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Chelsea
Egg
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 15
Location: Australia |
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Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some advice about housing my cockatiel and princess parrot. To keep it brief (if you want the full version please visit my homepage) we have had Cheeky our cockatiel for 4 years and rescued Princess the princess parrot just a couple of months ago. I would like to be able to put them in one large cage but am unsure if this would be suitable. Is it OK to put them together do you think? They tolerate each other quite well but certainly don't love each other. Cheeky is quite scared of Princess if she comes too close. I thought if I placed them in the one cage but kept another cage close by for a while if they wanted to get away from each other. Will they eventually be good friends do you think? Cheeky is very tame and at this stage certainly prefers human contact. He has had very little contact with other birds. I have noticed lately though that if I take Cheeky away Princess will start calling out. I'm thinking this is a good sign. Princess seems to be a lot more tolerant of Cheeky than he is of her. Thanks and any advice would be really appreciated. |
Monday May 8, 2006 12:47 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Oh, I just crack up every time I see that video of Cheeky doing the Cheeky dance, it is SO cute 
Well, there's no guarantees, but, you know, I think all you can do is try. You'll have to closely supervise for awhile of course, & be ready to intervene if need be. You'll have to watch them both real close to make sure they continue eating normally.
They're close in size, aren't they? And have about the same temperament, I THINK, so I guess I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work, unless one bullies & hurts the other.
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Monday May 8, 2006 3:25 am |
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Cheeta
Moderator
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
Does Princess gets aggressive at all to Cheeky? Tiels aren't known for the aggressiveness, so I wouldn't think that you'd have any problem with Cheeky.
Just keep in mind though, Cheeky may become very attach to Princess and he might not want as much human contacts once that happens. Just a thought. but you never know, he could just as well stay very attach to his humans.  |
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Monday May 8, 2006 7:48 am |
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Chaquita's Mom
Experienced flier
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1028
Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
Have you ever seen those cages that are stacked? One on top of the other. It is also able to be one cage by removing the center divider. You could get a cage like this, eliminating 2 seperate cages. You could keep it as 2 cages for a while leaving both doors open and seeing if they both end up sleeping in the same cage and doing this for a while till they are sleeping in the same cage all the time. They sell these kind of cages on drsfostersmith.com |
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Wednesday May 10, 2006 2:09 pm |
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Kalden
Flutterer
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 181
Location: Singapore |
Guess time will tell.
I used to have a lovebird called Lovey whose bonding with Tara the jenday conure gets increasingly stronger everyday.
From the initial wariness and occasional quarrels to increasingly mutual preening and playing and feeding together...
It reached a point one day whereby when its time for bed and I wanted to bring Lovey back to his own cage to sleep, he obstinately refused even after the whole day of play around and within cage with Tara.
Clinging tightly to Tara's cage and complaining while i attempt to coax him out, I decided the conditions are ripe for both of them to be sharing the same cage and things move on from there... |
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Wednesday May 17, 2006 12:49 pm |
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Gemma
Flier
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 846
Location: Essex, England |
U should go 4 it but if 1 is scared of the other make sure they are both getting the right amount of food u dont wat 1 going with out [/quote] |
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Tuesday May 23, 2006 10:33 am |
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ksue
Flier
Joined: 05 May 2005
Posts: 484
Location: Melbourne Australia |
I alwyas try my birds with visits and it would have to be a new or thourghly cleaned and changed around cage (so there are no ownership issues) and let them visit for an hour....then 2 then an afternoon then a full day ect untill you are confident they are safe together.....there will always be one bird that is dominate my teil and conure share a cage and the conure always perches higher but my teil will stick up for her self if she has too.......they dont preen each other or cuddle or anything but if I seperate them for what ever reason they get very distressed......I have recently bought a male princess parrot into my home and he is VERY interesyed in my tiel he follows her around all the time when they are out so one day in the future I may even house them together |
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Tuesday May 23, 2006 9:54 pm |
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