Kai
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- Dec 14, 2010
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- Parrots
- In 2007 while on a vacation in Colorado my cat Ganesh disappeared. It was heartbreaking for me to receive the news while away. The day I returned home to NY my mother found a Quaker Parrot in a Magnol
Hi everyone,
I have a 5 year old Quaker, my schedule has changed and so I recently adopted a 7 year old Nanday parrot to keep my Quaker company while I am gone from the house. I just completed about a 30 day quarantine with the Nanday and introduced them in their separate cages 3 days ago. The Quaker shows some aggression but mostly they just stare at one another w/some mild parallel behavior that could be just coincidental, like eating and preening at the same times. My normally sweet quaker gets very aggressive when I touch the Nanday's cage, she starts screaming and files at me with her mouth OPEN! Sometimes just yells at the Nanday doing the aggressive show backing up and yelling thing (I'm sure we have all seen from our angry QP's) There have been two sword fights through the bars of their cages, initiated by my Quaker, but often they just stare and chatter back and forth. I understand these process take a while, sometimes a very long while and i am willing to accept they just may never be the best of friends... I was just wondering did I do the right thing getting my QP some company just so she won't be alone and bored all day while I'm not in the house? Or am I just stressing her out with this new bird and all the changes to her schedule that are now imposed on her, like being in a cage? The agency I adopted the Nanday from will take her back and re-house her, but then My quaker is all alone when I'm gone I'd love to know the Forums thoughts on this matter. I've just started a 3 year grad program and also working. My longest day out of the house is about 9 hours - that's just once a week though - and the other days about 5 hours a day. My quaker and I are pretty bonded and I just get so stressed and sad when I think about her all by herself in the house. HELP! Should I return the Nanday or stick this out? Can QP's be alone? They are such social flock animals it breaks my heart to leave her in the room when I go, but it also breaks my heart to see her so upset with this change Should I just be stronger when I leave the house and trust my QP will be fine by herself? I just don't know????
signed
Kai
sad and worried but want to do the best thing
I have a 5 year old Quaker, my schedule has changed and so I recently adopted a 7 year old Nanday parrot to keep my Quaker company while I am gone from the house. I just completed about a 30 day quarantine with the Nanday and introduced them in their separate cages 3 days ago. The Quaker shows some aggression but mostly they just stare at one another w/some mild parallel behavior that could be just coincidental, like eating and preening at the same times. My normally sweet quaker gets very aggressive when I touch the Nanday's cage, she starts screaming and files at me with her mouth OPEN! Sometimes just yells at the Nanday doing the aggressive show backing up and yelling thing (I'm sure we have all seen from our angry QP's) There have been two sword fights through the bars of their cages, initiated by my Quaker, but often they just stare and chatter back and forth. I understand these process take a while, sometimes a very long while and i am willing to accept they just may never be the best of friends... I was just wondering did I do the right thing getting my QP some company just so she won't be alone and bored all day while I'm not in the house? Or am I just stressing her out with this new bird and all the changes to her schedule that are now imposed on her, like being in a cage? The agency I adopted the Nanday from will take her back and re-house her, but then My quaker is all alone when I'm gone I'd love to know the Forums thoughts on this matter. I've just started a 3 year grad program and also working. My longest day out of the house is about 9 hours - that's just once a week though - and the other days about 5 hours a day. My quaker and I are pretty bonded and I just get so stressed and sad when I think about her all by herself in the house. HELP! Should I return the Nanday or stick this out? Can QP's be alone? They are such social flock animals it breaks my heart to leave her in the room when I go, but it also breaks my heart to see her so upset with this change Should I just be stronger when I leave the house and trust my QP will be fine by herself? I just don't know????
signed
Kai
sad and worried but want to do the best thing