hattonautu
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- Autumn hatton
I was willed a tramitized female parakeet named tweet. She was approx 8 mth when I got her. She witnessed her cage mate brutally murdered by my g-mothers dog
I took her a little over a year ago after GMA got dementia an passed. She would freak out anytime someone got near her cage...I watched hours of 'bird tricks'/on you tube an have since been able to get her to come to my shoulder an to eat with me, an chase a ball around an free fly in my large room. It was goin great until she started laying eggs.
Then every time I'd interact with her shes go into a trance an lay more. Ive tried about everything I can find on google to make her stop. Nothing helped.
Skip ahead a few weeks I got a cal about another female bird whos cage mate had just died so I thought maybe she needs to pair with an actual bird instead of me..
Turns out she was a he though an he is only teenager. Hes so timid an shy an curious an well, tweets a selfish bitter old lady I feel like. When they free fly together she will hollar for him to come find her an theyll fly an play together with me but this is day 4 of opening their cages to let them get used to the idea of being in one cage together an at first they did the normal pecking order routine an established tweet was the boss an mook was ok with this he doesnt mind doin what she tells him (hes such a sweet little bird) but last night I noticed she wasnt letting him eat at any of the 4 food dishes I out in the cage for them. She was literly following him from one to another. Today moon decided he'd had enough an pecked back an I let it go thinking good for him theyll straighten this out but its happened 3 times now an it seems to be escalating. One even cried out so I separated them for the night. What do you think? Any suggestions on how to get her to except him or do you think their is 2 much of an age gap.
Skip ahead a few weeks I got a cal about another female bird whos cage mate had just died so I thought maybe she needs to pair with an actual bird instead of me..
Turns out she was a he though an he is only teenager. Hes so timid an shy an curious an well, tweets a selfish bitter old lady I feel like. When they free fly together she will hollar for him to come find her an theyll fly an play together with me but this is day 4 of opening their cages to let them get used to the idea of being in one cage together an at first they did the normal pecking order routine an established tweet was the boss an mook was ok with this he doesnt mind doin what she tells him (hes such a sweet little bird) but last night I noticed she wasnt letting him eat at any of the 4 food dishes I out in the cage for them. She was literly following him from one to another. Today moon decided he'd had enough an pecked back an I let it go thinking good for him theyll straighten this out but its happened 3 times now an it seems to be escalating. One even cried out so I separated them for the night. What do you think? Any suggestions on how to get her to except him or do you think their is 2 much of an age gap.