need some urgent help with fighting males

[missmad]

i have had everyone seperated and have just put everyone in a nice roomy aviary (not huge but roomy by budgie standards (1.8 high by 1 meter square) anyhow 3 of the males have decided it is out and out war, one has paired up with another and is attacking a single male they all seem intent on taking ownership of one of the nest boxes (no females involved) i have my suspisions that one of the males is a brother to the one he has paired up with as i initially thought it was a female as the cere is a pinky colour (when i first got them as they were from the same breeder and he told me it was a female) but was later told it was a male as pied male birds dont always have blue ceres any how these 2 have always been a "pair" and have always been very close and preening each other and feeding each other etc why are they doing this if they are 2 males as soon as they are put together they act like love sick teenagers they have a real good bond. i have never seen them be aggressive until now and not sure who what or where! i have seperated them for the moment as the fighting was very nasty but need to know why they do this and what is going on with this pair of males.......thanks.

[redgirl]

Oh dear, mine are doing the same thing although the fighting isn't really nasty as yet..but they dont get on. I find that Eddie gets jealous when I pay attention to Joey and he even bites me but I tell him no. Hes always biting at Joeys tail and feet hes a little booger lol, I dont honestly know what you can do except maybe seperate them for a while and then slowly let them have contact outside the cage, thats what I am having to do at present it seems to be working but I dont know what it will be like once they are back in the cage together.

[Dinky]

I would venture a guess that the 2 males are really a pair, not both male. Pairs act lovey-dovey, kissing and preening and feeding each other. I don't think 2 males would act like that. It sounds like they want to have the whole thing to themselves. Unless it's getting really nasty and they are hurting each other, I would let them work it out and establish their own pecking order. It's what birds do. I wouldn't separate the pair. They can get very lonely if you do that. If you must, remove the 3rd bird to a safer place.

[Tiki<3Polly]

ooo that sounds bad, i would put them in seperate cages right next to each other:cool:

[missmad]

yes it is really nasty i took that bird out last night and bought him a nice girl today to keep him company for the moment will give them a week and move the pair into the aviary again when i have some more nest boxes in there, also when i came home the other 2 males have been fighting and there is blood all over the perches so someone has done a fair bit of bleeding obviously a foot injury yet i cant see anyone with any noticable injuries so will just leave them and see the funny thing is it is the male with no partner that is fighting for his life to get a nest box so what is up with that?