Bonding

Well that is amazing to hear Jasper's minion. Skye is still very young so is very happy to sit with any of us. My husband is away with work at the moment but last night I put the phone on speaker while Skye was on my shoulder. He went crazy trying to find him!! He was nipping me and nipping the phone because he could hear Scott but not see him lol, so I guess it was something similar to how Jasper is with your daughter. It was hilarious! What happens if or when your eldest daughter leaves home?? Will she take Jasper with her or do you think he'd be just as happy to stay with you?

I really do love that he is so happy to be with any of us:)

Fair enough. LOL at your daughter not likely to move out though! Bonding with my husband was the main thing I've been worried about. I did buy Skye for me of course, but my biggest concern (after all the internet searching I did BEFORE I bought him) was that if he did bond with my husband, then he would become aggressive towards myself and our son. Hubby is going to be travelling a lot (has been away all this week) with work from this year (which he hasn't previously done). So I was worried if he bonded to Scott and Scott was going to be away a lot, then Joel and I wouldn't be able to handle him... I do think he is happy with us all at this stage, but some days it seems he prefers Scott.....

Skye is only 4.5 months old so doesn't speak yet, but this week has learnt to wolf whistle. So he was wolf whistling all over the place trying to find Scott, hahahaha

I would guess if you had two young Quakers in same cage that they would bond to each other more and not to you.

But then again if you worked with each of them daily maybe you’d get a nice pet who would also have a bird friend.

I wonder if they’d pair bond upon sexual maturity and then defend the cage from you.

I adopted Willow 3 1/2 yrs ago. He wanted to be close to me even in the ride home and he was a sort of wild bird, flying around his owners house. He wants daily cuddles and it’s usually hard to give him enough cuddle. But recently he sometimes just wants a few minutes and then wants to explore or look for the food bag.

He’s a very loving bird. He wants to spend part if each day pressed against my face getting head rubs. I’ve posted that his beak overgrows and I purchased a nail grinder to trim the sharp tooth. I’ve used it twice and he was over being mad in like a minute. So much less stressful than hand filing the point.

I tend to agree with what’s been send. Two bonded quakers together in a cage will more likely choose each other. It would work better if they each had their own cage.