2 Parrotlets or 1 Parrotlet + Another type of bird

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2 Parrotlets or 1 Parrotlet + Another type of bird
Topic Started: Nov 5 2008, 05:58 AM (2,549 Views)
Jan	Feb 13 2009, 06:10 PM Post #16
staff member Posts: 3,531 Group: Staff Member #1,157 Joined: November 18, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Celestial What colours Blue & Green+Green Dominant Pied, Other Birds ? Zippi & Drummer Cockatiels I live in Wales uk My name is Jan	No cage them separately please...



birdgirl089	Feb 13 2009, 06:12 PM Post #17
Senior Member Posts: 263 Group: Full Members Member #3,001 Joined: February 4, 2009 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 What types Pacific What colours Green Other Birds ? Kakariki I live in Canada My name is Traci	All right, thank-you all so much for the advice. You stopped me from making a big mistake. nod2 Edited by birdgirl089, Feb 13 2009, 06:13 PM.



kevinp	Feb 13 2009, 06:15 PM Post #18
Administrator Posts: 6,893 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 7, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have I have one Parrotlet What types Celestials What colours One green Other Birds ? Budgeries four off I live in a mess of my own making !!! My name is I'll give you a clue	No way should you keep them together as the Parrotlet will pick on the budgie, they might get along outside together but then again its a big might. The thing to remember is that a Parrotlet can take a budgies toe or even leg off in an instant, Squeak bit Bubbles toe off at the end of last year and I was right next to them and couldn't move quick enough to stop him.



birdgirl089	Feb 13 2009, 06:19 PM Post #19
Senior Member Posts: 263 Group: Full Members Member #3,001 Joined: February 4, 2009 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 What types Pacific What colours Green Other Birds ? Kakariki I live in Canada My name is Traci	kevinp Feb 13 2009, 06:15 PM No way should you keep them together as the Parrotlet will pick on the budgie, they might get along outside together but then again its a big might. The thing to remember is that a Parrotlet can take a budgies toe or even leg off in an instant, Squeak bit Bubbles toe off at the end of last year and I was right next to them and couldn't move quick enough to stop him. aww poor bubbles! So yeah, when/if I get a budgie I would make sure Mochi would be nice to it, and keep them separated- I know when Mochi first saw his reflection in the big mirror in our living room he tried attacking it -_- He was such a sweetie when I got him, but he was also a baby.



Gittje	May 16 2011, 04:54 PM Post #20
Newbie Posts: 17 Group: Full Members Member #3,396 Joined: May 8, 2011	Quote: Most experts agree that the only reason to get another Parrotlet is because you want one, don't get one as a companion bird as p'lets are fine on their own. Really? I thought that, except for the breeding season, p'lets live in flocks in the wild :question:



bakewell	May 16 2011, 05:32 PM Post #21
staff member Posts: 1,865 Group: Staff Member #3,272 Joined: August 12, 2010 How many Parrotlets do you have 23 What types 14 green-rumps, 5 Spectacleds , 4 celestials What colours Greens, whites, blues Other Birds ? 1 Lorikeets, 2 Nyasa Lb's, 6 mountain parakeets, 2 plumheads, 2 crimson b'conure, 2 Maddy Lovies I live in Wales <3 My name is Hayley	I would say that's because they are wild and free and easy to escape fights. I would imagine alot of fatalities happen in the wild but I'm not 100% sure. Id love to learn more about them in the wild though! They all look alot chunkier!



scooby	May 16 2011, 05:53 PM Post #22
Admin Posts: 4,471 Group: Admin Member #1,461 Joined: December 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 7 What types celestial What colours 3 green, 1 blue, 1 pastel blue,1 yellow, 1 albino Other Birds ? Meyers parrot, Gcc ,blue fischer lovebird,2 fischer lovebirds,2 mountain parakeet,2 budgies I live in York My name is Jacqueline ( jackie for short)	In the wild parrotlets are flock birds but as bakewell said i think a lot of fights must break out but they can escape and evade injury, if my parrotlets got together they would kill each other none of them get along at all , it is so difficult to pair them up. you cannot make a parrotlet like another if they do not want to. :)



Jan	May 17 2011, 03:48 PM Post #23
staff member Posts: 3,531 Group: Staff Member #1,157 Joined: November 18, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Celestial What colours Blue & Green+Green Dominant Pied, Other Birds ? Zippi & Drummer Cockatiels I live in Wales uk My name is Jan	Id start with one parrotlet and get use to it first... Two are hard work and dont always agree.



