Need advice!

[clong]

We have had two Quakers for almost 12 years. We started with one and then took in another, incidentally our bird's sibling. We made the mistake of caging them together, and they are strongly bonded with one another and will bite us if we attempt handling them. They talk and laugh and we love them dearly; we cannot hold them but love chatting back and forth and just enjoying their company. However, I am now seven months pregnant and I know they are now getting the short end of the stick. Despite our best intentions, I know they aren't getting what they need, and I do not see it improving after I give birth. We have agonized over what to do, but ultimately feel we need to find them a new home. Easier said than done. I am terrified that someone will split them up, or that they won't be cared for properly. Does anyone have any advice on how to safely re-home birds?

 

[ShreddedOakAviary]

Unfortunately I don't have any help to offer on sefely rehoming them, but I would like you to reconsider. A bonded set of birds that enjoy eachother will not feel your absence nearly as much as you think. If you are still willing to feed and clean them and say hello to them periodically and are happy with them not being tame, then I'd vote to let them live out their days in a familiar home and together as they've come to know and love. However, the decision is ultimately yours, and if you say they have to go for their best interest then I will believ you did the best thing.

 

[henpecked]

Well said, thanks

 

[Garnet]

I agree with the advice from Shredded. I have a pair of peach fronted conures that are siblings. They are somewhat tame, but are really bonded to each other. If you take one out and the other one cannot see his cagemate, they will scream for each other. Neither of them like to be held so they spend most of their time either in their cage or on their playstand. Although we do not interact with them socially like we do our tamer birds, these two pfc's are happy little campers. They talk and chatter and generally have a great time destroying toys and their food. I feel they are happy and would never consider separating them as I firmly believe they would not survive without each other. I too hope you reconsider and continue to provide the care these two quakers have become accustomed too and do not feel guilty if you don't handle them. Some birds are happier just being birds.