by MFids on Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:31 pm
Sometimes, but not always, birds just do better as only birds! It's much like dogs... sometimes they just don't get along with others of their kind, no matter what! Of course it could be a situation where their personalities just clashed and Kadin just wasn't the right fit? Either way, I'm glad things turned out well, and if you do get another tiel sometime in the future, to consider caging that new tiel in a separate cage from Kura!
As for my tiels... Kiwi and Pistachio are a couple. Pistachio is my only male cockatiel, too! Whenever Pistachio starts singing away, Faye comes along and tries to run Kiwi off so she can get next to Pistachio, who has no interest in Faye!
Casey is my first cockatiel, and she's seen 3 male cockatiels, since being with me... Pistachio, of course, being one of them. Another was Pistachio's son, Kirby. Kirby had no interest in Casey but he did in Sunshine, his sister... thankfully, nothing came of that, and both Sunshine and Kirby were adopted out to separate homes! However, the first male cockatiel was Clyde... Clyde had recently lost his mate when I took him in, and feeling lonely probably tried to get Casey for himself. Casey already being buddies with Noel had no interest in Clyde. Casey would masturbate on a perch, dish, or otherwise, making her "sexy noises". Clyde, being full of himself and probably being driven crazy by Casey's masturbation would walk over to Casey, singing to her, trying to be pretty. Casey would stop masturbating and walk off! Needless to say, I rehomed Clyde six months later, and he found a lovely little pearl lutino split pied (?) lady and the two hit it right off! (although neither are good parents!)
Then there's Tomi Girl. Tomi Girl doesn't like nobody! She has no interest in the other birds. If any of them get close to her she 'mock bites' and hisses. This is usually followed by either trying to chase said bird away from her by advancing towards them and warning them, or simply by taking off herself so she can be alone elsewhere...
That just goes to show that birds personalities are different! Noel likes Casey as a buddy but nothing more. She doesn't care about any of the other birds, although I have noticed she did take an interest in Charlie... not in a friends/buddy type way, but more or less trying to be more like him, when they were caged in the same room. Noel had no interest in being friends with Charlie, and being complete opposites, well, there's no chance! Charlie is just too full of himself where-as Noel is more laid back and in her own little world...
Monica & Fids
"I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn
from them."
I had not realized how stressed he was, and now I know I did the right thing. I think both birds are in a better situation now, and my guilty feelings are melting away.
