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| Mark Lee |
Is it ok to house these together? I have tried doing a google but there isnt
much info out there.
thanks in advance
mark
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| GOOD GOLLY MISS mOLLY |
"Mark Lee" <intelligenceunit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it ok to house these together? I have tried doing a google but there
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> much info out there.
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> thanks in advance
> mark
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I doubt it.
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| luvmybirds2 |
Hi - I would not recommend it since you are talking about three different
types of food for each of these birds. A canary needs a lot of room to
fly. You may be okay with the cockatiel and budgie; however, let them play
together first. Their food is similar. Good luck. Joan
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| Louis Boyd |
Mark Lee wrote:
> Is it ok to house these together? I have tried doing a google but there isnt
> much info out there.
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If they have plenty of room, maybe. Any two birds may try (and
possibly succeed) to kill each other if they don't have enough space.
If they're mismatched in size trouble is more likely. Recently my
redhead amazon was killed by my scarlet macaw. They'd coexisted for
over six years with a total of eight assorted parrots with only minor
squabbles. Most birds squabble occasionally. They were not caged, but
free in a 16' x 16' x 30' room with many perches. Carmen, the scarlet,
for a reason I don't understand got in a fight with the amazon, threw
him on his back back on the floor and drove her upper beak through the
amazons throat. The whole fight lasted about three seconds. I had no
warning and no time to intervene though I was in the room at the time.
Carmen is a good pet. She's a strong and active bird but I trust
without reservation on my shoulder. The amazon was a rescue bird and
was rather unpredictable. I suspect he started the fight, but I didn't
see it.
I've now separated the seven birds into two groups based on their size.
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| Vinman |
Do not do it! It is not wise to mix softbills and hookbills together. The
parakeet and cockatiel will kill the canary.
"Mark Lee" <intelligenceunit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2p7k7kFhco7bU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Is it ok to house these together? I have tried doing a google but there
> isnt
> much info out there.
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> thanks in advance
> mark
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| Gloria Carr |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> Mark Lee wrote:
> > Is it ok to house these together? I have tried doing a google but there
isnt
> > much info out there.
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> If they have plenty of room, maybe. Any two birds may try (and
> possibly succeed) to kill each other if they don't have enough space.
> If they're mismatched in size trouble is more likely. Recently my
> redhead amazon was killed by my scarlet macaw. They'd coexisted for
> over six years with a total of eight assorted parrots with only minor
> squabbles. Most birds squabble occasionally. They were not caged, but
> free in a 16' x 16' x 30' room with many perches. Carmen, the scarlet,
> for a reason I don't understand got in a fight with the amazon, threw
> him on his back back on the floor and drove her upper beak through the
> amazons throat. The whole fight lasted about three seconds. I had no
> warning and no time to intervene though I was in the room at the time.
> Carmen is a good pet. She's a strong and active bird but I trust
> without reservation on my shoulder. The amazon was a rescue bird and
> was rather unpredictable. I suspect he started the fight, but I didn't
> see it.
>
> I've now separated the seven birds into two groups based on their size.
My condolances :(
I have to say I have seen a cockatiel, canary, and budgie co-existing in a
Tajh-Malhal (sp?) cage, and they *seemed* to get along. They were 'given'
(ie abandoned) to the the store I worked at(1) and we kept them in the
boarding room for awhile, but eventually they were split up due to safety
conserns and adopted by various staff members.
In general though, as Lou has shown, mixing species is a Bad Idea,
especailly larger and smaller parrots. Even my black-capped conure, who is
the same size as my cockatiels, is not allowed to play with them outside of
the cage because he will bully them. That's ok because he is interested in
me, not them, and they aren't interested in playing with me at all. Wes
hangs out with me, and the boyz eat my books. LOL
Gloria
(1) People seemed to think they were doing the store a favor by giving it a
'free' bird. What they didn't realize was that said store would have to test
the 'free' bird to make sure it didn't have some sort of disease. With the
less expensive birds such as an adult budgie of unknown age that meant the
store lost money testing, because they wouldn't be able to re-coup it on
sale of the bird. And many of the abandoned birds were unsell-able with
problems such as scaly-face, plucking, aggression, or other problems. The
usual method of abandonment was to put the bird in boarding, and then move
with no forwarding address. Once, however, someone actually snuck a plucking
adult male parrotlett into a cage of just-weaned females, which meant that
all four birds had to be tested for the The Three Ps. Most of the birds that
were abandoned were budgies, lovebirds, finches, cockatiels, etc.
Only a few of such birds were ever sold, most ended up being adopted by
staff, that's how I ended up with one of my 'tiels.
Gloria
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| GOOD GOLLY MISS mOLLY |
"Vinman" <vinman@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Do not do it! It is not wise to mix softbills and hookbills together. The
> parakeet and cockatiel will kill the canary.
I have an aviary with tiels, canaries and gcc living happily together with
some bantams and guinea pigs. On the whole though I would say, not in a
cage.
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| Rayzorze |
Vinman wrote:
> Do not do it! It is not wise to mix softbills and hookbills together.
> The parakeet and cockatiel will kill the canary.
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A canary isnt a softbill it's a seed eater. Budgies are known to chew canary
toe's.
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