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living together

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Question
Can a parrot and a parakeet live in the same cage peacefully or will they not get along?

Answer
Hi, Jenn,

Parrots are any bird with a hooked beak.  Therefore, you will have to be more specific about what type of parrot you want to put with your keet.  If the "parrot" you want to house with the keet is larger than the keet, eats different foods, etc., you probably shouldn't house them together, but this depends on the type of parrot.  Housing a larger bird with a small bird has many disadvantages, such as the bigger bird can easily hurt the smaller bird, the smaller bird might aggravate the bigger bird resulting in much stress to the larger bird, etc., etc.  Also, whether 2 birds live peacefully together depends on the personalities of the individual birds involved, so it can just depend!  

Chrys