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Recently I adopted a hand raised German Owl squeaker. I don't know the gender yet, though he/she is getting bigger and is starting to coo - and has recently begun to bite hard, which makes me think it could be male.
I keep it in a large dog crate in a busy area of my home. It can see me most of the time, and I talk to and interact with it many times per day as I pass by. I can't have it outside the cage all day because I have cats. Every day for about 2 hours I shut the cats in the bedroom and let the pigeon out. Its wings are clipped so it stays around me and my chair when it's out.
I'm wondering if it would be better for the pigeon if I got it a companion. I understand that it won't be as bonded to me if it has a friend of its own kind, but I also don't want it to be lonely. I would try to get a hen so that it would get along with my first bird whether it turns out to be male or female.
I keep it in a large dog crate in a busy area of my home. It can see me most of the time, and I talk to and interact with it many times per day as I pass by. I can't have it outside the cage all day because I have cats. Every day for about 2 hours I shut the cats in the bedroom and let the pigeon out. Its wings are clipped so it stays around me and my chair when it's out.
I'm wondering if it would be better for the pigeon if I got it a companion. I understand that it won't be as bonded to me if it has a friend of its own kind, but I also don't want it to be lonely. I would try to get a hen so that it would get along with my first bird whether it turns out to be male or female.