Re: "Too" in the mood?
Hey Cerissa,
It does sound like Mercuri is in full blow hormonal mode. The time she is spending at the bottom of the cage is her way of searching out a place to nest, since she has no nest box.
If you notice her start to bring things to one corner, say sunflower seed hulls, bits of paper, or whatever she can get her little beak hold of, you will know the time has arrived. Watch for the bulge toward her vent area to appear, and then you will want to provide her with some sort of nestbox. You can give her a box, or you can give her a Kleenex box with the plastic insert removed, and modify the opening a bit so that she can get inside. Put a little nesting material inside the box, and she will take it from there to modify it to her liking.
Let us know when the time comes, and we will help you through it all. Good luck, and watch those fingers
"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath
her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings."
-Victor Hugo
Lori