jealous and go after one of the others to get back at her.
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