Mari Amaral
Meeting neighbors
Hi guys!
As I always say: I'm new here! I'm in the process of getting a bird! (currently I've been researching non stop about what species would better suit me and my lifestyle).
- I've never owned a bird before, but I've been around some of them...
- I live alone in a two bedroom apartment with brick walls. Some rooms don't share walls with neighbors.
- I'm not home for most of the day (leave at 7:30 am and come back at 5:00 pm. Some times I have lunch at home...).
Since I work/ go to college all day, some people here sugested that I get two birds instead of one, and I really liked the idea!
But I would love to train my future feathered friend, and I read that it's much harder to do that when you have more than one bird... Also, I seems they will bond to each other (which is a good and bad thing) and win't care about me as much...
What should I do to socialize them properly since they already have each other? How to make them love me very much as well? How can I train two birds at once?
I plan on getting two male brother of one of these species: Indian ringneck, plum headed parakeet ou moustache.
Is it a bad idea to get one of them? which is the one that suits me better?
I have to say I probably have my heart set for two ringneck baby brothers... but I'm not sure yet... (again: I've been doing a lot of research, I know ringnecks can be moody sometimes.... I'm watching a lot of videos to try and learn more and more about them and their body language, and I've joined this amazing forum to do that too!)
As I always say: I'm new here! I'm in the process of getting a bird! (currently I've been researching non stop about what species would better suit me and my lifestyle).
- I've never owned a bird before, but I've been around some of them...
- I live alone in a two bedroom apartment with brick walls. Some rooms don't share walls with neighbors.
- I'm not home for most of the day (leave at 7:30 am and come back at 5:00 pm. Some times I have lunch at home...).
Since I work/ go to college all day, some people here sugested that I get two birds instead of one, and I really liked the idea!
But I would love to train my future feathered friend, and I read that it's much harder to do that when you have more than one bird... Also, I seems they will bond to each other (which is a good and bad thing) and win't care about me as much...
What should I do to socialize them properly since they already have each other? How to make them love me very much as well? How can I train two birds at once?
I plan on getting two male brother of one of these species: Indian ringneck, plum headed parakeet ou moustache.
Is it a bad idea to get one of them? which is the one that suits me better?
I have to say I probably have my heart set for two ringneck baby brothers... but I'm not sure yet... (again: I've been doing a lot of research, I know ringnecks can be moody sometimes.... I'm watching a lot of videos to try and learn more and more about them and their body language, and I've joined this amazing forum to do that too!)