Alembic772
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- May 13, 2020
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Basil - 22yr male SI Eclectus
River - male GCC
Nemo - female BCC - handicapped
Summer - female pineapple gcc
Rainbow - male yellow side gcc
Lando - male black headed caique
Paprika - female SI eclectu
Hi everyone. I hope you had a good weekend with your family, friends, and feathered kids. I have an upcoming dilemma that I wanted to ask your opinions about:
Basil (22 year old SI male) currently lives in a 46"W X 24"D X 36"H acrylic cage that was originally designed for him and a mate. I never got the mate, but now I have Paprika who will need to be in a cage in a couple more weeks. His cage, the acrylic is now almost 2 decades old, and is brittle. It has begun to crack and I don't feel safe putting both of them in the cage. It has been fixed and reinforced to accommodate his weight, but I think the two of them will be pushing it.
I am in the process of buying an H Q Cage dome top double macaw cage, which has a divider panel in the middle, in case they don't get along. Also will keep this in place at first too, as she is learning to stay in the cage, and doesn't need the pressure from him trying to be all over the place.
The question is... Basil is going through a very slow molt. It's a very heavy one, too, but it is coming in patches... like a mojo molt. I don't want to put more stress on him by rehoming him into the new cage while he is molting. I am thinking it is best to keep him in the existing cage he has until the molt is finished. Or is the cage change not as big of a deal as I am thinking it is? Last time I changed his entire cage was 20 years ago, and I don't remember how stressed he was or was not.
Thoughts? Opinions? Anything I am not thinking of?
Basil (22 year old SI male) currently lives in a 46"W X 24"D X 36"H acrylic cage that was originally designed for him and a mate. I never got the mate, but now I have Paprika who will need to be in a cage in a couple more weeks. His cage, the acrylic is now almost 2 decades old, and is brittle. It has begun to crack and I don't feel safe putting both of them in the cage. It has been fixed and reinforced to accommodate his weight, but I think the two of them will be pushing it.
I am in the process of buying an H Q Cage dome top double macaw cage, which has a divider panel in the middle, in case they don't get along. Also will keep this in place at first too, as she is learning to stay in the cage, and doesn't need the pressure from him trying to be all over the place.
The question is... Basil is going through a very slow molt. It's a very heavy one, too, but it is coming in patches... like a mojo molt. I don't want to put more stress on him by rehoming him into the new cage while he is molting. I am thinking it is best to keep him in the existing cage he has until the molt is finished. Or is the cage change not as big of a deal as I am thinking it is? Last time I changed his entire cage was 20 years ago, and I don't remember how stressed he was or was not.
Thoughts? Opinions? Anything I am not thinking of?