Bonding with a Pair of Birds?????

[sillysally]

My husband and I recently decided to add a bird or two to our family and after some searching and research we found some white winged parakeets at a local bird store.

I was originally just intending to get one bird, especially if that bird was not hand tame. However, after interacting with the white wings a few times (there are four of the), the store manager offered us a reduced price on the second bird if we got a pair.

I have read that a single bird tends to bond with its owner more strongly and a pair tends to bond with each other. I certainly wouldn't mind a bird very bonded to me, but my husband and I both work full time (on the same shift so gone all day) and I don't want the bird to be lonely.

These white wings are about 8 or 9 months old, and have been at the store (4 of them in the same cage) for 5 months or so. The employees make it a point to try to handle them as much as possible. A couple of the individuals will come to us easily, and all are very curious about us.

Even though I know they may bond to each other, I still want them to be pets as well.

What is the best way to accomplish this? Do I spend individual time with each bird in the presence of the other or away from the other? Should my husband, say, mess with one bird in one room while I take the other in another room?

 

[Pheonix Rising]

I think it's a matter of personal choice weather or not you take 1 bird or 2

My advise if buying two however is to get 2 seperate cages
you can keep them near each other so they can communicate etc but they can not preen and snuggle together meaning they are mire likely to seek that from you and therefore become better pets

This also helps any issues with breeding , fighting / agression and it gives you s chance to work with each bird at his or her individual pace rather than trying to work with one but pushing the other out if it's comfort zone in the process