How to keep tiels safe from IRNs???

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For those who have tiels and IRN how do you keep your tiel safe from the IRN? My tiels are ALWAYS out of the cage when I'm at home (I work from home all day) and if I'm forced to keep my tiels in cage in order to have an IRN out of the cage that would never work for me as a permanent arrangement. It just wouldn't.

How COMMON is it be able to have a tiel and IRN out of the cage all day long if I work from home if their cages are about 7 feet apart??? Are IRNs as aggressive as GCCs??? Do IRNs generally leave tiels alone??? The IRN we rescued is VERY laid back (just like Rascal is who is EXTREMELY mellow and just likes to literally sit in one spot all day long... on my thigh!!!). My other tiel named 'Nut is CRAZY and extremely hyper and a handful to manage. 'Nut is always all over the place... and ALWAYS flys onto my shoulder as I walk around the house... 'Nut follows me all the time. The IRN also does the same thing when I visit him... so what happens if I have a tiel AND a IRN flying onto my shoulder. at the same time.. a disaster???
 
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LordTriggs

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slow introduction and supervision. remember it's the Tiel's place first so they get the attention first, then you move to the ringneck. Any bird has the capacity to be a monster, it all depends on how territorial they are. As for flying to the shoulder they're not going to purposefully fly into each other, more likely one on each shoulder
 
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Thanks for reply. I forgot to say the ONLY way I would ever feel "comfortable" if is I got a baby IRN and helped wean him around tiels so that it would very much be a very young 3 month baby being raised around tiels. I actually planned to get a GCC SEVERAL YEARS from now when I can handle 3 birds but if this were to POSSIBLY happen (as this was very much as a dream and not a definite thing) I would have introduced the IRN or GCC as a baby being raised around tiels. I know of course that is no guarantee of anything... but it is the only way I would feel comfortable doing it.

... but introducing an adult IRN or an adult GCC for example... well it FREAKS me out BIG TIME. If something happened to my tiels I would die! :(

'Nut is definitely territorial... he immediately chases Rascal right off the table all the time while growling and screeching at him whenever I place Rascal on the table, LOL poor Rascal. The table belongs to 'Nut... well as least in 'Nut's opinion the table is HIS.
 
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Ducky and Kermit (tiel and GCC) both follow me around and land on my shoulders. On occasion, Ducky has actually landed on Kermit's back, but then they both fly away and they never fight. Usually, if somebirdy is already on my shoulder, the bird trying to land there just turns around and lands on my other shoulder or on my head. As long as they are fully flighted and able to get away, and aren't purposefully going after each other, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 

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Hi Tropical :)
We manage it by keeping all four flighted, with different play areas around. We leave them to it to have the odd disagreement /wee beak, and most of it gets sorted by themselves. Because they're all flighted, it never escalates. They take off to find their own space instead. The 'teil is the grandmother of the flock, everyone else came into the home before their first birthdays.
 

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I frequently have a Sun Conure AND a Blue Front Amazon on one shoulder. In the mornings when its wakey time the BFA goes into the SC cage to make the lil one come out and play. So its the temperament of the birds involved. Size dif nor species dif does not have to mean a fight will ensue. Experiment carefully and see how they react to one another. They might surprise you.
 
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I guess the only way I'll find out if its going to work is to try it. :eek: The issue I'm having too is that 'Nut requires so much attention... right now it's beyond crucial I focus on work and getting out of my financial mess I don't have the luxury of playing with birds other than the time I have allocated for my two tiels so I don't even know if the IRN would be HAPPIER living with someone else. :( I simply want what is BEST for the IRN...

I have AWESOME news though... IF it turns out I cannot handle having 3 birds or this IRN is too much of a risk to my tiels the avian vet I'm going to start using is a board member on a LEGIT bird rescue/edcuational club establishment (whatever you call it LOL). I spoke to the president and she was very very nice and she referred me to their guy who handles cases like mine. I spoke on the phone with him for 2 hours... not kidding! They also always go out to investigate a person's home and cage setup etc before they are even allowed to adopt a bird. The person also has to read thorough their documents and sign to agree the bird will be taken care of in a certain manner. They really do their due diligence before allowing someone to adopt a bird. I was told they turn down people often.

You can check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/ParrotSocietyPB/

The avian vet who sits on their board is the avian vet I'm going to be using from now on DR. Susan Clubb Susan Clubb, DVM is a world-renowned avian veterinarian and scientist with 30 years experience specializing in the treatment and care of exotic birds and all other exotic animals at Rainforest Clinic for Birds and Exotics located in Loxahatchee, FL.

They have sent me an invite to the regular meetings they hold at this avian vet's clinic. These people are legit unlike some other places I investigated.

I am very relieved to have a legit and solid plan B for this bird who deserves a good home :)
 
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Thank you for being such an upstanding bird foster parent! Sounds like you've got things thought out, that's great news. :)
 

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