khaiqha
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After 6 years of owning an Alexandrine I think I am ready to get bird #2. I was thinking about a Grey (dusty/easily stressed issues ruled that out for me), Eclectus (the special diet is too prohibitive if i want to travel with my birds), a Mealy Amazon (cant find any), to now, a Jardine's.
For me, I like everything I've read about them. However, I have no idea if the species stereotype will work well with my alex. He likes birds that are more calm, quiet, and not fast moving.
I know I cant get any gurantee on two birds not wanting to murder each other, but based on how my bird behaves, I know to already exclude caiques, hawk heads, budgies, etc.
Do you guys think a Jardine would be ok?
More info about my alex: he's very velcro, not wanting to be more than 5 feet away from me. Loves sitting on my shoulder or hanging from my sleeves as I do chores. Is flighted and lives in my room with no cage. He chews off his tail feathers every moult from habit: started as stress from when he was a baby but now it's just habit. He's actually much cuddlier than his species normally is: I cant grab him or flip him, but he enjoys petting and being hugged.
His other bird encounters have been: a budgie that scared the crap out of him because how fast it moved. A cockatiel and sun conure that he fought with because they were aggressive. A cockatiel that he is ok with cause it's calm, and another alexandrine that he was curious about for 5 mins but then lost interest.
For me, I like everything I've read about them. However, I have no idea if the species stereotype will work well with my alex. He likes birds that are more calm, quiet, and not fast moving.
I know I cant get any gurantee on two birds not wanting to murder each other, but based on how my bird behaves, I know to already exclude caiques, hawk heads, budgies, etc.
Do you guys think a Jardine would be ok?
More info about my alex: he's very velcro, not wanting to be more than 5 feet away from me. Loves sitting on my shoulder or hanging from my sleeves as I do chores. Is flighted and lives in my room with no cage. He chews off his tail feathers every moult from habit: started as stress from when he was a baby but now it's just habit. He's actually much cuddlier than his species normally is: I cant grab him or flip him, but he enjoys petting and being hugged.
His other bird encounters have been: a budgie that scared the crap out of him because how fast it moved. A cockatiel and sun conure that he fought with because they were aggressive. A cockatiel that he is ok with cause it's calm, and another alexandrine that he was curious about for 5 mins but then lost interest.
