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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / November 2005Any suggestion?
Hi, Cindy is just over a year old, and has never been left alone for more than 3 hours. When left alone she will sit in her cage and not move (I have taped her). I am considering doing a course next year, which would have me away two days a week and due to travel time it would be 7:30am to 6:00pm. Question: Should I look into buying a second bird for company? I don't want her to lose her affection for me. Also not sure if she will even accept another bird. Your thoughts welcome. Not doing the course is an option. Regards, tony I am curious why she doesn't move when your away. Check her location..... an object, something there that may be bothersome or scary? Move her cage into a new location.... Set her in a room with a tv which can be left on or music. Tape that and see if there is a change She is usually very active, and does not seem to be scared of anything in any of the rooms in the house. However she always makes sure I'm in her line of sight (if I'm not she will go in search of me). She does seem to know that if I did not go out the front door (also only door) I must still be in the house. TV or music is always on. Will try other locations. As I rarely go out this behaviour hasn't really been of great concern to me, until now. Thanks tony I am curious why she doesn't move when your away. Check her location..... an object, something there that may be bothersome or scary? Move her cage into a new location.... Set her in a room with a tv which can be left on or music. Tape that and see if there is a change You might also consider covering the front and one side of the cage while your gone... leaving one side open for her to get light and see in that area. If there is a bothersome object this would take away the scare ... unless the object is on the open side. Don't cover her totally up, that could cause depression. But it would make a good test to the effect if there is something in the room that scares her. Another thing you might try is taping a conversation you yourself make. Place this on play and continuous replay. This will make her think your in the house.... test that. She is usually very active, and does not seem to be scared of anything in any of the rooms in the house. However she always makes sure I'm in her line of sight (if I'm not she will go in search of me). She does seem to know that if I did not go out the front door (also only door) I must still be in the house. TV or music is always on. Will try other locations. As I rarely go out this behaviour hasn't really been of great concern to me, until now. Thanks tony "CherokeeCandy" <news@removethischerokeecandy.com> wrote in message news:11mm9nvel5bpa0f@corp.supernews.com... I am curious why she doesn't move when your away. Check her location..... an object, something there that may be bothersome or scary? Move her cage into a new location.... Set her in a room with a tv which can be left on or music. Tape that and see if there is a change Hi, Cindy is just over a year old, and has never been left alone for more than 3 hours. When left alone she will sit in her cage and not move (I have taped her). I am considering doing a course next year, which would have me away two days a week and due to travel time it would be 7:30am to 6:00pm. Question: Should I look into buying a second bird for company? I don't want her to lose her affection for me. Also not sure if she will even accept another bird. Your thoughts welcome. Not doing the course is an option. Regards, tony Get her a friend. Two tiels are better than one anyway. I would not worry too much about her. Try to get her some new toys. Also there are some CDs out that have rainforest music with birds making their sounds. My guys love that and usually start singing along in their own way. She sounds like a wonderful pet. I would not think another bird would be something to look at for just two weeks. If she was alone for several hours every day then she would probably enjoy the company even if they were in separate cages. We had two Tiels and our newest one, a Whiteface Pearl hen, would always chase the older one and he wanted nothing to do with her. So we were in the pet store one day and found a beautiful Tiel that was always snuggling with the other Tiel in the cage. So we bought her. When we brought her home she tried to get close the our Whiteface Pearl Tiel and she wanted nothing to do with her - go figure! They all get along now but keep a distance of at least a couple inches from each other when they are out. It is not unusual to see then sitting together on a chair back, the upstairs railing, or my shoulders. --- Steve Hi, Cindy is just over a year old, and has never been left alone for more than 3 hours. When left alone she will sit in her cage and not move (I have taped her). I am considering doing a course next year, which would have me away two days a week and due to travel time it would be 7:30am to 6:00pm. Question: Should I look into buying a second bird for company? I don't want her to lose her affection for me. Also not sure if she will even accept another bird. Your thoughts welcome. Not doing the course is an option. Regards, tony |
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