[nONIE]

Susan, you are so right about domestic animals prefering the company of another.

Birds in particular are such bonding creatures. If there is another bird around most likely it will not bond with its human. Case in point:

I had a female parrot that bonded with Bernie.(they seem to know the sexual difference). It just hated me and would try to destroy me every chance it got, drawing blood on many ocassions. After a while I got smart and steered clear of Tinker. This really tore me up because she was my bird and I wanted to interact with her. In the end I had to give her up but my point being that birds are very bonding and sometimes they will even bond with an object inside their cage. I sure wish I had been the object of her affection.