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Stew asked in PetsBirds · 10 years ago

What type of bird can get along with a house sparrow?

We rescued and have raised a female house sparrow recently. She's taken up residence with us and won't leave us. She's a great little pet but we worry she'll be lonely when we are at work. Are there any other breeds of birds that can get along with the house sparrow? I hear house sparrows are rather viscous towards other birds.

We would like to see about buying another bird to help out in keeping her company. Any idea what we could buy from the pet store?

Update:

We don't cage her. She kinda just goes where she wants and even stays attached to us when we walk outside with her on our shoulders. I've tried to let her fly off but she just comes right back to us after a quick lap around the house.

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    I love house sparrows, i find many fledglings, and since they are not welcome in America, lets just say i cant harm a bird and have several (In a large cage) they only do well with other house sparrows, and really bond with people if they are hand raised.

    Source(s): My House Sparrows, House sparrow are consider an Invasive Species, and have no protection from the MBTA, I can not count the people who hear sparrow and think they are American Sparrows, when they are actually Old Word Sparrows.
  • orin
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Pet Sparrow

  • We have a female house sparrow that we've kept for about 4 years now. About a year after we had her , we bought a male zebra finch for company for her . They are cagemates , he builds her nest and watches it when she's out of the cage . They have always gotten along well with each other . He's essentially her mate. I would try a finch of some sort , just make sure it's the opposite sex of your sparrow.

  • Goldy
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Sparrows do not get along with any other bird than another Sparrow,I would not get to attached to your Sparrow because as soon as breeding season comes along it will be off like a shot to breed.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    ADDED COMMENT: So this bird you want to buy the sparrow---do you expect it to behave the same way, just fly around free? I'm chuckling. I assume this "lap" of flying around the house is outdoors? Please read the answer from Goldy again. That is the accurate & best answer. Just enjoy letting him/her be a bird hanging around your place & don't stress. Thanks for my morning giggle.

    If you buy or obtain another bird be sure to have a separate cage for the quarantine period in another room. Quarantining a new bird for 30, 45 or 60 days may prevent illness/parasites passing between them. No pet owner has ever regretted preventing a health problem even if it seemed like extra work---just ask a bird owner who's new pet brought illness to the resident pet bird (or vice versa).

    As for worrying about your sparrow being lonely, you are equating human emotion w bird behavior. They don't really match up. Generally, pets do not need a pet of their own. Give the sparrow a large enough cage to flit around in, multiple branches of varying diameter for perching, a rock or two to land/stand on, wax worms, meal worms, seed, ground egg shell for calcium, sunshine and see how he/she does. I would never recommend mixing species. Keep & enjoy your sparrow or let it go to join up w a flock.

  • Caiti
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    You could get zebra finches, so long as they're kept in a large, separate cage. Seeing the other birds, hearing them singing would help her feel as if she's with others, without having the problems of mixing them. Not only that, but they're lovely little birds to keep in general.

    If not that, then perhaps a male canary, again in a separate cage.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    no other bird...

    just get another sparrow

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