rjg@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Robert J. Granvin) (04/24/91)
Amid the discussions of what type of bird to start with, I'm curious what experiences people have had with adding that dreaded second bird to the household. I bought a baby hand raised Cockatiel two years ago, and it has bonded quite well. Even though it absolutely refuses to learn anything new :-), it has become quite protective of me, insists on lots of attention, and it NOT at all a friend of my computer (which gets too much attention in her eyes...) Clearly adding a second bird to the fray would be a fairly traumatic thing to do, but it would also give the tiel additional distraction during the day when I'm not home. (Not to mention I want to get a conure, of course :-). What have people chosen to do in situations like this, or what results have they had when adding additional birds later in life? (Mostly curious at this point ... Planning to volunteer to work with raptors may quell some of my desires for more exotic birds, but it could also seal my doom... :-) -- Robert J. Granvin School of Statistics rjg@umnstat.stat.umn.edu University of Minnesota