Hello friends,
I'm after some advice.
I have a 1 yo Indian Ringneck. I live in a small 1 bedroom flat but the bird is only locked in the cage at night, otherwise, he is flying free in the living room/kitchen area all day. It's been good so far since he only ever flew to his designated spots. The people I got him from clipped his wings, so for most of the time he couldn't fly properly, and seemed content with fluttering from perch to perch.
Now his wings have fully grown back, and it's a delight to see him fly like a bird should! I swore I will not ever clip him/let him be clipped again.
But now he has started to destroy furniture and vandalise a bit when he is home alone (I have already removed everything that is not birdproof and can be removed. And he has a lot of toys that he is allowed to play with.
If it was my furniture I would not care so much. But I'm renting and the landlord won't be happy to see his new chairs all gnawed apart.
What should I do? I don't want to clip him again! But I also don't want to leave him locked inside the cage whenever he is home alone. He is not used to that and his cage is a cage, not an aviary, so not big enough to fly in it.
I was thinking about building him a big enough cage/small aviary, but it seems like a bad idea because the house is so small and I am actually thinking of moving away from here this year.
I wanted to take the bird with me and potentially see if he would like to have an opposite-sex same-species bird partner once I get to my new destination.
But if there would be two of them, I would definitely need an aviary for them. They're like little kids, I can't have an eye on them all the time :o :34:
If anyone has some advice or idea what is the best thing I can do for my bird in this situation, please let me know. Thanks!
I'm after some advice.
I have a 1 yo Indian Ringneck. I live in a small 1 bedroom flat but the bird is only locked in the cage at night, otherwise, he is flying free in the living room/kitchen area all day. It's been good so far since he only ever flew to his designated spots. The people I got him from clipped his wings, so for most of the time he couldn't fly properly, and seemed content with fluttering from perch to perch.
Now his wings have fully grown back, and it's a delight to see him fly like a bird should! I swore I will not ever clip him/let him be clipped again.
But now he has started to destroy furniture and vandalise a bit when he is home alone (I have already removed everything that is not birdproof and can be removed. And he has a lot of toys that he is allowed to play with.
If it was my furniture I would not care so much. But I'm renting and the landlord won't be happy to see his new chairs all gnawed apart.
What should I do? I don't want to clip him again! But I also don't want to leave him locked inside the cage whenever he is home alone. He is not used to that and his cage is a cage, not an aviary, so not big enough to fly in it.
I was thinking about building him a big enough cage/small aviary, but it seems like a bad idea because the house is so small and I am actually thinking of moving away from here this year.
I wanted to take the bird with me and potentially see if he would like to have an opposite-sex same-species bird partner once I get to my new destination.
But if there would be two of them, I would definitely need an aviary for them. They're like little kids, I can't have an eye on them all the time :o :34:
If anyone has some advice or idea what is the best thing I can do for my bird in this situation, please let me know. Thanks!