About 9 months ago I lost one of my parakeets, Sky, to a sudden illness. He was housed with my female parakeet Kit. My worry when I took Sky in to the vet before he passed was that Kit was sort of aggressive. More overbearing than aggressive actually. And to this day I don’t know if her attitude is what led to Sky’s death. She would chase him and hound the food and if that was the cause of his sudden illness I know it’s my fault for not noticing sooner.
That aside, after Sky died I’ve been letting Kit come out to play with my cockatiel Loki. I had considered getting another parakeet to keep her company but it seemed fine with Loki especially since he’s bigger and can fend for himself against her feistiness. However, lately Kit has become more overbearing again. Thankfully they are housed separately but when it’s out time she goes after Loki wanting to be next to him and chasing him and copying his noises and mannerisms. She’s not tame but she’s beginning to be okay with landing on me and being near me from watching what Loki and my sun conure, Fawkes, with me.
I guess I’m wondering what should I do? I’m afraid that I’ll get another parakeet and if she did cause Sky’s death she’ll just end up killing it too. I’m worried that Kit is just way too feisty for any other critter to tolerate her but I feel so sad because she seems to just want love. Or maybe I’m misinterpreting the chasing! I’m worried that she’s hurting Loki and stressing him out because he’s constantly trying to avoid her and opens his beak at her so I have to make sure they don’t hurt one another. But separating them means she’s alone. I love my birds very much and I just want Kit to be happy with a buddy in peace if it’s possible.