A week and a half ago Aimee and I got another bird.
Named... Kirby. Aimee suggested it and I thought it sounded like a good bird name.
Lucky is still adjusting. Lucky ranges from eating together nicely with Kirby, grooming at the same time, hanging out near each other or even pecking at the ground together to scolding and/or chasing Kirby around the house. Lucky usually only gets mad if Kirby is getting more attention than him or touching anything that is "Lucky's." For example, his mirrors, toys, bird tree, or cage.
Right now Kirby is a little intimidated by Lucky. Kirby was born in January, so he's still pretty young. His wings are also still clipped, so his flying is all in the downward direction. Of course Lucky uses this to his advantage when bossing him around. It also means Kirby walks around on our floor a lot, although he is good about finding creative ways to climb or fly back up to his cage.
Kirby was much more tame off the bat than Lucky. I'm not sure why. Maybe Kirby was more used to day-to-day handling than Lucky was when we got him. When we got Lucky, he wouldn't move for the first couple days. It took maybe a week for him to trust us enough to step up on our finger. Kirby stepped on our finger from day one, although he's still getting to know us.
We'll see how Kirby does. Hopefully they will become friends. Lucky is used to being an "only bird" so it's a little understandable to be jealous of a new bird. They're pretty similar to kids, actually.
I put some more photos on Flickr if anyone is interested.
Posted by alangage at April 5, 2006 1:02 PM
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Similar to kids aside from the lifelong attraction to shiny things and the pooping all over the place. You probably should have said "they're pretty similar to BK."
Wait, that's an unfair comparison. Birds can be trained to not crap all over.
Posted by: siskow at April 7, 2006 10:45 AM
He that is warm thinks all so... Grace
Posted by: Grace at November 24, 2006 5:56 AM
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