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In the wild, most parrot species find a mate in their young adulthood, and they spend their entire life with this one partner.
We also know that parrots need to be around other individuals of the same specie in order to thrive...
So how many of you firmly believe that it is important to keep your parrots in pairs? I know that there are some extreme cases with unfriendly birds, or the inability to house more than one parrot, etc.
Personally, I think it's important to keep parrots in same-specie pairs for necessary interaction and bonding. I originally started with one of each of my birds (one parrotlet, one lineolated parakeet, and one quaker) but I have since paired all of them except Harpo the quaker.
The pairs have exhibited increased happiness and self-comfort ever since they were paired. Although my parrotlet, Oscar, is no longer friendly or bonded to me, I don't mind - I'd rather him bond to another parrotlet (Maya, in this case) than to me. They are much happier.
What are your thoughts?
We also know that parrots need to be around other individuals of the same specie in order to thrive...
So how many of you firmly believe that it is important to keep your parrots in pairs? I know that there are some extreme cases with unfriendly birds, or the inability to house more than one parrot, etc.
Personally, I think it's important to keep parrots in same-specie pairs for necessary interaction and bonding. I originally started with one of each of my birds (one parrotlet, one lineolated parakeet, and one quaker) but I have since paired all of them except Harpo the quaker.
The pairs have exhibited increased happiness and self-comfort ever since they were paired. Although my parrotlet, Oscar, is no longer friendly or bonded to me, I don't mind - I'd rather him bond to another parrotlet (Maya, in this case) than to me. They are much happier.
What are your thoughts?