Gouldians and Plum Heads

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Big Unit
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Hi All,
I have a pair of Plum Head Parrots in a suspended cage can I put Gouldians in with them.
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Spitfire
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Hooked Beak birds do not mix with Finches in my opinion.
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Shane Gowland
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It depends on the individual birds. When the plum heads are moulting or breeding they may get grumpy enough to chase a finch around.

Aggression from the parrots isn't your biggest concern, though. In an enclosed space, flight paths are bound to intersect at some point. I don't see a Gouldian walking away from a collision with a bird 30x bigger than it.
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Big Unit
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Never thought of the collision side of things thanks.
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You could build a cage within a cage like Shane has done.
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Would you run an emu with chocks, similar ratio!!!!
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