'Zeus Zaenker, a parrotlet, has been a guest in our home for the last month. His "human" Christina (sister of my sister-in-law) has been away in Germany. I was immediatley charmed by this little guy -- his baby chirps, dash and crash flying style and 5x my size personality. And, as a bonus, this little guy knows how to eat his veggies (something my lovies stanchly refuse to do).
My birds' response to 'Zeus has been very interesting. From the beginning, Ernie (on the right) was desperate to interact with little 'Zeus. Not sure of Ernie's intentions, this led me to move 'Zeus' cage into another room for his protection. For the next two weeks, however, Ernie made every effort to get into our computer room where 'Zeus was being kept. He would do flyby's to see if the door had been left open by accident, and when the door was closed he would linger outside waiting for his opportunity to slip in.
On one occasion, the door was almost closed, but a towel hanging from a laundry hook placed on top of the door, blocked Ernie from being able to fly through the opening. I kept hearing flapping noises from outside the door, but didn't really pay attention. Next thing I know, Ernie has climbed the towel, and slipped into the room from the tiny space at the top of the door. As soon as he made it into the room, he would immediately fly over to "little bird's" cage and stare at him before we shooed him out of the room. 
Finally, my husband and I decided to do a controlled release of all the birds to see what would happen when they were allowed to intermix. For quite awhile Ernie and 'Zeus would play 'chase and dash' (i.e., one bird would fly over to the other, causing that bird to fly away), while Joey observed everything from a distance. After several days, the birds were willing to come closer together.
-- to be continued --
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