hey everybody,
Just need a bit of advise, I have had my Indian ring necked parakeet (Rudy) 10+ years ago, he was an averey bird so for all of his life before being with me he was basically as good as wild and age unknown but was over 2 as his ring was formed.
It's taken many years but he now takes food from my hand ect.
But my question is in November last year I rescued a timnah African grey (Pickle) who has bonded with me.
I'm not sure if it's related but this year Rudy has been very hormonal and is more often than not feeding his mirror and extremely vocal. I just wanted to check if I'm doing the right thing by leaving him to it with his mirror or should I remove it?. I seem to think I should leave him as is and let nature play its course but just wanted to check as I wouldn't want to do the wrong thing so thaught to check on here.
Pickle in comparison seems to be less hormonal this time of year when compared to last autum, but because she is bonded to me I can control what I do to reduce her need or distract, but Rudy isn't particularly bonded so a bit more tricky to control.
Thanks for your help
John
Just need a bit of advise, I have had my Indian ring necked parakeet (Rudy) 10+ years ago, he was an averey bird so for all of his life before being with me he was basically as good as wild and age unknown but was over 2 as his ring was formed.
It's taken many years but he now takes food from my hand ect.
But my question is in November last year I rescued a timnah African grey (Pickle) who has bonded with me.
I'm not sure if it's related but this year Rudy has been very hormonal and is more often than not feeding his mirror and extremely vocal. I just wanted to check if I'm doing the right thing by leaving him to it with his mirror or should I remove it?. I seem to think I should leave him as is and let nature play its course but just wanted to check as I wouldn't want to do the wrong thing so thaught to check on here.
Pickle in comparison seems to be less hormonal this time of year when compared to last autum, but because she is bonded to me I can control what I do to reduce her need or distract, but Rudy isn't particularly bonded so a bit more tricky to control.
Thanks for your help
John