Pleasure for birds?

[Slimshady3000]

Long time lurker, first post.
These past days I've been wondering about birds, specifically chickens as I have some, but info for any bird is welcome.
I know the vast majority of birds don't have penetrative sex but rather cloacal contact between male and female. So I'm talking about finger-contact stimulation.
I know birds can consent and can find humans as potential partners (I personally had a parrot that would try to mate with my hand many years ago).
I know birds like physical contact. In my case, some hens accept physical contact and some don't, and some even seem to put themselves in a "ready" position if caressed correctly.
I know birds mainly mate for reproduction purposes, but I know sometimes, some birds stimulate themselves for pleasure. And since, I've been thinking that maybe chickens can experience a pleasurable time.

So questions are:
Do all birds experience pleasure from stimulation? Are there birds that can orgasm?
What are the Do's and Don'ts?
What could be the risks? (STIs? Other?)

As I said, I am specifically referring to chickens (hens) in my case, but info for any birds is welcome.
Image from Wikimedia

 

[The-Foxey-boy]

Depends on the bird I learned that for some birds it brings them pleasure to scratch the backs I think it said parrot or any other exotic birds

 

[pes]

Do all birds experience pleasure from stimulation?

You can not know that, because you would have to test all birds.
But since we have seen birds masturbate and it is seen in various species even those considered less intelligent, it would make sense that sex bring them pleasure. Pleasurable sex makes sense from evolutionary point of view as well. Something needs to make you want to do it.
And many animals can easily be proven to enjoy sex.

Are there birds that can orgasm?

Quite possibly nobody has ever studied that. But you can maybe make some guesses from behavior. I think I have seen the Congo grey parrot having an orgasm from masturbation on a sofa.

What are the Do's and Don'ts?

Obviously if the animal is not built for penetration, you can not do that. The cloacal structures can be quite delicate, so you could do some damage.
Ideally with any animal you want to do it in a way that most closely resembles natural mating.
In the case of birds it would be rubbing, or letting the bird use you and do it on their own.

What could be the risks? (STIs? Other?)

Birds have a cloaca and are known to carry salmonella. Since it is a cloaca, you obviously can come into contact with parasites and stuff like that more easily.

https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/birds.13077/

 

[OpDuds]

You can not know that, because you would have to test all birds.
But since we have seen birds masturbate and it is seen in various species even those considered less intelligent, it would make sense that sex bring them pleasure. Pleasurable sex makes sense from evolutionary point of view as well. Something needs to make you want to do it.
And many animals can easily be proven to enjoy sex.


Quite possibly nobody has ever studied that. But you can maybe make some guesses from behavior. I think I have seen the Congo grey parrot having an orgasm from masturbation on a sofa.


Obviously if the animal is not built for penetration, you can not do that. The cloacal structures can be quite delicate, so you could do some damage.
Ideally with any animal you want to do it in a way that most closely resembles natural mating.
In the case of birds it would be rubbing, or letting the bird use you and do it on their own.


Birds have a cloaca and are known to carry salmonella. Since it is a cloaca, you obviously can come into contact with parasites and stuff like that more easily.

https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/birds.13077/

That's some pretty cool and interesting information to know