Thread: Maine Coon and parrot?

Basil, my feisty Grey has always established his superiority by giving the cats a nip,or trying to. With my last cat, the hunter, he flew around the room making a terrible noise, then swooping and landing on her with beak and claws. He had her on her back then running for cover and she never went near him after that. However she would sit quietly on the sofa with my other Grey, Pepsi, who is much more gentle. No blood has ever been drawn as there is plenty of fur protection, but it's the shock factor that puts the message across.

Potentially a small or medium parrot is the more vulnerable, so provided they are supervised I think the cat needs to learn that this is no ordinary bird and is not to be messed with. One has to be careful with the larger birds though as friend has a large parrot which amputated his cat's tail before he could save it. Basil has certainly made a lunge for tails which come his way, as well as the inquisitive nose poked near the bars of his cage.

As hard as it is, we need to remain calm so as not to escalate a tricky situation and excite the cat or bird. My new feline resident has just settled in and now that everyone has stopped growling at each other I need to do some "introductions", so here we go again!