ALW_88
09-12-2011, 10:12 AM
I posted a behaviour question a few post down and have appreciated the response, but now I have one more question about something weird he does.
When I got him from the pet store a little over two weeks ago, their bird guy said that they had incidents involving other animals and Robbie escaping into their cages. The pet store had my little peachie in a glass tank with baby guinea pigs on one side him and an older bunny on the other, separated only by glass. As the pet store does not like people handling the animals, they have a lid with pretty big holes that is kept locked. According to their bird guy, Robbie figured out how to fly up to one of the holes and squeeze himself through. On 6 different occasions they had found him in with the bunny or the guinea pigs. They didnt know how long he'd been in there, but it would take a good couple minutes at least to get the keys to unlock the cages and put him back.
I thought this was a cute story but now I am sure that he wasn't kidding about it.
My fiancee is a guinea pig fanatic. She does the C&C cages (about 10sq ft with no lid/top) We have 4 adult pigs and keep them in their own room at the back of the house. Robbie is in our living room. We noticed during the first week that whenever the pigs squeaked for their veggies, Robbie would talk back. We thought it was cute... until the last few days when we've let him roam. He managed to find the room with the piggies and get in with them. They're very friendly and tame so thank god robbie didn't get trampled. I obviously don't want this happening as yeah they could get hurt or sick, but... he seems to REALLLLLLLY like them. This morning he was on my shoulder while I gave the piggies some lettuce. He flew down and stuck his head in the bowl with them! For the two weeks we've had Robbie he hasn't touched any fruit or veggie treats we've given him. So the fact that he started eating with them was surprising. Then he started to rub his head into our fuzziest one!
Again I know this isn't a good thing. I don't plan on letting this continue but I'm wondering if anyone has seen or heard of something like this? Is it common or... do I have a weird bird?
When I got him from the pet store a little over two weeks ago, their bird guy said that they had incidents involving other animals and Robbie escaping into their cages. The pet store had my little peachie in a glass tank with baby guinea pigs on one side him and an older bunny on the other, separated only by glass. As the pet store does not like people handling the animals, they have a lid with pretty big holes that is kept locked. According to their bird guy, Robbie figured out how to fly up to one of the holes and squeeze himself through. On 6 different occasions they had found him in with the bunny or the guinea pigs. They didnt know how long he'd been in there, but it would take a good couple minutes at least to get the keys to unlock the cages and put him back.
I thought this was a cute story but now I am sure that he wasn't kidding about it.
My fiancee is a guinea pig fanatic. She does the C&C cages (about 10sq ft with no lid/top) We have 4 adult pigs and keep them in their own room at the back of the house. Robbie is in our living room. We noticed during the first week that whenever the pigs squeaked for their veggies, Robbie would talk back. We thought it was cute... until the last few days when we've let him roam. He managed to find the room with the piggies and get in with them. They're very friendly and tame so thank god robbie didn't get trampled. I obviously don't want this happening as yeah they could get hurt or sick, but... he seems to REALLLLLLLY like them. This morning he was on my shoulder while I gave the piggies some lettuce. He flew down and stuck his head in the bowl with them! For the two weeks we've had Robbie he hasn't touched any fruit or veggie treats we've given him. So the fact that he started eating with them was surprising. Then he started to rub his head into our fuzziest one!
Again I know this isn't a good thing. I don't plan on letting this continue but I'm wondering if anyone has seen or heard of something like this? Is it common or... do I have a weird bird?