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dragonchic3
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Joined: 13 Feb 2007
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My male parakeet acts like he is trying to kill the female ,They have been together for a year bought them both together...They have been fine teill about 2 days ago,The male is trying to hurt her..He wont let her move anywhere in the cage or eat,He picks her and trys to pull her feathers...When they are out of the cage they are perfect together...I have a parrot cage for them ,so they have lots of room...Any one know whats goin on????? |
Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:03 am |
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shirin
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I'm not sure what's going on with them, but I would definitely seperate them. I have heard of lovebirds living with eachother for years happily, and then suddenly one killing the other. |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:10 am |
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Cathy
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Joined: 02 Apr 2005
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Oh no! Poor little girl! Do you think it may be trying to mate with her?
I would say that if he's hurting her, you need to keep them in seperate cages for now.
Sorry I can't be of more help, but I sure hope she is OK! |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:10 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Ohhh nooo! I'm sorry to hear this!! Please separate them, I don't trust this? Perhaps Cheeta (who has budgies, I assume your parakeets are budgies) can answer your question. |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:15 am |
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dragonchic3
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Joined: 13 Feb 2007
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Yeah they are budgies...I put them in seperate cages...He wouldn't even let her eat or play with the toys..He made her stay at the bottom..And then if she would try to go to the top he would chase her and tray to grab her |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:18 am |
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Yupra
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
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Awww poor little budgie  I'm glad you have seperated them so she can at least get something to eat now! |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 5:47 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: Canada, Toronto |
quote:
Originally posted by dragonchic3
Yeah they are budgies...I put them in seperate cages...He wouldn't even let her eat or play with the toys..He made her stay at the bottom..And then if she would try to go to the top he would chase her and tray to grab her
Yeah I know they're budgies, I just used the lovebird example to say that they can actually all of a sudden turn on eachother and kill eachother. I think you did the right thing in seperating them  |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 7:40 pm |
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Cheeta
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Dragonchic... when you say he won't let her eat and play and all that, that only happens in the cage right? but not when they are out? Do you know how old they are? In honestly, I haven't had any real problem with any of my budgies sharing a cage. they do have fairly large cage so they can usually get out of the way of each other.. but however I do have like three food dishes in there and two water dishes in there for them. I currently have five living in one cage at the moment, they seems happier when all are in the one cage... My birds do get fiesty with each other every so often, but like I said, they can get out of the way, and they have different food bowls to use if one's blocking a bowl off for everyone else.
I'm not sure what's going with your two, may be the boy is getting territorial with his cage?? try putting him in the other cage with the female and see how he treats and react to her and the new environment. seperation might be required if they can't live together peacefully.
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Originally posted by dragonchic3
Yeah they are budgies...I put them in seperate cages...He wouldn't even let her eat or play with the toys..He made her stay at the bottom..And then if she would try to go to the top he would chase her and tray to grab her
Yeah I know they're budgies, I just used the lovebird example to say that they can actually all of a sudden turn on eachother and kill eachother. I think you did the right thing in seperating them
Shirin, I think she was just trying to answer Sue's post... hehe  |
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Friday February 16, 2007 5:51 pm |
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shirin
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Oh yeah, sorry  |
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Friday February 16, 2007 5:54 pm |
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Ann Castro
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Joined: 06 Feb 2007
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It may simply be a case of the cage being way too small.
I find a lot of problems resolve by themselves given enough space to fly and hide in.
Ann. |
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