Gittje	May 22 2011, 10:01 AM Post #24
Newbie Posts: 17 Group: Full Members Member #3,396 Joined: May 8, 2011	Well, I am thinking to do the same and just bringing one baby Parrotlet in at the end of June,though I have to use to the idea knowing it's a flockbird. And perhaps a second one e a couple of months later :question:



bakewell	May 22 2011, 05:52 PM Post #25
staff member Posts: 1,865 Group: Staff Member #3,272 Joined: August 12, 2010 How many Parrotlets do you have 23 What types 14 green-rumps, 5 Spectacleds , 4 celestials What colours Greens, whites, blues Other Birds ? 1 Lorikeets, 2 Nyasa Lb's, 6 mountain parakeets, 2 plumheads, 2 crimson b'conure, 2 Maddy Lovies I live in Wales <3 My name is Hayley	Are you thining of putting 2 in the Same cage? For breeding?



Gittje	May 23 2011, 08:33 AM Post #26
Newbie Posts: 17 Group: Full Members Member #3,396 Joined: May 8, 2011	Yes, my intention is (was?) to keep to males in one cage as I don't want to get into breedingstuff. Normally it's again my principles to keep a flockbird as an individual, but with what I have read about the character of the p'lets, I am really getting confused if it is the right thing to get two of them :question: Today I go to the breeder to get more information about the breeding of his 2 pairs (one natural colour and one blue).



bakewell	May 23 2011, 11:18 AM Post #27
staff member Posts: 1,865 Group: Staff Member #3,272 Joined: August 12, 2010 How many Parrotlets do you have 23 What types 14 green-rumps, 5 Spectacleds , 4 celestials What colours Greens, whites, blues Other Birds ? 1 Lorikeets, 2 Nyasa Lb's, 6 mountain parakeets, 2 plumheads, 2 crimson b'conure, 2 Maddy Lovies I live in Wales <3 My name is Hayley	For a while I had 2 males (sold as pair) they got on fine. Are they already housed together?



scooby	May 23 2011, 03:38 PM Post #28
Admin Posts: 4,471 Group: Admin Member #1,461 Joined: December 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 7 What types celestial What colours 3 green, 1 blue, 1 pastel blue,1 yellow, 1 albino Other Birds ? Meyers parrot, Gcc ,blue fischer lovebird,2 fischer lovebirds,2 mountain parakeet,2 budgies I live in York My name is Jacqueline ( jackie for short)	I have two males housed together i was sold them as a breeding pair but the albino is not a girl, they are inseperable :)



Gittje	May 23 2011, 07:51 PM Post #29
Newbie Posts: 17 Group: Full Members Member #3,396 Joined: May 8, 2011	bakewell May 23 2011, 11:18 AM For a while I had 2 males (sold as pair) they got on fine. Are they already housed together? No, they are still chicks in the nest. The breeder told me that I can come to make my choice around the 23rd of June, and I get the first choice :)



bakewell	May 23 2011, 08:05 PM Post #30
staff member Posts: 1,865 Group: Staff Member #3,272 Joined: August 12, 2010 How many Parrotlets do you have 23 What types 14 green-rumps, 5 Spectacleds , 4 celestials What colours Greens, whites, blues Other Birds ? 1 Lorikeets, 2 Nyasa Lb's, 6 mountain parakeets, 2 plumheads, 2 crimson b'conure, 2 Maddy Lovies I live in Wales <3 My name is Hayley	So 2 brothers? That will be good! No introducing and watching. That would be fine.



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