Hello all
Long time no see! Life's been really busy and as such, its set back my hopeful plans to adopt a larger parrot for a few years more ( Fine by me, more time to research and gather funds
) However, I very much miss having birds in my life and am considering getting a Rosella or two sometime next year if things pan out like they should. Rosella's have simply enchanted me with their looks, in particular the Rubino and Blue morphs.
I just have a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers to as they're usually just aviary birds; are Rosella's like budgies in the fact that they do better with a friend/companion? I'm not against getting two, however I've found someone near me that hand-raises them and from what I've read they're hands-off in that they don't like scritches and cuddling but may be friendly and perch on you and enjoy human interaction. I would be perfectly happy with that level of interaction where I could let him/her out to fly about and free-range in my living room while home and he/she would come and visit and perch on me but not necessarily care for being touched. When I was younger, I had a pair of budgies that lived like that and they were very pleasant company.
Would this cage ( A&E Cage Company Flight Cage Bird Cage at PETCO ) or this cage (A&E Double Flight Cage with Divider 64x21 - SMALL BIRD CAGES by MY SAFE BIRD STORE) be appropriate to house one or two Golden Mantel Rosellas? Too large? Too small? Barspacing? Which do you think would work better? I just want y'alls opinion
If anyone here has experience with Rosellas as pets and not purely aviary birds, I'd welcome personal stories as well
I just have a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers to as they're usually just aviary birds; are Rosella's like budgies in the fact that they do better with a friend/companion? I'm not against getting two, however I've found someone near me that hand-raises them and from what I've read they're hands-off in that they don't like scritches and cuddling but may be friendly and perch on you and enjoy human interaction. I would be perfectly happy with that level of interaction where I could let him/her out to fly about and free-range in my living room while home and he/she would come and visit and perch on me but not necessarily care for being touched. When I was younger, I had a pair of budgies that lived like that and they were very pleasant company.
Would this cage ( A&E Cage Company Flight Cage Bird Cage at PETCO ) or this cage (A&E Double Flight Cage with Divider 64x21 - SMALL BIRD CAGES by MY SAFE BIRD STORE) be appropriate to house one or two Golden Mantel Rosellas? Too large? Too small? Barspacing? Which do you think would work better? I just want y'alls opinion
If anyone here has experience with Rosellas as pets and not purely aviary birds, I'd welcome personal stories as well