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| 135.1 | | WITNES::HANNULA | Cat Tails & Bike Wheels Don't Mix | Mon Mar 06 1989 11:18 | 37 |
| I haven't had any experience with this, but I'll hazard afew guesses.
o Now that you have separated the 2 - where are the separate cages
located? You probably want to keep the cages far apart sicne C1
is sick. But after C1 is healthy again, you could try putting the
cages right next to each other, side by side. This way, the 2 birds
could get used to eachother, yet still feel that they have their
own territory.
o Once the birds got familiar with each other, you could gradually
start putting them together in the same cage. At first I would
just put them together for a few hours, depending on their reactions
to being together.
o When you got C2, did you get a new cage to house C1 and C2,
or did you put C2 into C1's cage. If you put C1 in a new cage,
the new cage could be the reason for the quiet as opposed to the
new bird. Bird are peculiar about changes - they tend not to like
them.
o If it's not feasible for you to keep the 2 birds separated for
a while and gradually get to know eachother, you could try putting
the 2 birds together anyway, and make them work out their differences
on their own. As long as they aren't hurting eachother, I don't
see this as a real problem. C1 could just be being stubborn - birds
are like that - and is playing the martyr routine, you know the
"put another bird in my cage and I'll show you - I'll just go in
a corner and not talk until you take that thing out of my cage"
But, before you do anything, you want to make sure C1 is over his
cold, and then wait another week. Changes in a bird's environemnt
cause them stress, making the suceptible to illnesses and colds.
Good luck.
-Nancy
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| 135.2 | More on adding new members. | SVCRUS::BUCCIERI | | Mon Mar 06 1989 14:11 | 26 |
| Hi,
Just a few comments on this situation. Note .1 made some very good
suggestions given the limited amount of information that you provided.
If you do decide to eventually put these two birds together you
will want to be sure that the cage is large enough for the two of
them to co-exist comfortably. When you introduce a second bird
into a cage that was traditionally another birds domicile there
will be a turf war. You can reduce the stress factor by doing a
few different things. Put in an extra food and water dish to the
cage when you introduce the new bird. This will keep both birds
from fighting over one dish. Be sure to give both birds equal
amounts of individual attention. You may want to increase the amount
of vitamins that you give your birds to help them stay healthy during
this adjustment period. Note .1 suggested separate cages for a
period of time until they got acquainted with each other. This
is the best advise. You can put them together outside of the cages
and allow them to interface that way. When you decide to put them
together at a later date you should really consider putting separate
dishes as well. If your first cockie has a cold you may want to
call the vet. I would get them on anti-biotics as soon as possible.
Birds don't get over colds that easily. I don't want to alarm you
but a call to the vet would be highly reccommended. I hope this
helps.
Jim Buccieri
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| 135.3 | Ancestry??? | EUREKA::WHITE | the PARROT_TROOPER | Mon Mar 06 1989 19:10 | 10 |
| For what it's worth, I have never experienced this problem with
any of my cockatiels. I frequently move the 'young_uns' from cage
to cage. I also "colony" breed them. I was wondering if this makes
any cosmic difference in the reactions of newcomers.
Oh well, an interresting point to ponder, lets ask Jean?
chet
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| 135.4 | Still Quiet | FDCV06::THOMPSON | | Wed Mar 08 1989 04:19 | 16 |
| The cage I have is huge and big enough for a very large Parrot.
I did put the 2 birds together due to space limitations in my home
and they get along great. They clean each other and only fight when
they both want the spot next to the mirror to sleep. Both birds
eat very well and seem healthy but they are both very quiet. All
they seam to want to do is just sit on top of the cage and will
only go back in the cage when they are hungry. The only time they
make any noise at all is when I pick one of them up and walk away.
The other one will start screaching and then the one I have on my
finger will fly back to the cage. The cockatiel with the cold has
a blocked nose but stopped sneezing and seems O.K.
I am leaving them both alone for a while and not working with them
to see if they do anything by themselves.
Steve...
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| 135.5 | The BIRDS' Story | CISM::LANDINGHAM | Is it SUMMER yet??? | Thu Mar 09 1989 15:58 | 22 |
| I, too had a single cockatiel for about three years [a male named
Larry]. Then we bought a female [Lady]. [Larry-Bird... Lady-Bird...
ARRRrrr]. Anyway, we had to buy a bigger cage, because Larry wanted
to kill Lady at first. He wouldn't let her eat, drink... nothing!
We bought the bigger cage-- one like your's, the appropriate size
for a large parrot. Larry was still hostile, but the fortunate
thing was that Lady was part of a colony when she was in the pet
store. She was used to having to fight her way to the food dish,
etc., so she got along.
Next, we saw a reverse trend. Lady would pick on Larry, and he'd
back down [what a wimp]... Finally, one year later, they're friends.
They even flirt with each other. She has picked up a lot of his
traits [whistling, head-cocking, etc.], and vice versa. At least,
peace and harmony in the "Birds" family.
They do occasionally bicker, but then, so do we... Basically, though,
it's a good mix!
Good luck with yours!
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| 135.6 | People are just substitutes? | BTOVT::BURKE_L | | Mon May 22 1989 14:03 | 18 |
| I know this is rather after the fact but I thought I might add an
observation of mine.
My husband and I have had cockatiels now for 10 or 11 years. We have
found that one cockatiel will be very friendly and tame but when we add
a second the first will bond with the second and have nothing to do
with us. We've experienced this several times. One time we had a pair
and one was friendly the other not. The friendly one met with an
untimely accident and died. Ever after the other one was as friendly
as could be.
So it has appeared to us that we are just good substitutes for fellow
feathered friends but when there are real feathered friend to play with
we no longer count.
FWIW
Linda B
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| 135.7 | not always true | FSTVAX::WIMMER | | Tue May 23 1989 15:55 | 6 |
| My tiels are hand-fed and brothers, raised together. Even though
they havew always had each other, they still are INCREDIBLY friendly
and love people. In fact they compete with each other for the people
attention and will actually shove each other out of the way to get
to me. Still, they relly like each other and don't like to be
seperated.
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| 135.8 | | CSG002::GAUGHAN | | Tue Apr 10 1990 13:51 | 16 |
| Well my Tiel has gone wild or crazy or whatever. This bird is 11
months old and I have had him for about 5-6 months. He would sit
on my shoulder for hours, and would evern fly to my shoulder if
I called him, He also talks alittle and is still trying. Yesterday
crazyness took ahold. As soon as I get home I always let him out.
He would fly around a little and then perch anywhere high. Last
night I let him out and He went thru the usual routine. THAN he
just sat up high on the cabinets and did nothing. After about
2 hours, I reached up to get him and He went crazy. Usually if
he does not want to be picked up he would just hit you easy with
his beak, this time he was attacking. He would not go back to his
cage, get on my finger or even whistle or talk, he just sat there.
Every time I tried to get him, it was attack city. Is this bird
going wild/crazy or what. I hate to do it, but I think I will have
to get his wings clipped. Maybe that is the problem.
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