Hello! My name is nori and I joined avian avenue today ^_^ I do have experience with birds, I have a cockatiel who is 3 years old and a pair of IRNS who are approximately 1.5 years old.
I got my IRNS (male and female) when they were six months old from someone who bought them but only kept them for a week. They’re generally very sweet but do not like anyone touching them. My female IRN will sometimes fly up to my shoulder but my male IRN hates human contact. They eat their veggies and play with toys. They’ve always been bonded. Out of the two, my female is more outgoing and my male is shy and usually follows her lead.
Around a month ago, my IRNS were playing and my male accidentally hit my female in the eye. It wasn’t an injury but my female’s eyes swell up a bit. Recently she got conjunctivitis and I took her to the vet. She’s getting her meds and eyedrops and she’s doing better now but the problem is that my male has become a bit aggressive towards her. I don’t think my male is aggressive towards my female bc of the vet trip or something related to her injury. He’s become aggressive with her overtime which is how I think she got hit it the eye in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, they’re bonded and are affectionate with each other, but my male has been aggressive (could it be hormones?) lately. He picks up a fight with her out of the blue, starts screaming at her, sending her warning screeches even when she’s somewhere far away in the cage. The cage is spacious enough for too so space is not the problem. Wherever my female goes, my males follows her and wants to be with her. There’s plenty of food and toys but he always wants what she has. For example, when they’re both eating, my male will want what my female has even though he’s eating the same thing. Same goes for toys. His attacks towards her are never vicious, but I’m still worried and want to step in before things get worse. Lately, he’s also been trying to pull feathers near my female’s eyes, which isn’t 100% healed yet, so I’m considering seperating them.
But I’ve heard that seperating bonded pairs is never a good idea so I want everyone’s opinions on this. My plan is to maybe permanently seperate them and put them different cages. Would it be too harsh? Would they be able to handle being seperated? They’ve never lived without each other but I’m afraid my female will suffer if they stay together.
As for gender, I’m sure they’re male and female because I’ve been around many IRNS and can tell sexes apart easily.
Ang advice would be appreciated, thank you.
I got my IRNS (male and female) when they were six months old from someone who bought them but only kept them for a week. They’re generally very sweet but do not like anyone touching them. My female IRN will sometimes fly up to my shoulder but my male IRN hates human contact. They eat their veggies and play with toys. They’ve always been bonded. Out of the two, my female is more outgoing and my male is shy and usually follows her lead.
Around a month ago, my IRNS were playing and my male accidentally hit my female in the eye. It wasn’t an injury but my female’s eyes swell up a bit. Recently she got conjunctivitis and I took her to the vet. She’s getting her meds and eyedrops and she’s doing better now but the problem is that my male has become a bit aggressive towards her. I don’t think my male is aggressive towards my female bc of the vet trip or something related to her injury. He’s become aggressive with her overtime which is how I think she got hit it the eye in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, they’re bonded and are affectionate with each other, but my male has been aggressive (could it be hormones?) lately. He picks up a fight with her out of the blue, starts screaming at her, sending her warning screeches even when she’s somewhere far away in the cage. The cage is spacious enough for too so space is not the problem. Wherever my female goes, my males follows her and wants to be with her. There’s plenty of food and toys but he always wants what she has. For example, when they’re both eating, my male will want what my female has even though he’s eating the same thing. Same goes for toys. His attacks towards her are never vicious, but I’m still worried and want to step in before things get worse. Lately, he’s also been trying to pull feathers near my female’s eyes, which isn’t 100% healed yet, so I’m considering seperating them.
But I’ve heard that seperating bonded pairs is never a good idea so I want everyone’s opinions on this. My plan is to maybe permanently seperate them and put them different cages. Would it be too harsh? Would they be able to handle being seperated? They’ve never lived without each other but I’m afraid my female will suffer if they stay together.
As for gender, I’m sure they’re male and female because I’ve been around many IRNS and can tell sexes apart easily.
Ang advice would be appreciated, thank you.
