Looking back on the month and a half that I've had Sota, I can see why his hormones would be misled into believing it's time for breeding.
He's gotten large amounts of one on one time and human affection/attention for the first time in over 4 years.
He's gotten large amounts of treats, and other variety foods, whereas previously he was strictly pellets.
He's gotten a bigger cage, with lots of toys and stimulation (physical and mental) but in his previous home he had no toys, and a small cage with only 3 slick manzanita perches, and spent a lot of time hanging on the cage side.
Longer daylight hours. It's dark outside, but he stays "up" til we would get ready for bed. I didn't take this into consideration when I put the other birds to bed. He is the only one without a sleep cage in the bird room, mostly because we spent a good bit of time together after the other birds had gone to bed. So I would just cover him at bed time.
Longer daylight, abundance of food, stimulation, attention and lots of petting.....(and maybe the fact that I sent him the "wrong signals" by taking a shower with him)
(j/k)
So now I guess it's just a wait him out thing. I cut back on the treats and stuck mostly to pellets today. No soft foods in his treat bowl (which sucks cuz he looooooves my birdie bread). He watches with great interest as I interact with my grey, but I basically ignored him today, only giving him verbal attention. I'd talk to him when he talked first, but I did not approach the cage, nor offer to pet him. Honestly, I feel guilty as sin for "neglecting" him today, but my hands are beat to hell and I didn't feel like risking another bite right now.
I feel like a high school kid that just got dumped by my boyfriend. I miss him.