Post by oteyspeople on Jul 14, 2014 14:27:23 GMT -5
After the egg laying incident with the lovebird earlier this year, I'm getting a little concerned about Otey & Aldo's new relationship.
When we first got Aldo a few months ago, Otey was like, meh. Then we had to move all the cages into the living room to do some work in the bedroom. When we moved the birds back in, we had to do some re-arranging due to Lovey now being in a bigger flight cage. That meant Otey & Aldo's cages were now next to each other.
Ever since then, they've become increasingly chummy with each other. At first it was just being on the same cage top together. Now it's Aldo mirroring Otey's behaviour, i.e. Otey preens his feet, Aldo does the same. Otey picks a loose feather, Aldo searches in the same spot.
Today they started flying around the room in tandem. When they landed & started the usual preening, Aldo tried to groom Otey. Aldo was quickly rebuffed, but just the attempt has me a little worried. Also when Otey chases Aldo, Aldo screams like a girl.
Otey is around 18 years old & had always been a solo bird until we adopted him. Aldo is around 5 & has been in a household with other birds, but didn't interact with them. We're assuming both are boys--not planning to breed, so no sense getting DNA tested.
I know several others on here have multiple fids. Just wanted some input about pairing behaviour. Seriously don't want to raise more baby anythings right now.
When we first got Aldo a few months ago, Otey was like, meh. Then we had to move all the cages into the living room to do some work in the bedroom. When we moved the birds back in, we had to do some re-arranging due to Lovey now being in a bigger flight cage. That meant Otey & Aldo's cages were now next to each other.
Ever since then, they've become increasingly chummy with each other. At first it was just being on the same cage top together. Now it's Aldo mirroring Otey's behaviour, i.e. Otey preens his feet, Aldo does the same. Otey picks a loose feather, Aldo searches in the same spot.
Today they started flying around the room in tandem. When they landed & started the usual preening, Aldo tried to groom Otey. Aldo was quickly rebuffed, but just the attempt has me a little worried. Also when Otey chases Aldo, Aldo screams like a girl.
Otey is around 18 years old & had always been a solo bird until we adopted him. Aldo is around 5 & has been in a household with other birds, but didn't interact with them. We're assuming both are boys--not planning to breed, so no sense getting DNA tested.
I know several others on here have multiple fids. Just wanted some input about pairing behaviour. Seriously don't want to raise more baby anythings right now.
