pubbykid
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- vincent
hello all !
i have a female ekkie whos about a year and a half now, I am in college and will be taking a summer study abroad class which will mean I will be away from my bird (who will be cared for back at home by my mother) for about 3.5 weeks.
the first issue is: my bird is very attached to me and doesn't like my mother much. My mother doesn't like to take out animals she cannot control and because my mother has put forth very little effort to know my bird and I am afraid she will not get her usual out-of-cage time (about 4 hours a day minimum).
the second issue I have: I live with my bird at school as she is an ESA and I have never been away from her for longer than a week. I know if she has constant out time and another bird friend she does fine (my friend who owns a cockatoo babysat her for around a week with his bird and she did fine), but if she doesn't have another bird or the ability to be out consistently and get attention, she barbers. I don't want her to start plucking since I know she gets stressed enough to barber in a span of 6 days.
I am not sure what I should do as she will be fed correctly (mostly, my mother does come and give her treats for no reason occasionally even after I told her to stop) but I am unsure about the amount of time she will receive out of the cage, especially since she is a strong flier and only responds to my recall.
any advice would be appreciated, my mother only owns canaries at the moment, and from what I've heard from her stories of owning parrots in the past Im not sure she is fully trustworthy in my bird's care.
i have a female ekkie whos about a year and a half now, I am in college and will be taking a summer study abroad class which will mean I will be away from my bird (who will be cared for back at home by my mother) for about 3.5 weeks.
the first issue is: my bird is very attached to me and doesn't like my mother much. My mother doesn't like to take out animals she cannot control and because my mother has put forth very little effort to know my bird and I am afraid she will not get her usual out-of-cage time (about 4 hours a day minimum).
the second issue I have: I live with my bird at school as she is an ESA and I have never been away from her for longer than a week. I know if she has constant out time and another bird friend she does fine (my friend who owns a cockatoo babysat her for around a week with his bird and she did fine), but if she doesn't have another bird or the ability to be out consistently and get attention, she barbers. I don't want her to start plucking since I know she gets stressed enough to barber in a span of 6 days.
I am not sure what I should do as she will be fed correctly (mostly, my mother does come and give her treats for no reason occasionally even after I told her to stop) but I am unsure about the amount of time she will receive out of the cage, especially since she is a strong flier and only responds to my recall.
any advice would be appreciated, my mother only owns canaries at the moment, and from what I've heard from her stories of owning parrots in the past Im not sure she is fully trustworthy in my bird's care.
