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Pheonix- alexandrine parrot
1 September 2010
mikki- barraband x king parrot
21yrs old
Dear o dear o dear
I have had the worst day possible with my birds besides having them die
Most of you know by now about my struggles between mikki and Merlin
I decided this morning to move my hanging gym to a position above the cage and took mikki out
he loves his playgym so will happily stay there for as long as required
My thoughts were that perhaps I could show Merlin that his behaviour wasn't going to get mikki back in the cage with him and then hopefully work on handling mikki without Merlin freaking out
Well it sounded good in theory
it was 2hrs I now have a bird with a naked chest who not only pulled his feathers out but chewed a hole in himself
I waited for 5 mins after he seemed to calm down and returned mikki to the cage he went phyco and attacked mikki ripping a large hole into his back and again on his wing
Both were taken immediatly to the vets
Merlin has stiches and a cone and has been given a mild sedative for the night to help relax him
mikki has bandages in his wounds and is so far doing ok in dealing with them we were leant a small cage to house him in for next few days or so
This is a disaster :,( my vet is not a spe******ed avian vet so we will be heading there for a check up 2moro but my vet is of the opinion that it may be best to unenas sorry can't spell merlin if he is to continue this behaviour as we can not seperate them due to his self harming but also can not keep them together as he now attacks mikki
O man I'm the worst parrot owner in the world within 1 week I have totally ruined these birds lives
:,(
someone come lock me up now
I have had the worst day possible with my birds besides having them die
Most of you know by now about my struggles between mikki and Merlin
I decided this morning to move my hanging gym to a position above the cage and took mikki out
he loves his playgym so will happily stay there for as long as required
My thoughts were that perhaps I could show Merlin that his behaviour wasn't going to get mikki back in the cage with him and then hopefully work on handling mikki without Merlin freaking out
Well it sounded good in theory
it was 2hrs I now have a bird with a naked chest who not only pulled his feathers out but chewed a hole in himself
I waited for 5 mins after he seemed to calm down and returned mikki to the cage he went phyco and attacked mikki ripping a large hole into his back and again on his wing
Both were taken immediatly to the vets
Merlin has stiches and a cone and has been given a mild sedative for the night to help relax him
mikki has bandages in his wounds and is so far doing ok in dealing with them we were leant a small cage to house him in for next few days or so
This is a disaster :,( my vet is not a spe******ed avian vet so we will be heading there for a check up 2moro but my vet is of the opinion that it may be best to unenas sorry can't spell merlin if he is to continue this behaviour as we can not seperate them due to his self harming but also can not keep them together as he now attacks mikki
O man I'm the worst parrot owner in the world within 1 week I have totally ruined these birds lives
:,(
someone come lock me up now