I am a bird lover, and Harmaa, a male African Grey parrot, is in my possession for almost a year. Last month, my father bought me a pair for him which is a young female of the same species, but I was not certain how would Harmaa take his companion. I named the female bird, Amethyst, because her feathers were bright purple. I tried to put Amethyst because her feathers were purple. I tried to put Amethyst in Harmaa’a cage but, Harmaa started flapping his wings. In this case, I went to the storeroom to find a cage for Amethyst. If I remembered correctly, there was a cage, which my father bought when he brought Harmaa to our home.
It took me about fifteen minutes to find Harmaa’s old cage. It was pretty
dirty. So, I washed it with soap and
then dried it under the sun for a few minutes. When I came back, saw Amethyst
flying around the room, while Harmaa was coldly eyeing her. I took Amethyst
down then put her inside the cage. I hung the cage a bit nearer to Harmaa’a
cage, hoping they could get along with each other.
Two hours passed, but they still didn’t get along. Harmaa was coldly eyeing her
again. He was jealous, of course. I was feeding Amethyst while Harmaa had to
feed on his own. Amethyst got more food than Harmaa, as she was new to our
home. After an hour passed, I let them out of their cage. Amethyst was chirping
happily while Harmaa looked grumpy. I tried to put them together on a tree
branch and take a good picture but, Harmaa pushed her away and flew away and stopped
flying near his cage. I scolded Harmaa for his rude behaviour and as a
punishment, I put shut him back to his cage. He looked angry. After ten minutes
passed, I let Harmaa out of his cage as I cared for him and he can’t be shut in
his cage for the whole day. He coldly eyed Amethyst again for a long time. I disliked
that behaviour of his, but I couldn’t do anything about it. So, I just let him
do it.
Two weeks had passed, and still, Amethyst and Harmaa didn’t get along. I began
to get worried. It was upsetting as well. I wondered if they ever get along
with each other. Until, one day, Amethyst was flying near the big tree, which was
planted in our garden. Suddenly, her right-wing hit hard a branch of the tree.
She was falling. I stared at her with my mouth open from the window near my
desk. Then I came back to my senses and, got off my chair, ran into the garden,
and then I saw Harmaa, flying speedily, towards Amethyst and, landed on the
area, where Amethyst was going to fall. He bent as low as he could. After a few
moments, Amethyst fell on Harmaa’s back. I could understand that Harmaa’a back
was hurting, just by looking at his expressions. Though, he still carried her
on his back.
Harmaa carried Amethyst back to the living room and laid her down on the
carpet. He then flew to me and started tapping his beak on my shoulder. I
understood his signal and ran to my desk to get my first-aid box from my
drawer. I ran to the living room with my first-aid box. I saw Amethyst’s
right-wing in a weird shape. I opened my first-aid box and took out the
required materials to help to heal Amethyst’s injury. I finished bandaging
Amethyst’s right-wing. Thank Goodness! Amethyst wing formed a weird shape but
at least it didn’t bleed. I was relieved that Harmaa rescued her at the right
time. I petted Harmaa’s head softly for his kindness.
Since that day, Harmaa and Amethyst finally got along! I was very pleased about
it. I never expected them to get along in this way. I guess, people can hate
others but they can get along in some situation but, it just takes some time to
make that situation happen.
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