This is just a curiousity question.
Watson and Cricket are a bonded male pair. They have been together about three years (since they were both 1). They feed each other and preen each other and are pretty much joined at the hip. They also have their little squabbles but always cuddle up to go to sleep.
What I am wondering is if bonds, regardless of sex, are usually stable. I know bonds are not assured in any case but I do wonder if theirs is a bit of a bond of convenience. There are no others in the flock. So, if a female entered the scene, is it likely they would "divorce?" and rearrange? What about another male? It is hard for me to imagine they would as they are so close, but I just wondered.
Anyone with multiple GCCs have experience with this?
Watson and Cricket are a bonded male pair. They have been together about three years (since they were both 1). They feed each other and preen each other and are pretty much joined at the hip. They also have their little squabbles but always cuddle up to go to sleep.
What I am wondering is if bonds, regardless of sex, are usually stable. I know bonds are not assured in any case but I do wonder if theirs is a bit of a bond of convenience. There are no others in the flock. So, if a female entered the scene, is it likely they would "divorce?" and rearrange? What about another male? It is hard for me to imagine they would as they are so close, but I just wondered.
Anyone with multiple GCCs have experience with this?