Hello again everyone! It feels like I'm always asking for advice here my partner is very worried about our Rosella as he's been behaving strangely since we added a conure to our flock.
Personally I think he's just become more reserved since the conure has a much more dominant personality. But it's better safe than sorry right? We're thinking of making a vet appointment, but with the quarantine right now, and my partner being high risk, I want to minimise any exposure if I can help it.
Our Rosella used to constantly chirp and sing and fly around the room, and was overall an active noisy bird. Since we moved the conure into the same room (after the quarantine period) he's become very different. He's much quieter, hardly ever sings or anything, not even screams. He also spends most days on top of his cage (and sometimes he sits on the conures cage) and just sleeps or sits there.
His breathing also seems more laboured? Not in a worrying way, personally I think its probably the summer heat, but my partner worries his breathing is rapid and strange. He hardly ever plays with his toys, and I've tried moving them, or swapping them out for other toys, to no interest.
They both also go onto each others cages, and I'm not sure if I should discourage it? They take from eachothers food bowls, and I've tried stopping them, but as soon as I look away they're right back at it! Neither seems very upset that the other is doing it though, the conure only gets a little nippy if our Rosella is too close, and the Rosella will just fly away, even if it's his perch/food/cage
I'm just curious if anyone else has had this? Is it something to worry about? He doesn't even sing when I put on videos of Rosellas singing, which always used to have him sing along it's just sad to look at him, he always seems tired, or just not interested in anything else. He also started "adjusting his crop" which I took a video of and asked about a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure if that's related to his general behavioural changes.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you all so much for all the advice in the past too, the most helpful parrot community anyone could ask for!
Personally I think he's just become more reserved since the conure has a much more dominant personality. But it's better safe than sorry right? We're thinking of making a vet appointment, but with the quarantine right now, and my partner being high risk, I want to minimise any exposure if I can help it.
Our Rosella used to constantly chirp and sing and fly around the room, and was overall an active noisy bird. Since we moved the conure into the same room (after the quarantine period) he's become very different. He's much quieter, hardly ever sings or anything, not even screams. He also spends most days on top of his cage (and sometimes he sits on the conures cage) and just sleeps or sits there.
His breathing also seems more laboured? Not in a worrying way, personally I think its probably the summer heat, but my partner worries his breathing is rapid and strange. He hardly ever plays with his toys, and I've tried moving them, or swapping them out for other toys, to no interest.
They both also go onto each others cages, and I'm not sure if I should discourage it? They take from eachothers food bowls, and I've tried stopping them, but as soon as I look away they're right back at it! Neither seems very upset that the other is doing it though, the conure only gets a little nippy if our Rosella is too close, and the Rosella will just fly away, even if it's his perch/food/cage
I'm just curious if anyone else has had this? Is it something to worry about? He doesn't even sing when I put on videos of Rosellas singing, which always used to have him sing along it's just sad to look at him, he always seems tired, or just not interested in anything else. He also started "adjusting his crop" which I took a video of and asked about a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure if that's related to his general behavioural changes.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you all so much for all the advice in the past too, the most helpful parrot community anyone could ask for!