Getting a Second Parakeet

User Question
hi i own a lovely parakeet and am wondering if i purchase another one if they will get along and both interact with me i have had the parakeet 6 months now,and never had his wings clipped i like to allow the freedom he goes in and out as he pleases, any how i asked at the pet store today and the salesperson said that if i bought another parakeet the one i own now will not socialize with me anymore and instead pay all its attetion to the new bird, is this true?

Lisa's Answer
I have several pages on this topic on the site. If you have fully hand trained the first keet, then you and that keet form a flock. If you get another keet, that keet will 'join' your flock and be with you two. So the first keet won't just suddenly begin to completely ignore you. There's no way to know exactly how the keets will get along - each keet has a very unique personality. But keets are flock birds so it's likely they will enjoy being in the flock together. Make sure you get a second cage and have the second keet in its own cage, get a full health checkup for it when it first comes home, and then gradually introduce them to each other.

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