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Post by mramish on Jun 15, 2016 6:55:23 GMT -5
Hello! I have a Quaker approximately 8 years old that I rescued from a tiny canary cage eating seed only diet about a year ago. He is doing great and loving his HUGE cage and pellet diet. He had been caged with another Quaker that died shortly before I rescued him. I've found someone with two 10 week old Quakers looking to re-home. I'm considering purchasing. I'll take my mature Quaker with me when I visit. My cage is 3' X 3' plenty of space for 3 Quakers. I realize that my mature bird may not accept new room mates and I may need to get them a separate cage. My question is if the 3 of them do get along, how does this affect their personality towards me, the human? Will they become less interested in human contact? Are there other issues I may encounter having more than one bird caged together? I guess my biggest concern is that I don't want to lose "out of cage time" everyday because they don't need me around anymore LOL Thanks, Scott
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Post by cnyguy on Jun 15, 2016 20:35:27 GMT -5
There is always a chance that the three QPs wouldn't get along well-- or they could become best friends, and if housed together, they could form a three-way bond that would indeed exclude you. In any case, I'd recommend separate cages for all three parrots, despite the spacious cage you already have available. There are potential problems with housing them together, like dominance issues, squabbles and disagreements, and more.
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Post by Caseysmom on Jun 15, 2016 20:36:16 GMT -5
There are several people on here with more than one parrot. Often they keep them in separate cages so they will be more apt to still want to bond with you. I am not positive but I think three would be a bad number in one cage... There would be an odd man out and fighting could happen. It would be easier if you had a second cage. ...others will be by with more ideas for you.
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Post by Jan and Shah on Jun 15, 2016 21:25:19 GMT -5
I wouldn't house them together. If the 2 baby quakers are siblings, then you could probably house them together. I have seen 3 quakers housed together - fortunately they had an open cage policy so escape was easy. But 2 of them definitely picked on the 3rd one.
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Post by julianna on Jun 17, 2016 13:25:52 GMT -5
I totally agree with the comments above. 3 is definitely looking for trouble. Remember... not all people can get along together and the same goes for Quakers.
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