HaleBoppPeachyluv
06-17-2009, 01:44 PM
(sigh) So my parents are on vacation again & this time it's a loooong one. TWO MONTHS. Once more, I agreed to fidsit for their lovie hen, Hina. My mom provided cage, food, toys... and both birds are in spots that let them see outide, and are placed near where the breeze & sun goes thru, and still allows them places to retreat to out of the direct sun & breeze.
Their cages are about 3 feet away from each other. Today is the first day they're spending all day in the same room. When Hina came over yesterday, she was in the bedroom bc we forgot her little table stand & we had to put her on a night stand temporarily.
Both birds started chirping as soon as the sun came up, and Hina started ringing her bell. She's always had a bell & can compete with the salvation army in noise level & persistance! Sunny does not have a bell, but chirps with the best of them.
It's about 8:30 now & they both seem to have finally settled down. They both spent most of the morning climbing the walls of their cages, staring at each other and cheeping back and forth.
I brought sunny out briefly while changing his food/water & it was back to biting the mommy--which I learned was displaced aggression last time Hina came to visit--and quickly got put back before she made a dash for Hina's cage.
I'm thinking a clipping might be in order for Sunny. She's not fully flighted, but her flights are growing back in. She doesn't go up so well, but can easily cover the distance in our small living room.
Anyway... since Hina will be here for 2 months, what are the chances these two will actually become friends?
Hina is probably around 6yrs old, possibly a year or 2 older (mom forgot to keep track of when she was brought home) and Sunny is about a year old. Hina is definitely a hen (with eggies to prove it) and we've been calling Sunny a "she" but have no idea actually, and I'm inclined to believe Sunny might really be a boy.
Thanks for any opinions!
Their cages are about 3 feet away from each other. Today is the first day they're spending all day in the same room. When Hina came over yesterday, she was in the bedroom bc we forgot her little table stand & we had to put her on a night stand temporarily.
Both birds started chirping as soon as the sun came up, and Hina started ringing her bell. She's always had a bell & can compete with the salvation army in noise level & persistance! Sunny does not have a bell, but chirps with the best of them.
It's about 8:30 now & they both seem to have finally settled down. They both spent most of the morning climbing the walls of their cages, staring at each other and cheeping back and forth.
I brought sunny out briefly while changing his food/water & it was back to biting the mommy--which I learned was displaced aggression last time Hina came to visit--and quickly got put back before she made a dash for Hina's cage.
I'm thinking a clipping might be in order for Sunny. She's not fully flighted, but her flights are growing back in. She doesn't go up so well, but can easily cover the distance in our small living room.
Anyway... since Hina will be here for 2 months, what are the chances these two will actually become friends?
Hina is probably around 6yrs old, possibly a year or 2 older (mom forgot to keep track of when she was brought home) and Sunny is about a year old. Hina is definitely a hen (with eggies to prove it) and we've been calling Sunny a "she" but have no idea actually, and I'm inclined to believe Sunny might really be a boy.
Thanks for any opinions!