StickyFeets
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- Mar 25, 2019
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Hi all!! Newbie here! Never really had a bird before other than budgies my parents took care of as a child. Considering adopting a lovebird from a rescue. Heās currently caged with his sister. My question is would he be better off if I adopted both of them so he can have a companion when Iām not home? I would be more than happy to take both but again, have no bird experience. Also I will be starting residency in a few months with 40-80 hour work weeks depending on the month (most likely itāll be about 50-60 per week most weeks, but our max cap is legally 80). I know intern year is busy but even once I become an attending several years down the road, doctors still chug out 40-80 hours work weeks. Itās gonna be like this until I retire. Iām looking at getting the AE flight cage so they have a ton of room. When Iām home, all my attention is focused on my animals (I have other exotics, snakes, tarantulas, geckos, but theyāre super low maintenance) and my 2 dogs. Once the birds are tame and trusting of me I plan to include them with pretty much everything I do around the house (minus cooking). I do get a weekend (or at least part of a weekend) off every few weeks, and most weekends end up being short days where I get to come home early afternoon. What are peopleās thoughts? Am I in over my head here? Also I havenāt even started the adoption application process yet (itās pretty hefty and long) so I still have time to decide.
Also note, these 2 birds were a surrender due to a family emergency so they donāt really have any abuse/neglect history. From what I can tell, they were likely in an aviary setup since their parents were in one and all 4 birds are still learning to interact with people. I figured this should play a role into my decision as I am in no way capable yet to care for a bird that has seen worse days.
And last question, can a clipped lovebird do ok in that large AE flight cage with the lack of horizontal bars? The other cage I was considering is the larger Park Plaza cage from Prevue.
Also note, these 2 birds were a surrender due to a family emergency so they donāt really have any abuse/neglect history. From what I can tell, they were likely in an aviary setup since their parents were in one and all 4 birds are still learning to interact with people. I figured this should play a role into my decision as I am in no way capable yet to care for a bird that has seen worse days.
And last question, can a clipped lovebird do ok in that large AE flight cage with the lack of horizontal bars? The other cage I was considering is the larger Park Plaza cage from Prevue.