Convincing my wife for 1 more CAG

[DarinKing]

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Petra is a 9 1/2 mo female who seems to be very upbeat and getting plenty of attention. I would like to get one more CAG to keep and they could hopefully enjoy each others company, plus it would give me another one.

My wife so far has not agreed but if there are some proven benefits to this please share, as well as potential problems.

[Tari]

Not really any benfits. Twice the time to spend with them. Twice the room for TWO cages. Twice the money on food and toys. Twice the mess for wife to clean up and twice the noise.

But in your a true bird person twice the fun. Thats why I have 4 pet birds.

Maybe instead of a grey talk to your wife about the kind of bird she might like?

[NerfGunWarHero]

It should be a family decision to bring another pet into the house. You want her to want to bring a friend for Petra. Letting her pick the kind of bird is a great idea, even a smaller bird can provide a nice singing buddy. I have heard of people getting budgies for company for their larger birds. They are smaller, easy to tame, and have great personalities. Maybe your wife will feel a little bit better about that.

[ziggy]

Hello,

 

I think that you should weigh out the options first. Like anything else there are pro's and con's. I olve birds so I have 23 in my collection(when the 2 blue fronts arrive I will have 23). So the mess is a everyday chore. Feeding is alot (cutting fresh veggies and washing and cutting all the fruit) buy well worth it. I get to communicate with them and interact with them every morning and night. Then there is the baths, cleaning of the cages( that alone is a half day project)the vet checks,the vet bills, the fights between birds, and the noise levels. But 23 is a far cry from 2 I think that you might need a little more time with the grey you have now(jelious at times). Your other grey is still young and he needs the attention right now. In my opinion you should get him/her under your full control and then make the move to get another one. It wont be totally a bad thing but with two young birds it will be a little hard to train and split your time between the two. If your wife has the time to do it with you it may work. For that to work you would both need to be involved and take turns training and playing with both birds. One night you are with bird 1 and your wife with bird 2. The next night you with bird 2 and your wife with bird 1. This helps also that you dont get 2 one person birds. They will both have equal time with both of you. If you can do this or something along this order it may just work out for you.

[birdmom]

Hello and nice to meet you! well many of us have done it, but not with the expected results. I have a female that is plucking now bcuz she is jealous of my second grey. So of course they won't play together, you should definitely only do it if you absolutely love the greys. There is one other benefit, they'll eat a very similar diet, whereas if you go with a different species, you may wind up preparing very different diets.

Like, the eclectus which eat alot more fruits in their diets, or the cockatiels, which eat a very different food than greys; or lories, they have to have that sugary stuff. So theres alot to consider, but you'll get to know the species quickly with two at home. Medical problems tend to run the same within a species of bird. Having said all that I would not get a second grey, if I was gonna do it again. I'd go with a smaller bird that didn't make my grey feel like she lost some status. Like a Pionus, or maybe a Senegal.

I wouldnt get a really noisy bird around a grey. Good luck to you! Let us know what you decide? joanne

[chapala]

I think it depends on your situation and your bird. Mu Kali is fine with other birds. I took care of a Red-lored 'Zon for 3 months, and he didn't mind a bit. I think they do enjoy watching other birds even if they never interact. Our Macaw and Grey and Parrotlet do not interact because of the potential for injury with the size differences. Kali loves watching the Macaw, imitating her, and repeating everything my husband says to her. He doesn't seem jealous in any way (course the Macaw was here first, but the Parrotlet is new).

 

Very important that your wife agree to any new parrot - I probably would have six or so, but my husband doesn't want that many! Much more important to have peace in the house

Reta

[shazbaby36]

hi i got two greys and they get on really well they r both so loving