Sterling1113
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Hey all- I've come to a sort of stump! As some of you know I have my two smaller birds, Kiwi and Loki, they're best best friends and tend to do most things together. (Follow each other, copy the same sounds, it's really cute.) Unfortunately that usually means if one of them takes flight for any reason, the other is right behind. So once or twice(maybe more depending on what's going on outside) a day, they both fly around aimlessly looking for a place to make an emergency landing.
This is my issue.
I've had Pascal for about 2 months now(Maybe more or less? I lose track.) and we haven't "introduced" the three. They all coexist rather peacefully in the living room, but I still try not to have them out at the same time.(It has happened, I'm just really cautious.)
Today Loki flew(tried to follow me to the kitchen) and landed on the counter, a few inches from Pascal's cage. Pascal RUSHED to the side of his cage, squawking, flapping, and trying to attack Loki from inside his cage. I scooped him up and caged the conures for while I was occupied, had Loki landed on his cage(which wouldn't be surprising) that would have been a SERIOUSLY injured leg! Yikes!
I'm not sure what to do. Do we(my boyfriend and I) take all three somewhere that they won't be territorial, and just spend time together? Pascal has never charged the conures while outside of his cage, I think it was just a territorial response. They don't need to be BFF's, just to have a mutual respect of each others' space so we don't have fights.
Obviously I don't want to keep the conures caged all the time, and I don't want to cover Pascal while they're out either. We were thinking about waiting until we move into a house(6~ months or so) and THEN introduce them, since everything will be new... would that be better? I feel like they would have an easier time living in a larger space so it's less likely they'll "accidentally" invade boundaries.
I guess I'm just at a loss! I'm sure you know conures think they're big birds(relatives of macaws, yeah?) and I don't want one of them getting a 'tude with Pascal, cause it only takes a split second for something to go wrong..
Sorry for rambling so much, but any and all advice is appreciated.
This is my issue.
I've had Pascal for about 2 months now(Maybe more or less? I lose track.) and we haven't "introduced" the three. They all coexist rather peacefully in the living room, but I still try not to have them out at the same time.(It has happened, I'm just really cautious.)
Today Loki flew(tried to follow me to the kitchen) and landed on the counter, a few inches from Pascal's cage. Pascal RUSHED to the side of his cage, squawking, flapping, and trying to attack Loki from inside his cage. I scooped him up and caged the conures for while I was occupied, had Loki landed on his cage(which wouldn't be surprising) that would have been a SERIOUSLY injured leg! Yikes!
I'm not sure what to do. Do we(my boyfriend and I) take all three somewhere that they won't be territorial, and just spend time together? Pascal has never charged the conures while outside of his cage, I think it was just a territorial response. They don't need to be BFF's, just to have a mutual respect of each others' space so we don't have fights.
Obviously I don't want to keep the conures caged all the time, and I don't want to cover Pascal while they're out either. We were thinking about waiting until we move into a house(6~ months or so) and THEN introduce them, since everything will be new... would that be better? I feel like they would have an easier time living in a larger space so it's less likely they'll "accidentally" invade boundaries.
I guess I'm just at a loss! I'm sure you know conures think they're big birds(relatives of macaws, yeah?) and I don't want one of them getting a 'tude with Pascal, cause it only takes a split second for something to go wrong..
Sorry for rambling so much, but any and all advice is appreciated.
