Pete and Ethel, Photos and Cage

[nzchickadee]

Pete

Ethel

Their Cage

I'm dissapointed with the photo of the cage. It looks better for real. The Leaves and branch perches are fresh gum off a friends farm. Aside from those, they have one rope perch (I biffed the other one because it was fraying) and a pink cement perch. The toys are a mix of metal, rubber, wood, plastic and calcium type thingees. Theres also a ball and a box of paper on the bootom, both to chuck around

I need more ideas thou, what are some cheap options for the roof, and i really could do with ideas for homemade toys/games?

I took Ethel to a friends yesterday, and she was fantastic. There was a special needs cockatiel, a plucked lorry in rehab, a budgie, an Alexandrine and a Eucalictis (sp? you know, the big green things! Or big red things if its female...). We had newspaper, gum branches and a rang of foods on the table, and everybody got on famously! Its so much fun when birds with feathers flock together! (And I know thats not how the saying goes technically.....)

 

[Chewy]

It's Eclectus. Beautiful pics!

 

[rockinseattle]

Cute pics.

 

[Tracy842]

Great pics Nz!!! The cage looks great. Nice big home for them!!! I guess they really get along great with eachother?

 

[nzchickadee]

Generally speaking but they still like their personal space, their not into sleeping together or grooming each other, and sometimes they fight light siblings. Pete could be singing a cute wee budgie song and all of a sudden there is a clear cockateil squawk, as thou Ethel is telling Pete to shut up. But they are pretty awesome birds

 

[Tracy842]

LOL sounds like it can be fun to watch those two. They sound like siblings!!

 

[nzchickadee]

Its awesome, but if they are having a bad day I feel bad for having them together. In saying that though, I think its done Pete the world of good having a cage mate, and I'm sure Ethel doesnt mind him really. I wouldnt want them in anything smaller though.

 

[TexDot33]

Ya know, I have toyed with the thought of caging Hamlet and Mac together, and I know it's not a good idea, but really, I hate having two cages, and cleaning two cages ... and Hamlet's cage is more than big enough to house them both if I wanted to ... but, I have repeatedly decided that housing them together isn't good for the both of them ...

 

[nzchickadee]

See progress is evident in the way they interact with each other,and as they have learned whos who etc. Its much better for Pete as he has waaay more room. I still have a spare cage if it all turns to turmoil though. I really dunno if I've done the right thing. I could seperate them and see how they take that, ie if they squark out to each other or if they are happy in their original cages.