My sparrow T. rex was alone for the first year and half of his life. He liked to spend most of his time next to one of his mirror toys and either peck at his reflection relentlessly or do a fluffy courting dance. I thought he looked quite lonely but since it’s not like I can go out and buy or adopt a sparrow friend for him, I had thought about getting him a finch friend instead. I didn’t do that for a long time cause I was worried he might not get along with one.
Finally I took the plunge recently and brought home a female zebra finch that I named Nightingale (I didn’t realize she’d be SO SMOL in comparison to him until I got home). At first I tried letting him out and he kept going on top of her cage and seemed very interested. But later on when I tried introducing him into her cage, he was very aggressive and attacked her and I thought it wasn’t gonna work. Days later I tried again and he kept going on her cage again doing the fluffy dance. I let her out also and he didn’t chase her. So I let her move into his cage making sure to remove the mirror toys first to lessen aggression. At first he would peck her when she got close. I monitored them closely but he wasn’t actively chasing her in the cage or stopping her from accessing food and water. I observed she was comfortably grooming herself and eating heartily for the days that followed and that they indeed get along, he’s standing next to her peacefully at the food bowl as I am typing this.
T. rex sings less these days probably because he’s no longer trying to threaten his reflection in the mirrors. I hope he’s feeling happier with a live friend!
Finally I took the plunge recently and brought home a female zebra finch that I named Nightingale (I didn’t realize she’d be SO SMOL in comparison to him until I got home). At first I tried letting him out and he kept going on top of her cage and seemed very interested. But later on when I tried introducing him into her cage, he was very aggressive and attacked her and I thought it wasn’t gonna work. Days later I tried again and he kept going on her cage again doing the fluffy dance. I let her out also and he didn’t chase her. So I let her move into his cage making sure to remove the mirror toys first to lessen aggression. At first he would peck her when she got close. I monitored them closely but he wasn’t actively chasing her in the cage or stopping her from accessing food and water. I observed she was comfortably grooming herself and eating heartily for the days that followed and that they indeed get along, he’s standing next to her peacefully at the food bowl as I am typing this.
T. rex sings less these days probably because he’s no longer trying to threaten his reflection in the mirrors. I hope he’s feeling happier with a live friend!
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