i rescued a male and female pair today, if i buy a big enough cage and introduced them gradually, would they live together with my male and female pair,or will there be fights?
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Why do people want to be lazy and get out of the real issue here? Don't take on added jobs or more birds if you can't take care of the responsibility of the main issue which are taking care of the birds itself!!
Unless you plan on night frights and a high vet bill, don't do it. You do not mention the size of the cage you plan on putting them into either. You can't rescue 2 birds and put them into a normal size cage that you already have 2 birds in.
It's like stuffing 4 people in a one bedroom apartment, it just don't work.
If you want to do it right, and "rescue" these birds, then do it the right way and get another cage for them. Yes that means you'll have two cages to clean, that's what rescue is all about. Twice the birds, twice the food, twice the cleaning, twice the play time, and twice as much fecal matter.
What is more important is that you quarentine this pair "AWAY'' from your other pair for at least 60 days or take them to the vets to have them checked for any diseases or you'll have 4 dead birds on your hands!
Good Luck!
birds of a feather flock together, they should get along, but if they don't, and keep constantly fighting, or bothering one another, you should seperate them
you may get a few problems between the two male birds. the females normally wouldn't be any problems. but the males maybe.
as long as there were no next boxes around etc. for them to fight over, they could get on well. i had 4 cockateils in one cage, 2 males 2 females, with no problems this way, but was told by alot of people that it can lead to problems. so i guess it just depends on the particular birds in question
Yes, you can put all four birds into one cage ... in fact, if you do, both pairs will be much happier. Just if you want to take them 'outdoors' take the male from one pair and the female from the other pair out, and never the 'mates' ... or take both males and both females ... and BE SURE their wings are clipped, so they can't 'fly off' ... but if they are 'mated' then they will be far less likely to 'want' to fly off, since Cockateils 'mate for life' and don't like to be 'totally separated' from their mates for more than a few hours at most.
There could be fights, but I'm not sure. since there are two females I don't know if the two males will fight. You might want to ask a pet store or breeder and see if that is ok. Now about the cage you want each bird to have enough room to expand their wings and flap. So if the four in there doesn't give them enough room to flap their wings and not hit another bird you will be fine.
I would think ,1st. is the cage lge. enough for 4 in it??They like to have times to play- Do you have lot's of things in the cage? I have 2 in one cage , but it's fairly lge ., and they have several food cups and millet seed, and water dishes- I try to think , how'd I feel if I was overcrowed? They may not fight , but then you won't know- I take an old card table and cover it w/ paper towel- Then I take a pie dish , and put lukewarm water in it , I place that on one corner- Then I take some birdseed and sprinkle it around and a drinking dish of water- Put apple peelings here and there , and they gather and have a great time , while eating and getting to know each other- As you watch , you'll see them , {if they like each other or not}I just was given a beautiful yellow one , but I'm slowly introducing it to the other's- I love my bird's so,so much , and they bring me lot's of joy-
First, you need to make sure the rescued birds are in good health. You may want to quarantine those 2 before you get them near your other birds. Cockatiels are generally social birds, but you may want to slowly introduce them to each other by putting the 2 new birds in a seperate cage and then put the cages close to each other. If they do good ( no biting at each other, squaking all day etc. ) then you should be able to put them together. Make sure there are more water and food dishes and have no nesting boxes in the cage.
For four cockatiels in one cage, it needs to be a HUGE cage. An aviary if you can. It needs to be big enough so that all four don't have to be anywhere near each other if they don't want. And there still will be bickering every now and then, that's normal.
It may be better just to have two cages for the two pairs. :)
But your choice.
Simple answer "No"you would require an aviary as both pairs would fight for supremacy of the cage they would fight even to the death.
yes
try it and watch, it should be OK in a new cage as long as it's big enough
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