Toots
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I recently purchased a male linnie (under a year old) as a friend for my 4 year old unsexed linnie (although looking at the behaviour we are inclined to think that it's a female).
I am going to call the new linnie Chippie and the old one Toot for the easier reference in this post.
Chippie has his own cage, albeit smaller than Toot's ( as I assume that after a while they become friends and both going to live together in a bigger cage). He looks healthy, quite confident for a new bird, after a few days already takes treats from my hand. Toots seemed interested in him during the first day, but then the interest rapidly declined. However, Chippie really wants his company, gets agitated in the cage (especially in the evenings) and wants to follow Toots around. However, Toots doesn't seem to like it, and actively chases him away, especially if Chippie is near or climbing on Toot's cage. And yet Toot would not hesitate to go into Chippie's cage during the day to eat some of his food ( I try my best to prevent it though, so Chippie is comfortable in his safe space).
So in brief, I am not sure what is the best course of action at this stage, since Toots clearly does not like Chippie's company at this moment and feels like he's being territorial. And yet Chippie doe not give up in trying to follow him. But I don't want him to get hurt. Is it better to let them sort it out or to increase the boundaries inbetween?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I recently purchased a male linnie (under a year old) as a friend for my 4 year old unsexed linnie (although looking at the behaviour we are inclined to think that it's a female).
I am going to call the new linnie Chippie and the old one Toot for the easier reference in this post.
Chippie has his own cage, albeit smaller than Toot's ( as I assume that after a while they become friends and both going to live together in a bigger cage). He looks healthy, quite confident for a new bird, after a few days already takes treats from my hand. Toots seemed interested in him during the first day, but then the interest rapidly declined. However, Chippie really wants his company, gets agitated in the cage (especially in the evenings) and wants to follow Toots around. However, Toots doesn't seem to like it, and actively chases him away, especially if Chippie is near or climbing on Toot's cage. And yet Toot would not hesitate to go into Chippie's cage during the day to eat some of his food ( I try my best to prevent it though, so Chippie is comfortable in his safe space).
So in brief, I am not sure what is the best course of action at this stage, since Toots clearly does not like Chippie's company at this moment and feels like he's being territorial. And yet Chippie doe not give up in trying to follow him. But I don't want him to get hurt. Is it better to let them sort it out or to increase the boundaries inbetween?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated