I want to add a second parakeet...?

Question

I have a blue parakeet, Ariel (female), who seems lonely. I would like to add a second parakeet to her cage. Ariel is shy, and doesn't like being out of her cage. I would like to know if, when I get this new bird, weather or not i should first put it in a different cage. Ariel is definitely not very aggressive. (She has a plastic bird in her cage, and she is always singing to it.)

Answer 1

Well no wonder she don't want to come out and is shy!! Ya think you would know why it won't bond with you??? Take out that bobbing bird and a mirror if you have one, and start working with your bird!!!

If you add another bird, now you'll have two birds that just sit and make a mess. Oh wonderful, TWO birds that cost you money, and do nothing, GREAT!!!

Why do i highly doubt that was the purpose you got the first bird????

This is where pet stores make and line their pockets. Selling you the crap that really is useless and baseless.

If you want this bird to play with you, remove what it keeping it as a worthless bird.

Change the diet to pellets, feed it veggies, fruit, pasta, meat, and what you eat and before you know it, the bird will be your buddy till the day you get married.

Let's face it the pet store is not there to NOT sell you things that you really don't need to buy. They are there to line their pockets with YOUR money. Use some common sense here.

Do NOT purchase a second bird, play with the one you have and it will be a companion for the rest of your life.

It's shy cause you put in a bird that just sits there and don't know what to make of it. If you put another bird in HER cage, she will end up killing it. It's HER cage and how dare you invade it with another bird. It's HER HOUSE. Her singing to it, is just her trying to talk to a fake bird. Remove it and she'll try to talk YOUR language and not bird talk.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Plastic bird and mirrors are a good way to keep company but I think budgies deserve a real live friend. Otherwise its kind of making fun of them kinda like ''this is all you deserve.'' but i dont blame you, its good to give them any sort of company.
You should buy the new bird definitely and put it in a separate cage next to Ariel. GIve it a month maybe more to get used to each other. They will need time. After awhile, if you see they're friendly with each other put them in the same cage and watch them. But becareful!
Once when my old bird lost its partner...i got her a new bird the next day and she killed the new bird :(
But that was different because she was grieving. so be careful and give her time.

Answer 3

She probably won't welcome the new bird.. I asked the exact same question for my blue male budgie, schmitz.....The pet store ppl also said that since he's been with us for a year, he's claimed his cage (and whatever else) as his own territory and won't appreciate the intruder...but if you got a whole new cage completely and put them both in after getting acquainted (or just gave the new one a cage near Ariel), that would be a different story.....Mine sings to a mirror and preens my head all day and he's just fine alone, your budgie has the plastic bird and is probably okay too...

hope it helped! :D

Answer 4

I had a female, that was really tame, and spoiled. She came and went from her cage, whenever she wanted, but mostly stayed out of the cage and played. I took in an older male, that was mistreated and half-starved, put it in a separate cage. My female just took over, and taught the male, to play, come and go from his cage, and they went back and forth, cage to cage, for the years that the male lived. She was "the boss" though. She seemed to miss him after he died from old age, and clung more to me, until the day she died. She was never a lonely bird though, we spent our time with her. Birds have different personalities, so you never know until you try. We didn't necessarily want another bird, but felt so sorry for that bird, and it warmed to us and our bird, the same day we got him home, and into a bigger cage. Maybe your bird just needs some human companionship, do you spend enough time with her?

Answer 5

probably not if shes shy