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daYna
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I think dorY's lonely,, what kind of parrot would get along with her??? She has 2 little parakeet friends, but they're not exactly her friends, seee when we put their cages next 2 eachother she hurts their feet somehow i havn't seen her do it but there's blooooood allll over the place and thats happened twice so now they're way far away from eachother   |
Tuesday April 25, 2006 2:57 pm |
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cockatoo
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A cockatoo is a pairbond companion bird.
It needs your attention and it is bonded to it's owner person.
Being locked up with no out of cage playtime will cause it to self mutilate.
A cockatoo would require either another cockatoo or a macaw as a buddy, but they absolutely cannot be cage mates. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:12 pm |
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Cheeta
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First of all, if you want to get another bird, it has to be because you want it and you know that you'll have time and money and all the rest of it to give to this new bird. There's no guarantee that Dory will like any other bird.
How much out of cage time does she get? and how big is her cage? Does she have a lot of toys to play with? She's still young, there're still plenty of time for you to bond with her and tame her down. it'll take a lot of time and patient but in the end it'll all be worth it.
If you have to, I'd suggest another cockatoo of about the same size, but never macaw, simply for the fact that some (not all) macaws suffer from respiratory pulmonary syndrome from the cockatoo dust, and you won't know that the macaw has it or not until it's way too late. If you aren't in that situation already, I'd suggest never put yourself in that situation... It might cost you both dearly.
Oh forgot to say... what ever you do, like cockatoo had mentioned already, they should always be in a seperate cage. and when they are together, you'll have to supervise them constantly.
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:31 pm |
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shirin
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I think that maybe you should try to work on developing a bond with the bird you have now, instead of going out and getting another one. And I DEFINITELY DON'T recommend getting another bird if you're just going to keep it in a cage all the time because it's going to be messy. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:31 pm |
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daYna
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Welllllll,, when she use2 be out it would beee from like 1:30 2 about 7 or 7:30. And i guess thats how it's gonna be now when she started gettin out again. Yup she has lots of toys and her cage is biiiiig i don't know exactly how big. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:51 pm |
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Cheeta
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Oh, that's good to hear that she'll be coming out again. This will help her to bond with you. It'll will take lots of patience and love and time, but it'll happen. she's only about one right? so there's still plenty of time to tame her down. I say hold off the thought of getting a second bird and work with Dory for at least a year and see how you go then may be reconsider it after that. |
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