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| deeringmortespam@mindspring.com |
Toucanldy wrote:
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> >My husband says I should stand by and let them do this, that once they get a
> >"pecking order" established they will remain comfortable with that.
>
> There is no such thing as "pecking order," among parrots. There is only the
> more aggressive bird, as the bully, that the others try to avoid. Caiques can
> be killers, toward other birds So far you have been lucky. This is an accident
> waiting to happen. :(
Agreed. I own a caique, a rainbow lory, and a conure, whose cages
are next to each other. When I let them out to play on top, I have
to supervise because the lory and caique (who are feisty competitive
birds by nature anyway) always try to infringe on each other's
particular play space. They've only gotten into it twice since I've
owned them, but I always break it up because they make it plain they
will fight to the bitter end.
C.
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| Rick |
<deeringmortespam@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3FD7BC9E.E28E31D7@mindspring.com...
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> Toucanldy wrote:
> >
> > >My husband says I should stand by and let them do this, that once they get a
> > >"pecking order" established they will remain comfortable with that.
> >
> > There is no such thing as "pecking order," among parrots. There is only the
> > more aggressive bird, as the bully, that the others try to avoid. Caiques can
> > be killers, toward other birds So far you have been lucky. This is an accident
> > waiting to happen. :(
>
> Agreed. I own a caique, a rainbow lory, and a conure, whose cages
> are next to each other. When I let them out to play on top, I have
> to supervise because the lory and caique (who are feisty competitive
> birds by nature anyway) always try to infringe on each other's
> particular play space. They've only gotten into it twice since I've
> owned them, but I always break it up because they make it plain they
> will fight to the bitter end.
Ditto that. We had our own episodes last week with a recently
purchased caique and our GCC. Luckily I talked my roommate
into returning it before anything drastic happened, but boy those
two sure wanted to get at each other. Our GCC isn't afraid of
anything, even though the caique was twice her size & probably
three times her weight.
Rick
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| mmarteen |
Thanks for all the advice. We are careful to separate the birds right away
when they get into it, which thankfully isn't often. We do have a kind of
risky situation in that all three have their own hanging trees that are
about a foot or two apart, so if one really wanted to get at someone else
they could, but keeping wings clipped has lessened the probability of that.
The tiel is the biggest transgressor since he can fly the best, usually when
startled by something he takes off in a random direction, but sometimes he
flies straight for the hahn's which is something I could never figure out,
since the hahns is probably the most territorial of the three and will
immediately chase him off.
Taking one bird out at a time isn't practical in our situation, we only cage
them when we leave the house. They all enjoy their freedom and bitch when we
put them in the cages during the day. (They like going to the cage at night
for sleeping). When we take them to Avian Suites for boarding, they leave
the tiel free in the room (mostly he sits in his cage door) and then lock
him in to get the other birds out, one at a time, for safety's sake. The
women who work there say that our birds really resent being in their cages
when one of their fellows is out. Especially the tiel who has the most
freedom of all of them during the day. The tiel runs around his cage
squealing. They are clearly used to being all out at the same time.
Mostly they ignore eachother although in the mornings they seem to be
extremely anxious if they don't hear one of the other ones calling. So even
if they are not naturally freinds, there seems to be a kind of information
sharing among them which is amusing.
mm
"Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> <deeringmortespam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Toucanldy wrote:
> > >
> > > >My husband says I should stand by and let them do this, that once
they get a
> > > >"pecking order" established they will remain comfortable with that.
> > >
> > > There is no such thing as "pecking order," among parrots. There is
only the
> > > more aggressive bird, as the bully, that the others try to avoid.
Caiques can
> > > be killers, toward other birds So far you have been lucky. This is an
accident
> > > waiting to happen. :(
> >
> > Agreed. I own a caique, a rainbow lory, and a conure, whose cages
> > are next to each other. When I let them out to play on top, I have
> > to supervise because the lory and caique (who are feisty competitive
> > birds by nature anyway) always try to infringe on each other's
> > particular play space. They've only gotten into it twice since I've
> > owned them, but I always break it up because they make it plain they
> > will fight to the bitter end.
>
> Ditto that. We had our own episodes last week with a recently
> purchased caique and our GCC. Luckily I talked my roommate
> into returning it before anything drastic happened, but boy those
> two sure wanted to get at each other. Our GCC isn't afraid of
> anything, even though the caique was twice her size & probably
> three times her weight.
>
> Rick
>
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| R |
"mmarteen" <mmarteen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:brdejd$29a26$1@ID-165117.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Thanks for all the advice. We are careful to separate the birds right
away
> when they get into it, which thankfully isn't often. We do have a kind of
> risky situation in that all three have their own hanging trees that are
> about a foot or two apart, so if one really wanted to get at someone else
> they could, but keeping wings clipped has lessened the probability of
that.
> The tiel is the biggest transgressor since he can fly the best, usually
when
> startled by something he takes off in a random direction, but sometimes he
> flies straight for the hahn's which is something I could never figure out,
> since the hahns is probably the most territorial of the three and will
> immediately chase him off.
>
> Taking one bird out at a time isn't practical in our situation, we only
cage
> them when we leave the house. They all enjoy their freedom and bitch when
we
> put them in the cages during the day. (They like going to the cage at
night
> for sleeping). When we take them to Avian Suites for boarding, they leave
> the tiel free in the room (mostly he sits in his cage door) and then lock
> him in to get the other birds out, one at a time, for safety's sake. The
> women who work there say that our birds really resent being in their cages
> when one of their fellows is out. Especially the tiel who has the most
> freedom of all of them during the day. The tiel runs around his cage
> squealing. They are clearly used to being all out at the same time.
>
> Mostly they ignore eachother although in the mornings they seem to be
> extremely anxious if they don't hear one of the other ones calling. So
even
> if they are not naturally freinds, there seems to be a kind of information
> sharing among them which is amusing.
>
>
> mm
>
> "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:br8f5j$k5ta$1@ID-82690.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > <deeringmortespam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:3FD7BC9E.E28E31D7@mindspring.com...
> > >
> > > Toucanldy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >My husband says I should stand by and let them do this, that once
> they get a
> > > > >"pecking order" established they will remain comfortable with that.
> > > >
> > > > There is no such thing as "pecking order," among parrots. There is
> only the
> > > > more aggressive bird, as the bully, that the others try to avoid.
> Caiques can
> > > > be killers, toward other birds So far you have been lucky. This is
an
> accident
> > > > waiting to happen. :(
> > >
> > > Agreed. I own a caique, a rainbow lory, and a conure, whose cages
> > > are next to each other. When I let them out to play on top, I have
> > > to supervise because the lory and caique (who are feisty competitive
> > > birds by nature anyway) always try to infringe on each other's
> > > particular play space. They've only gotten into it twice since I've
> > > owned them, but I always break it up because they make it plain they
> > > will fight to the bitter end.
> >
> > Ditto that. We had our own episodes last week with a recently
> > purchased caique and our GCC. Luckily I talked my roommate
> > into returning it before anything drastic happened, but boy those
> > two sure wanted to get at each other. Our GCC isn't afraid of
> > anything, even though the caique was twice her size & probably
> > three times her weight.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
>
> Somebody else with a Lory!! And a conure!
I have a Red lory, a Fiery shouldered conure and a CAG in the house.
The conure is boss but he wont land on the greys cage. All my birds are
flighted but arent allowed out unsupervised.
The lory doesnt mind the conure on his cage but not the grey. The conure
will peck any bird that lands on his cage.
Ray
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