knowvagale
Songster
I just picked up two new birds from a friend—an injured female, who has a nasty but healing shoulder wound, and a male who is a known trouble maker. Previously, I had two birds in my loft, two females who are paired off with each other, primarily, I had assumed, because of the lack of male company. One of these girls, Genni, has been known to get a bit aggressive with new birds, but has never caused any serious damage. Partly because I didn't want the injured female's wound to reopen if she got picked on, and partly because I wanted to monitor her since I didn't know how bad the injury was, I decided to keep the new female inside for a little while. What I had not anticipated was that the new male might be a target of significant bullying. If anything, I was worried he'd pick on the girls, so I threw him in the loft, and when I noticed the two girls chasing him around a bit I wasn't too worried, figuring they'd just work things out. Unfortunately I had drastically underestimated the rage of the lesbian couple, who are not at all on board with having a specifically engineered homewrecker inserted purposefully into their relationship. They're both pissed. I came home today to find evidence of their heinous crimes splattered all around the loft. Jokes aside, there was a genuinely concerning amount of blood. I knew Genni was a bit aggressive about her territory but she had never drawn blood when introduced to new birds in the past. I inspected the victim and the only wound I found was a pretty small one next to his right eye, but there could be more hidden by his feathers, especially considering the amount of blood around the loft. He's looking in a pretty bad way. Tail feathers a little frayed, he's frazzled enough that he lets me pick him up without even trying to walk away. Anyway, poor thing's being harassed. I don't have an extra cage, the new girl is in a storage crate filled with straw in the house and I think it would be worse to put him with her, since he might pick her wound open. Any advice? Should I just let them work it out or will he get beat up too bad if I do that?