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2 birds

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Question
If you have two birds will it be most likly that they will only want to be together instead of you?

Answer
As a general rule with small birds, they will be more likely to bond with each other- and will prefer each other's company over yours. However, larger parrots seem to be more prone to jealous- and oftens will reject a new addition.

You can read more about getting a second bird in these articles:

http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/behavior/secondbird.html

http://www.africangreys.com/articles/relationships/withmerlin.htm

I hope this helps.

-Maggie