I have had 2 large birds for close to 20 yrs. They have always had it out for each other, so it's pretty much been one is out on a stand then the next day the other, And yes it has happened one would get over to the other and they fought. So it pretty much sucked, but we lived with it.
About a yr ago,somehow we ended up having both out at the same time, I think my son was playing with Mavey(the cockatoo) and Remo(the grey) was already out and nothing happened. We slowly experimented under observation and finally we feel very good about leaving them both out at the same time, they now have new cages with playpens on top and everyone is much happier!!!
Well I usually don't leave them out when I leave the house, but will occasionally run down to the barn and do the horses,etc..Whatever the case was they were alone for many hours a few times and wow, when I came back things were fine, we know Mavey has a tremendous appetite for anything and supply both birds with tons of toys, pieces of wood, this black irrigation pipe, he loves to shred,these really cool expensive acrylic toys he has to figure out how to open up, you get the picture, he isn't a bird who gets bored with nothing to do.. We found he loves to eat my poor rabbit Albert's wicker basket, we have gone through many beds, and hideaways
and have learned to live with that. Now Albery just has a pillow,
because MAvey will chase Albert and that poor bunny is 9 and I don't like seeing him stressed out.
Well now to the point that it connects to torts. I came home the other day and things were not right.There was dirt all over the floor and Mavey was inside my top tort table. My torts are still outside and he had had a hay day. The dirt was everywhere, he had chewed up the lattice that I put in front of the bottom table to keep the cats from using it as a bathroom..
and much worse than that he attacked the wires to the lights and the humdity /temp gauge
They were all lined up ready for inspection to get ready for them coming in and
This could've been very very bad if it happened a few weeks later, as nothing was plugged in..
So anyway, I wondered if JD's Sally was a bad bad bird??
I feel very fortunate I didn't loose my bird, and of course their freedom is now restricted.. Thought I would share complete with some crappy pics, I don't know why they are so blurry, but I already had cleaned up by the time I got to write this.
Nay
About a yr ago,somehow we ended up having both out at the same time, I think my son was playing with Mavey(the cockatoo) and Remo(the grey) was already out and nothing happened. We slowly experimented under observation and finally we feel very good about leaving them both out at the same time, they now have new cages with playpens on top and everyone is much happier!!!
Well I usually don't leave them out when I leave the house, but will occasionally run down to the barn and do the horses,etc..Whatever the case was they were alone for many hours a few times and wow, when I came back things were fine, we know Mavey has a tremendous appetite for anything and supply both birds with tons of toys, pieces of wood, this black irrigation pipe, he loves to shred,these really cool expensive acrylic toys he has to figure out how to open up, you get the picture, he isn't a bird who gets bored with nothing to do.. We found he loves to eat my poor rabbit Albert's wicker basket, we have gone through many beds, and hideaways
and have learned to live with that. Now Albery just has a pillow,
because MAvey will chase Albert and that poor bunny is 9 and I don't like seeing him stressed out.
Well now to the point that it connects to torts. I came home the other day and things were not right.There was dirt all over the floor and Mavey was inside my top tort table. My torts are still outside and he had had a hay day. The dirt was everywhere, he had chewed up the lattice that I put in front of the bottom table to keep the cats from using it as a bathroom..
and much worse than that he attacked the wires to the lights and the humdity /temp gauge
They were all lined up ready for inspection to get ready for them coming in and
This could've been very very bad if it happened a few weeks later, as nothing was plugged in..
So anyway, I wondered if JD's Sally was a bad bad bird??
I feel very fortunate I didn't loose my bird, and of course their freedom is now restricted.. Thought I would share complete with some crappy pics, I don't know why they are so blurry, but I already had cleaned up by the time I got to write this.
Nay