She has a mate, but he is a very moody pigeon. We cannot get him to mate with her. Whenever she goes into a mating position, he just bites her. It could be due to the fact that she is so much larger then him
Like, you know pigeons are basically the Spartans (or should I say Klingons)of fowl?
Where they fight each other to prove they are strong enough to ward of stranger pigeons from the nest.
And even when mated it will happen that they fight.
Pigeons can be the cuddliest partners ever, but before mating, and even in between they can be such bastards to each other.
Is he constantly with her, have they found each other on their own, or have you choosen a partner?
Because him biting at her when she goes into mating position seems pretty sure to me that he says "Fck off"
Pigeons are very choosy with their partners.
I had a gay pair, and there was a white carrier pigeon who simply wanted the one mate to be hers.
She did not get the hint that he was mated already, even when he winghit her away from the nest or pecked at her when she flirted.
One time he really went berserk on her because she attacked his mate and she was unable to fly for a week, but she did not want to give up.
On the other hand, the one time he did flirt with another dude, his mate flew over, looked at him with a long neck and an outraged expression to his body, and then hit him over the head and flew after him until he was calm again.
But picking at your mate when they want to mate...very sure way to tell they do not want that mate.
Oh yeah, because the mate of my pigeon was nearly double his size, so size really is NOT a hinderance for pigeons when they want to mate.
They tried to share treading, but Hugo was flattened by his bigger mate and then they decided the bigger one would be down under for..safety reasons.
