Why does your budgie want to mate with his feeder?

Budgies, also known as parakeets, are highly social birds, and mating behavior is a part of their natural instincts. However, it's not common for a budgie to show sexual interest towards inanimate objects like their feeder. Budgies typically choose a compatible mate of their own species.

If you observe your budgie interacting with its feeder in a seemingly sexual way, it could be due to several reasons:

Curiosity: Budgies are inquisitive birds and might explore and investigate different objects within their enclosure, including their feeder. Sometimes, this exploration can involve interactions that resemble reproductive behavior.

Imprinting: If a budgie hatched and was hand-raised without adequate contact with other budgies, it might imprint on humans or objects in its surroundings. Imprinting can cause the bird to view humans or certain objects as its mate.

Lack of appropriate partners: Your budgie might become sexually frustrated if it's housed alone without having an appropriate mate. This frustration can lead the bird to exhibit mating behavior with various objects in its environment.

Medical conditions: In some rare cases, medical issues or hormonal imbalances might affect a budgie's behavior, leading to unusual preferences and actions.

To discourage this behavior, consider the following:

Provide suitable companions: Budgies are social creatures and thrive in pairs or small flocks. If you only have one budgie, consider getting another one of the opposite sex to form a bonded pair. This may also reduce the behavior and redirect the bird's attention to proper breeding behaviors.

Remove the object: