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Re: Mumbles VS Papa Round 1

Posted by Debbie on 12/05/06
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    On 12/05/06, Pauljr wrote:
    > On 12/05/06, Wondering wrote:
    >> Why is it that you insist they HAVE to get along? Isn't it
    >> enough that they are each good birds in their own right?
    >> I can't believe that I'm reading that one of them will have
    >> to go just because they don't like each other.
    >> Surprisingly, siblings that don't get along usually get to
    >> remain in the same home. Granted, not always by choice, but
    >> those pesky laws make it so difficult to get rid of one kid!
    >> How about you and your husband enjoy them for who they are
    >> and make provisions that they do not HAVE to have direct
    >> contact with each other. Is that too much to ask?
    >> How very sad that you would re home one of them because they
    >> don't fit into the "ideal mold" that you have envisioned in
    >> your mind.
    >> How about you try practicing a selfless act of love? So you
    >> didn't get Ozzie and Harriet of the bird world. So what?
    >> Deal with it and make it work.
    >
    >
    > What a loving post, Im not sure who made this post but
    > im sure it isnt my ex wife....lol
    >
    >
    > Pauljr
    >>

    I bet the best thing your exwife ever did was become your exwife
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 12/04/06, Pamela wrote:
    >>> Need some help or ideas. Mumbes and Papa are both DYH
    >>> Amazons. Mumbles is 12 and a female, Pap is 45+/- and a
    >>> male. We have had Mumbles 8 years next month, Papa 3 years
    >>> Christmas Eve.
    >>>
    >>> I have been hoping and praying (no success) that they would
    >>> at least tolerate each other but no such luck.
    >>>
    >>> The other day Papa fell off his cage before I got home from
    >>> work, hubby spent 15 minutes trying to get him back on cage
    >>> (Papa doesn't know what to think of men). The whole time
    >>> he was trying to get Papa back on his cage Mumbles was
    >>> trying everything she could think of to get off her cage
    >>> and go after Papa.
    >>>
    >>> Hubby said you need to do something before one of them
    >>> really gets hurt. I have started putting their cages side
    >>> by side at night and all day. So far all they do is say
    >>> nasty stuff back and forth, although Papa does dance his
    >>> heart out for her.
    >>>
    >>> If I can't get them to at least be nice and not try and
    >>> attack each other I am going to have to find a home for one
    >>> of them per husband. Which I know he is right if either of
    >>> them got seriouly hurt it would tear me up.
    >>>
    >>> Any ideas on what to do?