Pet Help

loka · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: Pet Help

I have two cockatiels one is 3 and the other is almost 2 years old. I'm thinking their both male, but I'm not sure. Anyways today the younger cockatiel went crazy when I took the older one, and started biting me. I let them go on the floor and they were fine for 20 minutes. I heard them screaming and I immediately opened the door and saw the younger cockatiel attack the older bird, and my father.

May I also mention that the older bird is crippled. She/he cannot fly, or do the things they used to do. So obviously this made me and my family angry. Now I have them seperated in different cages while the younger one goes crazy. I'm starting to think that the younger one is getting in the stages of breeding, and wants the older one for purposes lol. But he is very violent, and I want to know if anyone who has these birds have had a similar case
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cobra · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:

maybe i should try that with some girls. Think

lol

sorry loka, couldn't help myself.

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powdermilkman · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

im not a vet or anything but i imagine that the older one is male and the younger one saw him as competition and attacked him and crippled him to the point that you described. You just happened to get in the way while they were in a frenzy....

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Ricen · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:35 am Post subject:

A male will have brighter colors than a female. They will also work out an "Alpha order". This isn't normaly a life or death thing, but with the older bird being crippled it is cause for concern. Animals will sometimes kill a sick or crippled animal just because they can. I would keep them apart or a least watch them close. Good luck.

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Hamese · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:59 am Post subject:

Richter- · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: Pet Help

powdermilkman · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject:

don't forget females will do this as well to assert alpha roles

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Ricen · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject:

Simpleman · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject:

Males are the talkers and females don't talk umless you spend alot of time with them. Most of the time though females don't talk at all. Like was stated males are brighter colored and have a bigger black circle on the side of there head.

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loka · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject:

well weird thing about it is the younger one is dark, but he sings like whoa. the crippled one doesn't but is yellow with some dark accents.
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[NoClan]Lunt · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:

fry them both up with some black bean sauce.....
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